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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
Mosaic
Imge Özbilge and Sine Özbilge
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Synopsis
In the oldest city of the Middle East, a Kurdish student, a Muslim musician, and a young Christian girl are part of a cultural mosaic. When vicious noises bring war upon their city, a mysterious sunfish appears to save them.
Directors statement
Coming from a multicultural background, the Özbilge sisters have always been interested in the clash of cultures. The duality between tradition and modernity, the East and the West, is a recurring topic, particularly in Imge’s works. Mosaic deals with a sensitive topic with the intention of breaking down certain prejudices created by the media towards Middle Eastern cultures. The vocabulary used in the media and our daily news that refers to people in need as 'refugees' or as a 'problem,' creates a distance from the humanitarian perspective. The Middle East is a culturally rich and very diverse geography where many cultures have lived together for centuries. Mosaic aims to remind its audience of this multiculturality by portraying diverse yet ordinary people from daily life. One of the main challenges in creating the characters of Mosaic was to give them traditional Middle Eastern assets without orientalizing them.
During the creation of the world of Mosaic, the directors aimed to mirror the odd beauty that emerges from the clash of traditions and post capitalism in our 'modern' world. Migration has always been a part of human history. It is the mix of cultures which has enriched our societies throughout time. At times like these it is crucial to remember that Humanity has priority over any Nation. The combination of traditional watercolor drawings with digital animation was one of the most challenging aspects in the creation of the visual world of Mosaic. The director duo has researched different ways in combining watercolor drawings in TVPaint, creating their own analog paper textures which were applied digitally on the characters. Hieronymus Bosch was a strong inspiration in the creation of the visual world of Mosaic, accompanied by mythological stories and old fables of the Middle East.
Links: https://www.facebook.com/Mosaic2020, https://vimeo.com/433434610
In the oldest city of the Middle East, a Kurdish student, a Muslim musician, and a young Christian girl are part of a cultural mosaic. When vicious noises bring war upon their city, a mysterious sunfish appears to save them.
Directors statement
Coming from a multicultural background, the Özbilge sisters have always been interested in the clash of cultures. The duality between tradition and modernity, the East and the West, is a recurring topic, particularly in Imge’s works. Mosaic deals with a sensitive topic with the intention of breaking down certain prejudices created by the media towards Middle Eastern cultures. The vocabulary used in the media and our daily news that refers to people in need as 'refugees' or as a 'problem,' creates a distance from the humanitarian perspective. The Middle East is a culturally rich and very diverse geography where many cultures have lived together for centuries. Mosaic aims to remind its audience of this multiculturality by portraying diverse yet ordinary people from daily life. One of the main challenges in creating the characters of Mosaic was to give them traditional Middle Eastern assets without orientalizing them.
During the creation of the world of Mosaic, the directors aimed to mirror the odd beauty that emerges from the clash of traditions and post capitalism in our 'modern' world. Migration has always been a part of human history. It is the mix of cultures which has enriched our societies throughout time. At times like these it is crucial to remember that Humanity has priority over any Nation. The combination of traditional watercolor drawings with digital animation was one of the most challenging aspects in the creation of the visual world of Mosaic. The director duo has researched different ways in combining watercolor drawings in TVPaint, creating their own analog paper textures which were applied digitally on the characters. Hieronymus Bosch was a strong inspiration in the creation of the visual world of Mosaic, accompanied by mythological stories and old fables of the Middle East.
Links: https://www.facebook.com/Mosaic2020, https://vimeo.com/433434610
Director: Imge Özbilge
Co-director: Sine Özbilge
Music: Shalan Alhamwy
Production: Lunanime
Co-director: Sine Özbilge
Music: Shalan Alhamwy
Production: Lunanime
The sister directors duo Imge Özbilge (TR) and Sine Özbilge (TR) work together as each other’s mirrors. They experiment with the medium of animation, the 16:9 screen, digital installation art, and the use of mixed media, exploring new connotations and stylistic forms. When writing concepts, Sine focuses on psychological matters and the subconscious, while Imge reflects on the surreality of society. The directors duo collaborated on the award winning short films Camouflage (world premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2017) and #21xoxo (world premiere at BFI Film Festival 2019) and are currently working on their latest short The Curator.