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<font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2">Aksioma
–
Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, kindly invites you to:</font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
<br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Michael
Madsen</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><big><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><big><i><b>INTO ETERNITY </b></i></big></font></big> <font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2">»A
Film
for the Future«</font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2">Documentary
film (75 min, English)</font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
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href="http://www.aksioma.org/into_eternity/index_slo.html"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">www.aksioma.org/into_eternity</font></a></u></span></font><font
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</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b><span
style="background: transparent">A haunting non-fiction elegy
about the threat of the apocalypse, Michael Madsen's "Into
Eternity" ponders <br>
the future of nuclear waste and explorers the horrors of
anticipating an unpredictable future. </span></b></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
<br>
</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><font color="#141414"><span lang="en-US"><b>Aksioma </b></span></font><font
color="#141414"><span lang="en-US"><b>|</b></span></font><font
color="#141414"><span lang="en-US"><b> Project Space</b></span></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font color="#141414" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Komenskega 18, Ljubljana</font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
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</font> <font color="#141414" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>Screenings:</b></u></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2">26,
27,
31 January and 1 February 2012 at 7 pm<br>
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</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><b>Public
interview with the author: 26 January 2012, after the screening</b></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Interviewer:
Mojca
Kumerdej</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Times New
Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Michael
Madsen</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><i><b><span
style="background: transparent">INTO ETERNITY</span></b></i></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
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</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><i><span style="background: transparent">Into Eternity</span></i><span
style="background: transparent"> is an unique art work that
deeply explores the mind-boggling scientific and philosophical
questions long-term nuclear waste storage poses.</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span
style="background: transparent">Structured as a message to
future generations, the piece focuses on the Onkalo waste
repository now under construction in Finland, one of the first
underground storage facilities. Onkalo is a gigantic network of
tunnels being carved out of bedrock that will start receiving
Finland’s nuclear waste in 2020. Once the repository is full, in
about 100 years, it will be closed and hopefully remain sealed
for at least 100,000 years.</span></font><font face="Times New
Roman"><br>
</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><i><span style="background: transparent">Into Eternity</span></i><span
style="background: transparent"> takes viewers deep into the
Onkalo facility as it is being constructed and asks Onkalo
representatives, scientists, theologians and others to address
fundamental but challenging questions.</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><span style="background: transparent">How can our
civilization know what the world will be like in 100,000 years?
The first modern homo sapiens appeared about that long ago and
no human structure has survived more than 5000 years. How can we
anticipate climate and geologic changes that far in the future?
What will life on our planet be like then? How do we warn
distant generations of the deadly waste our civilization left
behind? What languages or signs will they understand? How do we
prevent them from thinking they have located the pyramids of our
time or some other treasures?</span></font><font face="Times New
Roman"><br>
</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><span style="background: transparent">With its stark,
stylistic approach, the video work </span><i><span
style="background: transparent">Into Eternity</span></i><span
style="background: transparent"> by the Danish artist Michael
Madsen not only raises questions about the possibility of
long-term nuclear waste storage, but also invites reflection on
the limits of science and human knowledge, along with our
responsibility to future generations.</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
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</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><b><span style="background: transparent">Awards
(selection):</span></b></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span
style="background: transparent">- IDFA, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, IDFA Green Screen Award, November 28th 2010</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span
style="background: transparent">- Sheffield, UK, Special mention
Sheffield Green award, November 7th 2010</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span
style="background: transparent">- FilmAmbiente - International
Environmental Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Best
International Feature Film, November 2011</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span
style="background: transparent">- Baikal International Festival
of Documentary, Irkutsk, Russia, Grand Prix, October 2011</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span
style="background: transparent">- Antenna International
Documentary Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, Best International
Film, October 2011</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span
style="background: transparent">More: </span></font><font
color="#000080" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/awards/"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span style="background:
transparent">http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/awards/</span></font></a></u></span></font><font
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</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><b><span style="background: transparent">Director and
Scriptwriter:</span></b><span style="background: transparent">
Michael Madsen</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b><span
style="background: transparent">Producer:</span></b><span
style="background: transparent"> Lise Lense-Møller</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b><span
style="background: transparent">Editors:</span></b><span
style="background: transparent"> Daniel Dencik, Stefan Sundlöf</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b><span
style="background: transparent">Director of Photography:</span></b><span
style="background: transparent"> Heikki Färm F.S.C.</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b><span
style="background: transparent">Sound Design:</span></b><span
style="background: transparent"> Nicolai Linck, Øivind
Weingaarde</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b><span
style="background: transparent">Mix:</span></b><span
style="background: transparent"> Tomas Arwe</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
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</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><b><span style="background: transparent">Production
Company: </span></b><span style="background: transparent">Magic
Hour Films</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><span style="background: transparent">More: </span></font><font
color="#000080" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
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href="http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span style="background:
transparent">http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/</span></font></a></u></span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
<br>
</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><font color="#222222"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Michael
Madsen</b></span></font><font color="#222222"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">.
Born 1971 - conceptual artist and film director founder and
artistic leader of the Sound/Gallery, a 900 square meter
sound diffusion system underneath the Town Hall Square in
Copenhagen, Denmark (1996-2001).</span></span></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font
color="#222222"><span style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">Madsen has been guest lecturer
at The Royal Danish Academy of Art, The Danish Film School,
and The Danish School of Design. As film director he
realized various documentaries among others the
Award-winning</span></span></font><font color="#222222"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">
‘To Damascus – a Film on Interpretation’ (</span></span></font><font
color="#222222"><span style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">2005). Selected art projects
include: </span></span></font><font color="#222222"><i><span
style="font-weight: normal">Audience (van Gogh#7)</span></i></font><font
color="#222222"><span style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">, design of SPOR 2007, festival
for new music and sound art; and </span></span></font><font
color="#222222"><i><span style="font-weight: normal">Public
Service (van Gogh#6)</span></i></font><font color="#222222"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">
</span></span></font><font color="#222222"><i><span
style="font-weight: normal">Phase 1</span></i></font><font
color="#222222"><span style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">: Idea and concept for a new
music library in Odense, Denmark. </span></span></font></font>
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</font> <font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><font color="#222222"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>Mojca
Kumerdej</b></span></font><font color="#222222"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">
is a writer, philosopher and art critic. In 2001, Študentska
založba published her first book, the novel </span></span></font><font
color="#222222"><i><span style="font-weight: normal">Baptism
Above Triglav (Krst nad Triglavom)</span></i></font><font
color="#222222"><span style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">, in which she ironically
explores Slovenian stereotypes and national mythology; in
2003, her book of short prose </span></span></font><font
color="#222222"><i><span style="font-weight: normal">Fragma</span></i></font><font
color="#222222"><span style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> was published in the Beletrina
series, and in 2011 her collection of short prose </span></span></font><font
color="#222222"><i><span style="font-weight: normal">Dark Matter
(Temna snov)</span></i></font><font color="#222222"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">.
Her literature has been translated into several foreigh
languages. She has appeared at the Frankfurt Book Fair, in
Moscow, St Petersburg, and at the International Book Fair in
Guadalajara (Mexico); she has made guest appearances at book
fairs in Prague, Leipzig, Buenos Aires and in Hungary. In
2006, she received the Crystal Vilenica award for her short
story Below Surface (Pod gladino) at the Vilenica
International Literary Festival. Her work </span></span></font><font
color="#222222"><i><span style="font-weight: normal">Fragma</span></i></font><font
color="#222222"><span style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> has been interpreted in
theatre, in the dance-theatrical performance by Sonja
Ožbolt, and in graduation-TV dramas by the students of film
directing at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and
Television, for which the students received the Academy's
Prešernova Awards.</span></span></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
<br>
<br>
</font> <font face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><font color="#000000"><b>Production of the event: </b></font><font
color="#000000">Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art,
Ljubljana, 2012</font></font><br>
</font><font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.aksioma.org/"><font
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</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Artistic director: Janez Janša</font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Executive producer: Marcela
Okretič</font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Public relations: Mojca Zupanič</font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Technical support: Valter
Udovičić</font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Assistant: Sonja Grdina</font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
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</font> <font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Supported by the Ministry
of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Municipality</b></i></font></font><font
color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:
11pt" size="2"><i><b> of Ljubljana.</b></i></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i>Sponsor: Datacenter d.o.o.</i></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
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</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Contact:</b></font></font><font
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</font><font style="font-size: 11pt" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><font
color="#000000">Marcela Okretič, 041 250 830, </font><font
color="#000081"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:aksioma4@siol.net">aksioma4@siol.net</a></font></font><font
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</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Aksioma | Institute for
Contemporary Art, Ljubljana</b></font></font><font face="Times
New Roman"><br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Neubergerjeva 25, 1000
Ljubljana</font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
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