video WORKS
A Matter of Empathy, 2011
'A matter of empathy' is about the very human phenomenon when we, consciously or unconsciously, hurt another human being, be it physical or mental, and in the situation unable to put themselves in the other's place, in relation to the very different view of the situation one feels when it is one itself that goes beyond. As always to be right in traffic, e.g.
An issue of empathy is made in collaboration with:
Sam Fleischer: The Common Man - Exploiter; The common man - violent; The common man - subject.
Lise Goll: Exploited; Witness; Cello. Toni Larsen: Witness.
Eli Benveniste: Abused; The Common Man - Witness.
Sarah Boberg: Conscience; Infidelity; Witness. Knud Holten: Conscience; The ordinary man dreaming; The common man - humiliated; The common man - violent; Do not care.
Rigge Holten: Conscience; humble; Witness; Do not care.
Inger Rønnenfelt: Conscience; Infidelity; Witness; Do not care.
Ken Vedsegaard: Conscience; The common man - adultery; The common man - victim of violence.
Ulf Trotzig, Giovanni Meloni, Jørgen Haugen Sørensen: Conscience through dream
Dan Albert Benveniste, Heine Pedersen, friends and family: Public opinion
Thanks to Roberta Traversa and Renzo Pardini: www.maschereonline.com
Style photography: Enrico Kelli, Heine Pedersen
Technology Lars Michael
Special thanks to: Ulrich Oppenhejm Round Tower
Filmed and edited by Eli Benveniste Duration: 8.24 min / 2011 / DK.
how happy we were, 1997
Eli Benveniste films her own work process, and later the exhibition 'The Replaceable in Galerie Anne Marie, 1997.