films4peace 2013

Bringing nations together once again through film, Puma releases its annual commission to celebrate World Peace Day in films4peace.

Now in its third year, this year’s films4peace features some of today’s most innovative contemporary artists, offering their own unique interpretations of the subject of peace through everything from 35mm live action, experimental animation to fine art approaches.

The seven films were officially released on World Peace Day (Saturday 21 September), at cultural and educational venues around the world and online via international blogs and websites – a part of the campaign The London Word is proud to be a supporter.

The artists sharing their films this year are: Rob Carter, Wilmer Wilson IV, Athi-Patra Ruga, Zanele Muholi, Anthony Goicolea, and Assume Vivid Astro Focus. From the dystopian, fragmented world of assume vivid astro focus (aka Eli Sudbrack) exploring the democratisation of technology to Rob Carter’s disquieting portrait of the Ebensee Nazi concentration camp in Austria through the surrounding area in time-lapse photography, this year’s commissions are a typically varied selection of styles and approaches to the theme of peace.

Anthony Goicolea looks back on the traditions of his Cuban upbringing as he dissects the sacrificial custom of the piñata by destroying a life-size effigy of a horse while South African artist Zanele Muholi tackles the challenging subject of ‘queericide’ motivated by the ongoing murders of black lesbians in her home country.

Mysterious and ambiguous, enigmatic and provocative, films4peace aims to use the medium of film ‘to effect positive social change and broaden the discussions around peace globally’.

We are pleased to be helping spread the message of peace online. Watch all seven of the films4peace films here.

Find out more about the project and the commissioned artists on the films4peace website: www.films4peace.com.