North & South
Realizador Maria Norrman
Países Sweden
Duração 40 min
Sinopse
The work North & South documents a reenactment of the American Civil War, which I participated in, 6-9th of September 2012. The event took place in Sweden, with participants from all over Scandinavia. Contrary to reenactment events in the U.S, which deal with the historic battles on the sites were they actually occurred, reenactments in Scandinavia seem to revolve more around the participant’s fantasies concerning their pop cultural understanding of the war. The video shows life in the camp, things such as cooking, cleaning of weapons and drills. A central aspect in the video is conversations around history, fantasy, movies, the participant’s private lives and my role as an artist. Parts of the material are shown from first person point of view, and we get to follow me when I, disguised as a man, participate in the battles, gets killed and then revived.
The work North & South documents a reenactment of the American Civil War, which I participated in, 6-9th of September 2012. The event took place in Sweden, with participants from all over Scandinavia. Contrary to reenactment events in the U.S, which deal with the historic battles on the sites were they actually occurred, reenactments in Scandinavia seem to revolve more around the participant’s fantasies concerning their pop cultural understanding of the war. The video shows life in the camp, things such as cooking, cleaning of weapons and drills. A central aspect in the video is conversations around history, fantasy, movies, the participant’s private lives and my role as an artist. Parts of the material are shown from first person point of view, and we get to follow me when I, disguised as a man, participate in the battles, gets killed and then revived.