Experimental video film – A-C-I-N-S-E-L-A-K – Female Version; structured in several action parts: soldier-machine, soldier – human, krieg (war), escapism-kalesnica, death, epitaphs and post-elegy state of body and soul. One character (1 soldier in agony) in mirrored actions, in the abstract story of classical war conflicts filled with heroism, illusion, agon, fear, rage, anger, hurt, pain, suffering, damage, shell shock, deadening of vitality, killed longing and romance, sealed life and death.
Inspiration: Feminist poetry book KALESNICA by Svetlana Hristova (1970); WW1 (The Great War) Irish, German, British, Serbian, Greek, Bulgarian Military Graveyards in Bitola, Skopje, Prilep, Skocivir, Capari, Dobroveni, Valandovo.
Director statement
GREEN WORKING MANIFESTO
I perform in a public space – public space is my scenery and stage field for drama and performance.
Nature, urban nature, cultural, industrial, architectural, urban heritage are my open stages.
The sun is my reflector and light design.
Atmospheric sounds are my synergistic sound design.
My performance does not threaten the environment, does not threaten nature, my play does not exploit and pollute, and does not destroy ecosystems, no matter how dramatic it is.
Greenery is my secondary source of dramatic action besides the human.
Skopje, 2024
Bio
Ivanka Apostolova Baskar is creative producer, director and visual dramaturg. Currently she lives and works in Skopje, R. Macedonia, Europe. She is creator and director of several awarded experimental video films: Nijana D. Zavizi, Ljubezen na smrt, Poor Little Rich Drama-Dispersive Dramatics in Kratovo (Drama in Movement), Theatre in Creative Industries-Dispersive Dramatics in Skopje, Destination: Skopje-Gabrovo, THE PCR SONG, KRIEG/A-C-I-N-S-E-L-A-K; Green Grammar (in development). She graduate in Anthropology of Art with Dramaturgy and Set/Costume Design at ISH/AGRFT Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is author of books/eBooks: Theatre Comics; In Search of Lost Director-Utopian set Designs…
Film inspired by archaic feminist poetry book Kalesnica (1970) by Svetlana Hristova (Macedonian poet) and epitaphs from the WW1 British Military Graveyards in Skopje.
Ivanka Apostolova Baskar – adaptation, producer, director, visual dramaturg
Filareta Atanasova – actress Soldier in agony
Mihailo Apostolov – camera/editing/sound
Vesna A. Brishkoska – photograps
Luna Salamon – experimental drawings made with her cancer medicines
Location: Bitola, R. Macedonia – WW1 German Military Graveyards
Pebbles Underground is focused on showcasing and promoting experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget projects by artist-humans from all over the world. Absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, slow-video – all are welcomed, and loved.
Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way. Main source of funding is personal donations from humans organizing the project, who are artists themselves, and the main drive of the project is formed by the energy and involvement of the organizers, and the public.
