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Women of Internet Video

By: Viola Published on: 17/03/2017

“Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession of a recognized and stable individuality.” Georges Bataille Yesterday I was asked to present some work and write a little something for an event at Ludwig in Berlin called Pixelspace

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OPM – Artvamp Tells All

By: Viola Published on: 10/04/2016

“I’m taking a cue from Caveh. I’m going to sit here and tell you all about it.” Here are my video reflections on the making of Other People’s Mirrors (transcript below). And WATCH THE MOVIE HERE. Caveh Zahedi is one of my favorite filmmakers. For those who don’t know, he’s

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Reflections on Profane

By: Viola Published on: 23/03/2016

Profane is Usama Alshaibi’s third fiction feature film, self-produced with his Kristie Alshaibi through their studio Artvamp. It stars Manal Kara and Molly Plunk and was shot entirely in Chicago. The film has won several awards including Best Feature at the Boston Underground Film Festival and Best Experimental Film at

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Student and Amateur Filmmaker Clichés

By: Viola Published on: 10/05/2014

Dear film students and first-time filmmakers: Every year in every single film school all over the U.S.A. film students are doing the same things over and over and over, and their poor film instructors have to sit through it dozens upon dozens of times. I’m not making this list to

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