Artist: Britt Hatzius (Germany)

Britt Hatzius (born in Perú, German nationality, based in London año nacimiento)) worked in photography, video, film and performance, after completing a degree in Fine Art Media at Chelsea College of Art London in 2002. Her work refers to or often takes the format of the moving image, both in its technical and conceptual form, exploring ideas around language, interpretation and the potential for discrepancies, ruptures, deviations and (mis-) communication.

As part of her practice she has collaborated with numerous visual artists, performers, theatre directors, sound artists, musicians, dancers and is engaged in visual-sound collaborations with the collective ‘Not Applicable Artists’.

Since the completion of an MA in Photography and Urban Cultures at Goldsmiths University London in 2005 she also works within academic research at Studio INCITE (Critical Enquiry into Ethnography and Technology) and CUCR (Centre for Urban and Community Research).

Sitio web: http://www.britthatzius.co.uk/
 

Artwork: Blind Cinema

In the darkness of a cinema space, the audience sits blindfolded. Behind each row of audience members is a row of children who in hushed voices describe a film only they can see. Accompanied by the soundtrack (which has no dialogue), the whispered descriptions are a fragile, fragmentary and at times struggling but courageous attempt by the children to make sense of what they see projected on   the screen.

Based on the method of audio description, Blind Cinema as a live event is an experience where the act of watching a film becomes a shared investment: A collaborative and imaginative act between seeing children and blinded adults. It embraces the fact that the        act of trying to find the right words to describe (even if at times being ‘at a loss for words’) and of trying to hold onto the consequently unstable images created in the mind’s eye, will always only be an approximation. To articulate in words in order to share experiences involves a struggle, a struggle that seems to be closest to those in the midst of discovering language’s potential and limits.

Direction & concept: Britt Hatzius

Movie: Britt Hatzius, Simon Arazi, Boris Belay, Maxim

Dramaturgia: Ant Hampton

Design & production: Britt Hatzius, Maria Koerkel, Gert Aertsen

Creative producer: Katja­ Timmerberg

Local assistant: Sebastien Concha

Local participant children :  4to y 6to básico de la Escuela primaria República de Israel, barrio Yungay
 

Place: CA.SA

Address: 2850 Compañia de Jesus

Type of Protection: Historical Preservation Property

The House, this historical preservation property located at 2850 Compañia de Jesus is a neoclassical house of continuous façade located in the Yungay District. It is believed to be built at the beginning of the 20th century, because its blueprints date back to 1914. Like many buildings in the area, this house was abandoned by its owners and inhabited for years by squatters. The history of this house is a mystery and a motivation to work on the gathering of the historical heritage of the area.

The new owners plan to renovate it and build a future cultural node.