Filmform (est. 1950) is dedicated to preservation, promotion and worldwide distribution of experimental film and video art. Constantly expanding, the distribution catalogue spans from 1924 to the present, including works by Sweden’s most prominent artists and filmmakers, available to rent for public screenings and exhibitions as well as for educational purposes.
This video deals with the emptiness in an inevitable voyage between two points. At the same time as an efficient activity is paralyzed during this period, since the question of transportation between A and B has no meaning as such, this very procedure is necessary for the original action to continue. The difference between thought and action,between understanding and realization.The alienation of modern society.
Teresa Wennberg is a multi discipline artist, born in Sweden. Studied law, economics and languages at Stockholm University, followed by studies in classic oil painting at Atelier Harburger and Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, France. Worked with Neal Slavin, John Cage and Nam June Paik on photography, sound (and silence) and video. One of the very first artists to make video at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 1978, she went on to explore the digital world of computers, 2D and 3D animation, which she studied in Japan, France and Sweden. She is founding member of Video Nu in Stockholm and Grand Canal Video in Paris. 1997 – 2010 AiR at the Royal Institute of Technology KTH in Stockholm, experimenting with computer animation and VR technology and also writing about digital media. Her multidisciplinary background has fueled an interest in cognitive functions such as language, memory and perception, which often consist a foundation for her work. She has received numerous grants and awards and has participated in several major international exhibitions such as: Biennale de Paris; Ars Electronica Linz; Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Fondation Gulbenkian Lisbon; Centre G. Pompidou Paris; Hara Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm; Kulturhuset Stockholm; ICC InterCommunication Center Tokyo; IMEREC Marseille; Royal Institute of Technology KTH Stockholm; Aalborg University Aalborg; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Santiago de Chile. Currently she is showing a big video installation at the Moderna Museet Stockholm, creating stained glass windows for a baroque church in the Pyrenees mountains in France and writing Haiku poetry.
