ATANÁZ BABINCHAK

ATANÁZ BABINCHAK IS A FILMMAKER WHOSE FILMS FIND THEIR FORCE IN THE ENTANGLEMENT OF (A)PHYSICALITY, TECHNOLOGICAL PROSTHESIS, SELF-SURVEILLANCE, ANXIOUS INTERIORITY, COMPROMISED SUBJECTIVITY, AND “THE SIMULATION.” FOR ATANÁZ, THE PROCESS OF FILMMAKING BURROWS ITSELF INTO LIFE, LOVE, SEX, AND CONTROL, LEAVING BEHIND RELICS OF URGENT ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE AND GRAB AHOLD OF LIVED MOMENTS’ UNFOLDING LAYERS, BEFORE THEY FADE INTO THAT WHICH “HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED.” HIS WORK ENABLES US TO WATCH AS THE FABRIC OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN INADEQUACY SIMULTANEOUSLY TEARS ITSELF TO SHREDS AND STITCHES ITSELF BACK UP, SHUTTLING US BETWEEN DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCE AND EXPOSING US TO THE VAST NATURE OF SUBJECTIVITY, ALL WHICH, AT ITS CORE, DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS FROM WHICH WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF STARING INTO THE VOID.

TEXT BY EVAN KARAS