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.
Peace takes its starting point from a found super 8 film material and is a collaboration between me and Lisa Marr. I’ve asked Lisa to read the word peace in 17 different languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Hindi and Urdu.The Film can be seen as a commentary on a time when voices for peace have been held back and rearmament is taking place around the world.
English & Spanish; Castilian & French & German & Italian & Dutch; Flemish & Swedish & Russian & Polish & Hungarian & Greek, Modern (1453-) & Turkish & Arabic & Hebrew & Persian & Hindi & Urdu
-Maria Magnusson is an artist and filmmaker based in Gothenburg whose work explores the relationship between sound and moving images. She holds a Master’s degree in Photography and a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Theory from the University of Gothenburg. Working with found footage and archival material, Magnusson combines analogue and digital filmic methods to investigate themes such as memory, dreams, and the unconscious. She has participated in artist residencies in Canada, Mexico, and California, where she explored various analogue photographic and ecological cinematic processes.
Site-specificity and collaboration with the landscape are recurring aspects of her practice, often connected to her upbringing on a farm in Norra Björke. Magnusson’s experimental films have been shown at festivals, galleries, and micro-cinemas, including the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, LA FilmForum, Echo Park Film Center, Alchemy Film Festival, Antimatter Film Festival, Images Festival, and Experiments in Cinema, among others.