Filmform (est. 1950) is dedicated to preservation, promotion and worldwide distribution of experimental film and video art. Constantly expanding, the distribution catalogue spans from 1924 to the present, including works by Sweden’s most prominent artists and filmmakers, available to rent for public screenings and exhibitions as well as for educational purposes.
“I’m a housekeeper in the hotel biz, under paid labor on a daily basis”. After working as a hotel maid for a year and a half, I got fed up with the shitty job and made a video of my power revenge fantasies at work.
Roxy Farhat (b. 1984 Tehran, Iran) is a visual artist and award winning director based in Stockholm, Sweden. Her artistic practice spans over a wide set of mediums, including video, performance, installation, documentary film, music video and more. Between politics and the aesthetics of the commercial sphere, Farhat’s work questions and examines established roles and expectations; Why do we live life in the weirdest way? Humor, absurdity, collaboration and the re-rendering of capitalist imagery are important elements of her practice. Roxy holds a BFA from KonsRack in Stockholm and a New Genres MFA from UCLA.