Shot in the Andes, Aggregate States of Matters deals with the increasing impact of climate change on remote areas. At its core, the film pivots on the ambivalent negotiation between the binary idea of nature and culture, oscillating within the contemporary discourse on the environment and its complex layers based on scientific, philosophical, spiritual and cultural approaches. The work shows the blurring boundaries between human and non-human actors in communities affected by glacier melting in the Andes. From an extensive dialogue with the local people, Barba draws a critical picture of a world where progress has stopped making sense.

 

Aggregate States of Matters, 2019

35 mm film, color, optical sound. 21:14 mins 

Image 1: Film still © Rosa Barba
Image 2,3: Installation view at Parra & Romero Gallery, Madrid, 2020. Photo: Roberto Ruiz © Rosa Barba

Aggregate States of Matters, 2019 has been on display at the following locations:

MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima, 2024

MoMA, New York, 2024

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2023

Parra Romero, 2020

V-A-C Foundation, Venice, 2019

Aggregate States of Matters, 2019 has been screened at the following locations:

Contra-Fluxos, Batalha Centro de Cinema, Porto, 2023

Lo Schermo dell’Arte, Florence, 2022

Video Ex, Zürich, 2022

Porto/Post/Doc, 2021

Mur Murs Film Series, REDCAT, LA, 2021

Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, 2021

Frames of Representation, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2020

UMFF Ulju Mountain Film Festival, International Competition, 2020

44th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Short Film competition, 2020

UNDERDOX FILM FESTIVAL, Dokumente & Experimente-Kurzfilmprogramm, Munich, 2020                    

Curtocircuíto – International Film Festival, EXPLORA Official Competition, Santiago de Compostela, 2020

ISFF Imagine Science Festival New York, Displacement and Relocation, Short Film Program, 2020

Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival, Experimental, Competition Section, 2020

Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2020

V Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, International Competition, 2020

56th Pesaro Film Festival, Competition “Pesaro Nuovo Cinema” – Lino Miccichè Award, 2020

IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam, Ammodo Tiger Short Competition, 2020



awards: International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Tiger Short Award nominee, 2020