The Woman With a Movie Camera: Film Maker Irene Izquierdo Begins Greenfields Residency

Reblogged from The Green Fields:

Hello and welcome to 2013! After a long pause for Christmas and Silvester, the Greenfields is back in action with our first artist resident of the new year. Working between public space interventions, performance and film making, Spanish born artist Irene Izquierdo's creative practice broadly focuses on examining social, spacial and behavioural interconnections. As well as being an accomplished painter and videographer in her own right, she is also a member of artists collective…

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During my 1 week residency at the project space The Green Fields, Leipzig, I will be working on an experimental video work exploring questions of identity in relation to landscape and territory. Thank you Green Fields!

pollo al vino

1′ 5 kg de pollo (contramuslos) – 1’5 kg chicken (thighs)
aceite de oliva – olive oil
1 puerro no muy grande – 1 leek, not very big
2 dientes de ajo – 2 garlic cloves
2 hojas de laurel – 2 bay leaves
1 tomate pelado – 1 tomato, pealed
2 vasitos de vino tinto – 2 glasses of red wine
2 vasitos de caldo de verduras – 2 glasses of vegetable stock
sal – salt
pimienta – pepper

olla exprés – pressure cooker

tiempo de cocción en la olla 30 min – 30 min in the pressure cooker

bandera

If I were, if I were a flag (x2)
If I were, if I were a watering can
If I were, if I were the one that never waits.

I would be transparent
I would be warm
I would be round
I would be soft
I would be your laugh

un árbol

La paciencia y las ganas de vivir de un árbol. Perseverancia.

Dam dibi damdam dabidainbaum
Baum baum baum baum…

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The patience and the desire/will to live of a tree. Perseverance.

Dam dibi damdam dabidainbaum
Baum baum baum baum…

(German, baum=tree=árbol)

domadora de fieras

domadora de fieras:wild animals tamer

All day taming wild animals (x2)
All day with lions, and with tigers, and panthers, and balls of fluff, and with bedbugs, and a bitch, and kitties, and desires, and memories, and kitties, and kitties, and kitties, and kitties, and desires, and memories… and desires.

To tame wild animals, to tame wild animals…

Chas! Chas! Chachachachachás!… (sound of a whip (?))

(Thank you Bea for the incredible prize!)

todas mis sillas

I saw a chair from the balcony
I was talking to my aunt on the phone
while I told her my life
I decided to go down to see the chair
when I got there, it was gone
then, I headed towards Lidl
and there, I bought a 5 euro dress

All my chairs are found ones
In Berlin, you can furnish your home
with found furniture
I found tables, shelves, chairs, lamps, plates…
Berlin, Berlin, Berlin

Hi aunt! How are you? I’m fine. How is everything? Fine, everything is fine. The weather is hot… I’m here in the balcony working a little. I’m good. I’m a bit sad because many friends leave. Well, some are gone already. Fernando leaves tomorrow. He is going to Taiwan to dance in a festival and afterwards he’ll move to Görlitz because he’s got a working contract there. It is 2 hours away from Berlin. Andrea is in Colombia, Aurelie and Niv are in France, Catherine and Zoe are in Holland doing a project and afterwards they’ll go to India, Canada, and what else… But oh well… There are more…
Berlin is full of people… and furniture.

(To all my dear friends, the old ones, and the ones to come. All of you are and will be irreplaceable.)

chapotea

We went to a lake by bike. We took our clothes off and got in the water.
There is nothing better than swimming naked (x2)
and trying to kiss you even at the risk of drowning. (x2)

Freshwater, freshwater, freshwater… (Spanish literal translation from agua dulce: sweet water)

Paddle, paddle, paddle… (or splash about)

sal de tu barrio

The paradox of wanting to live in a big city like Berlin, and never leaving one neighborhood.

Get our of your neighborhood. Get out of your neighborhood, Germán.
Get our of your neighborhood. Get out of your neighborhood, Germán.
The world is waiting for you.

Charlottenburg, Wilmersdorf, Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg, Lichtenberg Marzahn, Hellersdorf, Mitte, Neukölln, Pankow, Reinickendorf, Spandau, Steglitz, Zehlendorf, Tempelhof, Schöneberg, Treptow, Köpenick.

(To my dear friend Germán)

entre los dientes

Between the teeth. The negative space between the upper right canine and first molar tooth. The empty space.

Lunchtime. I was very hungry. I went outside to eat a Kebab.
I was very calm, in Oranienplatz. I sat on the grass and started to eat.
Everything was going fine, but all of the sudden, food got stuck between my teeth.
Food got stuck in between my teeth.

ten cuidado

Watch out… Be careful with the knife… Be careful with the saw.

Ouch, ouch, ouch…

Sunday morning. Wanting to have breakfast.
I take the knife, to cut the bread. It didn’t work.
Instead I cut two of my fingers. Two fingers.