Black Bach Artsakh (2021) dir. Ayreen Anastas Rene Gabri

Black Bach Artsakh is a filmic construction. The film is based on interviews with inhabitants of NagornoKarabakh made in 2007, in a time between two wars. As in their earlier works shown in Forum Expanded, Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri work with different layers of time: In the past they edited and presented their films live. Here they use the temporal distance to reevaluate old footage. Harking back to Straub, Huillet s and Pier Paolo Pasolini s engagement with Johann Sebastian Bach s compositions they experiment with the possible effects of his music.