Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stepanian’s latest film, I AM NOT A MONSTER is screening at REFRESH #3 on the 19th and 20th September 2020. You can buy tickets and there is more information available here .
REFRESH #3 IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT DESIGN AND THE IMMERSIVE ARTS SPACE OF THE ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DIGITAL FESTIVAL.
I Am (Not) A Monster Short Synopsis:
In this impossible journey searching for the origins of knowledge, discover how our thinking and actions can render monsters. A most urgent film unravelling some of the reasons why Trump, Le Pen and others have captured people’s imaginations by reviving past ideologies. To find our more about the film I am (Not) a Monster head to our website here.
I Am (Not) A Monster Featuring:
- Noam Chomsky Philosopher and Professor of Linguistics
- Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova Activist Pussy Riot
- Magid Magid Former Member of the European Parliament
- Arjun Appadurai Hannah Arendt’s Student and Professor of Anthropology,
- Efrem Amare Director of The National Museum of Ethiopia
- Neil Harbisson Cyborg Artist
- Tosa Novmichi of Maywa Denki Nonsense Artist
- Hisa Uzawa Noh Theatre Lead Performer, Japan’s Living National Treasure
- Richard Bernstein Hannah Arendt’s Student and Professor, The New School
- Roger Berkowitz Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities, Bard College
- Hiroshi Ishiguro Director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory
- Leon Botstein Hannah Arendt’s Student and President of Bard College
- Shishido Hiroyuki Shinto Priest and Rapper
- Brewster Kahle Director of the Internet Archive
- Metasebia Endalamaw Curator of The National Museum of Ethiopia
- Kanjuro Kiritake II Bunraku Puppetry Master, Japan’s Living National Treasure
- Adrienn Almásy Curator in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum
- Allan McRobie Professor in Engineering, Cambridge University
- Samantha Hill Assistant Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities
- Erica Humanoid
- Hiroshi Ishiguro Humanoid
- Sarah Steele VR Program Manager at Google
- Zachary Lieberman Founder of the School for Poetic Computation
- Takako Furukawa Hypnotherapist