Systemic Racism, AI Bias, Dark Rooms, Trump, a Memorial for Gaza and More: Welcome to ‘Hypervigilance,’ CPH:DOX’s Inter:Active Showcase
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"The general level of hypervigilance is rising across society," says curator Mark Atkin. "Embedded within each experience is a form of resistance or rebellion."
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment For those ready to explore and experience creativity at its intersection with technology, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival ( CPH:DOX ), is offering a space full of curiosity: its Inter:Active Exhibition at the Danish capital’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg. It features a curated selection of immersive experiences, educational games, VR offerings, and anything else that doesn’t neatly fit into our traditional understanding of film or TV. This year’s title, “Hypervigilance,” feels extra timely and fitting for an age of digital saturation, global unrest, and the rise of authoritarianism, oligarchs and surveillance. Related Stories Movies Matthias Schoenaerts, Makita Samba, Marton Csokas Join Halle Berry in 'Fleur' General News 30 Years of Filmart, 50 Years of HKIFF: Hong Kong Cinema Takes Stock Or as Mark Atkin, the curator of CPH:DOX Inter:Active and head of studies at talent development program CPH:LAB, put it when unveiling this year’s program: “The works expose the collective anxiety of a society on high alert, where we struggle to retain agency over our image, body, and voice. For queer, disabled, and displaced communities, this state of watchfulness is deeply ingrained, a survival instinct in a world built on scrutiny and exclusion. For others, it has become the new norm shaped by 24-hour news cycles, extractive capitalism, authoritarian violence, and the pressure to conform in a world where we’re always being watched.” In this environment, the artists in Hypervigilance look to expose and take on these pressures, looking to wrest back control through activism and defiance, or sexual expression. The 23rd edition of CPH:DOX runs through Sunday. Asked what goes into the curation of a broad-based program like this year’s, Atk...
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