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The Tank presents
Package Deals.03: Daydream Nation
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Length: 2 hrs 00 mins
Intermission(s): Unknown
Seating: General Admission
You choose your seats when you get to the theater.
New Swedish video lands at The Tank! PD03: Daydream Nation, a curated lineup of animated shorts, music videos, and artist films rarely seen outside of their native Nordic kingdom, showcases work from some of the best and most creative Swedish imaginations around.
A far cry from the beloved Saturday cartoons of mornings past, Daydream Nation’s roster of animated video offers a vision of Sweden all grown-up, bringing unorthodox and often unsettling imagery to life. Taboo intimacies, couples on the brink, lonely mopers, and more than a few decapitation and dismemberment scenes find themselves juxtaposed against the nicer things in life: colorful origami, toy cars, dancing ladies with parasols, horses, and pretty blonde party girls. So is Sweden, then, a nation of dreamers? Well, this program, featuring vibrant work from the cosmopolitan streets of Stockholm, the up-and-coming communities of arty Göteborg, the maritime landscape of southernmost Malmö, and various expatriate outposts, dares to suggest so.
Daydream Nation’s diverse program includes art world favorites Nathalie Djurberg and Cecilia Lundqvist, whose films are more commonly found in galleries and museums, as well as films by well-known music video directors and filmmakers, such as Andreas Korsár and Jonas Odell (whose award-winning ode to the pleasures and pitfalls of losing one’s virginity, Never Like the First Time, took home a Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale). Likewise, Sweden’s world-class contemporary music scene is ably represented, running the gamut from the macabre electronica of The Knife to the saccharine pop of The Concretes, the Envelopes, and El Perro Del Mar. Kullaberg, Jacob Stålhammar’s pastoral performance piece featuring Sweden’s favorite Burt Bacharach/Stephin Merritt mashup, Jens Lekman, provides installation-like viewing as the evening’s pre-program offering.
A one-night cultural smorgasbord, Daydream Nation will feature an after-party immediately follows the screening. Complimentary cocktails will be served courtesy of Svedka Vodka, and decks are to be manned by DJ Anja Degerholm from Malmö. Artist magazines by the Loyal and Hockey Rawk collectives will also be available.
Daydream Nation showcases artist films by Cecilia Lundqvist, Jonas Odell, Jens Lekman and Jacob Stålhammar, Nathalie Djurberg, Henrik Åkerberg, Peter Larsson, and Björn Renner. Music videos by The Knife, The Concretes, El Perro del Mar, Envelopes, The Radio Dept, Jose Gonzalez, Erik de Vahl, and Peter, Bjorn, and John. |
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