The current ACFNY Visiting Artist, Isabel Rocamora (U.K/ Spain) will present a screening of two of her short films. The artist/filmmaker will present Body of War and Horizon of exile on 1st August

Body of War (2010) reflects on how a man becomes a soldier through the relentless repetition of acts of violence. Set in the Normandy Landing geography, punctuated by testimonies of serving soldiers, a visceral hand-to-hand combat is gradually deconstructed – inviting the viewer to engage in the relationship between human intimacy and the brutality of war choreography. An observation of the momentary collapse of the heroic, Body of War stages the pathos of military strategy by using documented mise-en-scène as a form of discourse rather than celebration.