Eva Beazar

I feel like I’m in a ghost town. I needed all my heroes. No doubt, they’re still gone. My night fantasies… They give me chills. But seeking that one hero. Trapped in that world, which is completely enlightened. Not knowing when I might see them, I shiver. They are imaginary paths. My nighttime fantasies. I continue to wander in a haunted world. Looking for that one hero. With them into a paradise, following a fictional route. 

I often sketch little scenarios, creating outlines of daily life occurrences. These snippets arise from personal experiences and my artistic practice, blurring the line between fiction and reality. Rooted in dreams, fantasy, movement, chaos and everyday encounters they’re daydreams, reflections, and interconnected thoughts, forming a new world — the foundation of a fresh film. 

The film Nighthawks 2017 starts with an endless drive. The atmosphere is dreamy. One world merges into another, to the rhythm of potatoes being peeled. The woman peeling seems in control, resigned to the aimlessness of her action. As we come closer, we notice how emotional she is – but the camera dances around her, approaches her and moves away. Recognition and alienation – it is the border between these two that I wish to explore.

On a hot summer day in November 2018 is a film between fiction and reality. It takes place between day and night. We don’t know where we are. We enter a bizarre world where faceless figures appear. In this world a person is lost. The dream world contrasts with the images of the subway. Reality flashes back through the moving images and the shadows of passengers that appear. This is a dream story, or a nightmare. We are displaced from time and place. The sequence is one in which there is no time span. We lose contact. You get closer and then further again. You wake up and you dream on. It’s a journey through time. 

The two videos add up to a story. The space is part of the atmosphere. I present the two videos together create a world of its own. Presented on two blocks, where the audience can walk around, sit down, a breathing space. The films play in a loop. Creating an atmosphere; a universe.