Swamps & Ponds , (original 18'00)

The film Swamps & Ponds is an experimental video-essay loosely based on the speculative origins of a community of peasants known as the Toxicophagi. The Toxicophagi built up resistance to the poison arsenic, by regularly consuming it. This poison served as a symbolic starting point to explore the power of invisible substances or structures and the tolerance of an overlooked collective. By repurposing this compound, the film explores the implications substances and 'invisible' toxic forces have on an environment and those who inhabit it, and further investigates hierarchies, power, subcultures and intoxication.

Supported by:

  • Styria Artist in Residence Scholarship (St.A.i.R.), CBK Rotterdam

Exhibition Views

  1. Publiek Park, Young Friends v/h S.M.A.K.

  2. In a Long Blink of an Eye, Gosset Building

  3. Swamps & Ponds, Forum Stadtpark

Presented at

  1. Group exhibition, Gosset Building, Brussels, BE
  2. Group exhibition, Young Friends v/h S.M.A.K., Gent, BE
  3. Exhibition, Emergency Biennial, Aspex Gallery,, Portsmouth, UK
  4. Exhibition, Proyector Platform for Video Art, Madrid, SP
  5. Screening, WORM, Rotterdam, NL
  6. Presentation, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, AT
  7. Screening, CPH film festival, Copenhagen, DK
  8. Screening, COPIA ORIGINALĂ, Bucharest, RO