with an introduction by Theo

The duet and contra of two young women in the hell of capital, Jem Cohen’s 2004 film Chain can be seen as a time capsule of America at the beginning of this century. Or perhaps more precisely, the global West as the logic of hyper-capitalism turned Atlanta, Warsaw and Melbourne into the same homogenous ‘superlandscape’. Blending fiction and documentary, the film traces Amanda, as she squats malls and abandoned houses; and Tamiko, as she finds her way through the glass halls of corporate hotels and offices. Despite being made before the stock market crash of 2008, the desolation captured in Chain seemed to foretell the eventual, or the inevitable.

ALSO featuring a screening of Appropriate Measure by Zac Tomé , an independent filmmaker based in Melbourne, and an alumnus of UvA. A short film inspired by Cohen’s work, it follows two friends try to make their way to the water as the surrounding space seems to become increasingly abstracted  

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