Secret Art Cinema is a new, Rotterdam-based initiative that aims at bringing Video Art back into the spotlight. This initiative set out in Bob Smith Gallery with a preview and now extends to become a side event of Rotterdam Contemporary that shows works by Rotterdam-based video artists. Set on the background of the city of Rotterdam, the first edition of Secret Art Cinema will highlight the conseq
uences, the strengths and weaknesses of the relation between human bodies and digital influence. A selection of recent, authentic works will cover a specific aspect of this relationship. They'll range from a satirical portrayal of how the digital influences our sexuality, to an intimist view of how the anonymity of a telephone call can provide the means for human consolation. It will investigate the never ending dynamics between mass and machinery: on the one hand it will present the struggle of an individual within mass movement, on the other hand it will almost poetically portray machinery as a living organism. Finally, a pinch of irony will desacralize human agency by showing how we allow the digital to manipulate our existence.
