minus20degree 2014
The first night of m20d14 was dedicated to selection of short films, projected on a screen made of snow and ice. Works from Australia, Costa Rica, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands and Austria contributed to the program. The projection surface of snow and ice allows the projection to penetrate just beyond the surface, creating a unique viewing experience.
On the second night of m20d14, Dante’s Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem Divine Comedy was staged as a walk-through an alpine winter forest. Designed as theatre play in which instead of the actors, the audience have taken on the dynamic part. Guided by Virgil the audience journeyed from condemnation to condemnation, where it was confronted with contemporary hellish figures. Natural as well as technical features of the landscape served as architecture and decor for the individual stations. Trees turned into prison poles, drainage pipes into anvils and rocks into fortresses. lasting approximately one hour, the peaceful forest turned into hell, where unsuspecting visitors witnessed the depths of the human soul.