Within the frame of the seven-part HTA lecture series "(Un)settled. Performance, Protection, and Politics of Insecurity" the filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam will talk about self-immolation as a form of protest.
Since February 2009, an estimated 155 Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibet. They are mostly monks and nuns, but also students, teachers and farmers who set themselves on fire in public places. In front of the eyes of passers-by who witness the act of protest. Since all other possibilities of peaceful protest are brutally suppressed, the act of self-immolation remains as the only way to draw attention to the increasingly intolerable situation in Tibet. The lecture is based on the multimedia installation "Burning Against the Dying of the Light" (2015), which was an attempt by Sarin and Sonam to respond to the self-immolation movement.
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Please note: The lecture contains video materials with sensitive material
The event takes place as live stream on Zoom. No registration needed.
https://hfmdk-frankfurt.zoom.us/j/82192661889?pwd=WWhma2s0VXFEOG9iNXgxRU9hTW5lQT09
Meeting-ID: 821 9266 1889
Code: 025612
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Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam have been working together as filmmakers for more than 30 years. A recurring subject in their work is Tibet, with which they are intimately involved personally, politically and artistically. Their films and video installations are shown worldwide, amongst others at the Berlinale, the Contour Biennale, the Mori Art Museum and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Sarin and Sonam Tibetan-language feature films "Dreaming Lhasa" (2005) and "The Sweet Requiem" (2018) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2012, they founded the Dharamshala International Film Festival, which is now considered one of India's leading independent film festivals.