Berlin

Iqaluit

Archive 2009

Iqaluit
Concept, Berlin
Text, Ivo Michiels
Children, Anthe Baele, Ian Karetak
Voice over,  Anna Curran
Soundtrack, Peter Van Laerhoven
Camera, Bart Baele
Sound Engineer, Tom De With


Production Berlin – Coproduction KVS/ Bruxelles ; STUK/Leuven ; Vooruit / Gent
With the support of Vlaamse Gemeenschap, ccBe / Berchem, Stad Antwerpen
Corealisation Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain and Festival d'Automne à Paris

Berlin is an art collective from Antwerp composed of theater-trained Yves Degryse and Caroline Rochlitz, and video artist Bart Baele. In the “Hollocène” series begun in 2003, the group developed a documentary approach to create original portrayals of cities. After Jerusalem, Iqaluit (an Inuit town in Northern Canada) and Moscow, they chose Bonanza, a small village in Colorado. Mixing an interview-based script and videos, the play delves beyond the idyllic surface into a society weighed down by gossip and resentment.