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Madam. M.A’s [13.1-9+19+13] Vol.01 and [3+20] With two extraordinary short films in competition, here the writer, director, producer, composer, editor and photographer Madam M.A breaks down these formidable pieces of art.
Musical Shorts By Madam M.A
A Cinema of Numbers As a solo multimedia artist, working between film and video, portrait photography, makeup design, musical composition and more, every work of Madam M.A sees her mobilising her plethora of talents to intriguingly unique ends. These two projects perfectly compile Madam M.A’s manifold creativity, straddling abstraction and reality, cinema and fine art, and the personal and the social.
[13.1-9+19+13] Vol.01 A multifaceted work of abstraction, obliterating the final boundaries between fine art and cinema, [13.19+19+13] Vol.01 dunks viewers into a deeply referential dream-like trance brimming with phrenetic energy. “With no belief, no religion, Will the Gods save us? Will the world see the truth? “What are the gods if they are made by humanity? Can people only believe because the gods are their creation? It’s funny. I think I have some religions to leave behind.” Many people can’t feel free because of their creatures, not only gods, but also their words, thoughts, and societies. I want to clean them up, make them free. Here it is, that dream coming true.” WEST EUROPE ONLINE EDITION BRUSSELS 2021
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[3+20] “I’ll go where I want to go, I do what I want to do”. This unwavering ideology presented within [3+20] cuts to the core of modern values. Based on a media book of the same name, recording the personal and emotional journey of five months of European explorations, [3+20] translates a multitude of life experience into film. The project stems from Madam M.A’s gripe with the recurring question of “How is/was your trip?” For her, there was no answer. After visiting worldly sites, words were unable to convey the experiential moments which had passed. Thus, Madam M.A turned to art, first the multimedia experience contained within the book, and now to film.
Synthesizing these complex emotional experiences—from inner explorations to pragmatic experiments on the ground in Europe—[3+20] provides an experimentally personal window onto the work of Madam M.A.
About Madam M.A (Akari Mazda) Not bound by any profession or form, the experimental work of the Düsseldorf-based Madam M.A takes many forms. From film to photography, makeup design to music, her work is characterised by change, with each project taking a notably different form. Born in Sapporo, Japan, her life started with music. By the age of three she was familiar with the piano, and soon she was performing live in public. Soon