Videoart feature
Collective Trauma Film Collection
In 2003, Wilfried met Raquel Partnoy virtually on the net. She was confronting him with a topic which immediately captured him- the so-called Argentine “Holocaust”- the persecution and murder of ten thousands of Argentinians – Les Desapparecidos – during the “dirty war” of the military dictatorship – 1976-1983 and The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. In a close collaboration with Raquel, one of the “mothers”, and her family, Wilfried realised between 2003-2005 two projects – Women: Memory of Repression in Argentina” and “Family Portrait” which both will be later a topic of an individual article.
As the result of the discussions after presentation of “The RRF Project” in the framework of BEAP 2004- Biennale of Electronic Art (Sept-Nov 2004), in which The “Argentine Project” was incorporated, Wilfried launches today, on 29 January – a forum for “engaged” art, an art form which isn’t orientating itself primarily on certain visual esthetics, but rather contents which really matter in social, cultural, political or humanitarian concern – ENGAD – Engaged Art Directory – http://engad.org.
It is another consequent conceptual step into a thematic direction in order to keep vivid the memory of collective trauma on a global scale by encouraging artists to engage via art – the Argentinian Projects belong to that, as well a The Holocaust, Hiroshima- Fukushima – the genocide in Cambodia, just to name some. After 2010 – he started “The Collective Trauma Film Collections” – http://ctf.engad.org
A complementary NewMediaFest2020 selection is featuring videos from this collection
– About Youth in Nazi Germany
Andrea Corrales Devesa & huelgadearte (Spain) – Andalusians of Jaén, 2010, 17:48
– About Franco dictatorship in Spain
– Genocide by the Belgians in Congo
Liu Wei (China) – unforgettable memory, 2009, 10:00
– On Tiananmen Square Massacre Peking
– About Communist Russia
– A prisoners camp in China
– About the persecution of Communists during the McCarthy era in USA.
ENGAD – Engaged Art Directory
http://engad.org
Argentina Memorial 2005
http://argentina.engad.org/
Women: Memory of Repression Argentina
http://argentina.engad.org/women/
Family Portrait
http://familyportrait.engad.org
Selfportrait – a show for Bethlehem-a show for Peace
http://self.engad.org/2006/
Draft Title: Shoah/Arbeitstitel: Shoah
http://dts.engad.org
Draft Title: Shoah: Blog
http://sfc.engad.org/blog/
SFC – Shoah Film Collection
http://sfc.engad.org/video/
SFCIP – Shoah Film Collection Interview Project
http://sfcip.engad.org
CTF – Collective Trauma Film Collections
http://ctf.engad.org
The Cambodia 1975-1979 Memorial
http://cambodia.engad.org/
The Hiroshima-Fukushima Memorial
http://hiroshima.engad.org/
The Refugee! Memorial
http://refugee.engad.org/
The WAKE Up! Memorial
://self~imaging – artists show face against Populism, Intolerance & Racism
http://wake-up.engad.org
The W:OW Project – We Are One World
http://wow.engad.org
