Shot in the Andes, Aggregate States of Matters deals with the increasing impact of climate change on remote areas. At its core, the film pivots on the ambivalent negotiation between the binary idea of nature and culture, oscillating within the contemporary discourse on the environment and its complex layers based on scientific, philosophical, spiritual and cultural approaches. The work shows the blurring boundaries between human and non-human actors in communities affected by glacier melting in the Andes. From an extensive dialogue with the local people, Barba draws a critical picture of a world where progress has stopped making sense.
Aggregate States of Matters, 2019
35 mm film, color, optical sound. 21:14 mins
Image 1: Film still © Rosa Barba
Image 2,3: Installation view at Parra & Romero Gallery, Madrid, 2020. Photo: Roberto Ruiz © Rosa Barba
Aggregate States of Matters, 2019 has been on display at the following locations:
MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima, 2024
MoMA, New York, 2024
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2023
Parra Romero, 2020
V-A-C Foundation, Venice, 2019
Aggregate States of Matters, 2019 has been screened at the following locations:
Contra-Fluxos, Batalha Centro de Cinema, Porto, 2023
Lo Schermo dell’Arte, Florence, 2022
Video Ex, Zürich, 2022
Porto/Post/Doc, 2021
Mur Murs Film Series, REDCAT, LA, 2021
Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, 2021
Frames of Representation, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2020
UMFF Ulju Mountain Film Festival, International Competition, 2020
44th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Short Film competition, 2020
UNDERDOX FILM FESTIVAL, Dokumente & Experimente-Kurzfilmprogramm, Munich, 2020
Curtocircuíto – International Film Festival, EXPLORA Official Competition, Santiago de Compostela, 2020
ISFF Imagine Science Festival New York, Displacement and Relocation, Short Film Program, 2020
Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival, Experimental, Competition Section, 2020
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2020
V Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, International Competition, 2020
56th Pesaro Film Festival, Competition “Pesaro Nuovo Cinema” – Lino Miccichè Award, 2020
IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam, Ammodo Tiger Short Competition, 2020
awards: International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Tiger Short Award nominee, 2020