Kambium 1492

Denis Kozerawski, Peter Kašpar / Slovakia / 2022 / World Premiere / 24 min.

synopsis

Rapper Čavalenky tells the story of the oak forest. A story of trees whose roots date back to the time before the Anthropocene and whose wood helped humanity achieve the most fundamental historical breakthroughs. Trees, whose value we perceive only through its market potential because they're only worth something to us when they're cut down, chopped, and sold.

“Trees are not silent. They're telling us what happened. Over the years, the memory of nature has become embedded in them.”

biography

Peter Kašpar is a multimedia artist currently based in Bratislava. Outside of his artistic practice, he is part of the Sorrywecan platform and founder of the Humanoid research lab.

Denis Kozerawski is an artist currently based in Bratislava. Since 2012 he has been working as a researcher, artist, project manager and curator. In 2020 he initiated and co-founded the gallery A Promise of Kneropy. He has exhibited in many national and international exhibitions, the most recent being his participation in the Biennial Matter of Art 2022, where he and his collective presented their latest film Kambium 1492.

more about film

director:	Denis Kozerawski, Peter Kašpar
script:	Dominika Moravčíková, Tereza Dodoková, Andrea Bandíková, Peter Sit
photography:	Denis Kozerawski
editing:	Denis Kozerawski
music:	Andrej Žabkay
sound:	Martin Valihora - bicie
art director:	Peter Sit

Film at festival

premiere type:	World Premiere
festival edition:	2022
section:	Ji.hlava Online, Fascinations: Exprmntl.cz
awards:
language:	Slovak
subtitles:	English
colour:	Colour