Buzz Riot

Buzz Riot

Best Short Experimental Rudi van der Marwe Switzerland, Experimental, 7'56''

Buzz Riot takes inspiration from the internet, particularly the way in which it enables us to consume information. A collective construction, a new tower of Babel, the internet is a boom town, a new frontier whose rules we do not yet fully understand and where new trends in communication keep on popping up. The animated GIF is part of this new world, it speaks of the fragmentation of communication and information into bite-sized pieces, but is also a playful take on appropriation art. By positing that buzz is a form of contamination, a bewitchment that goes ‘viral’, Buzz Riot explores buzz-related phenomenon by means of the animated GIF.
Buzz Riot evokes an epic quest with mythical undertones in the midst of this sprawling platform called the internet: a strange land full of monsters and dark corners, perhaps humankind’s ultimate journey… More than ever we are faced with the need for collective action. The internet could be the perfect tool to accomplish this, or on the other hand, be used as an instrument for control and disinformation that prevents all possible escape.

Director - Rudi van der Merwe

Buzz Riot
Film block: Archive block
Screening:
Palace of culture
  • Language
  • Country Switzerland
  • Genre Experimental
  • Scriptwriter Rudi van der Merwe
  • Producer Rudi van der Merwe
  • Cast Rudi van der Merwe, Claire-Marie Ricarte
  • Year of creation 2018
  • Duration 7'56''
Rudi van der Marwe
Director Rudi van der Marwe

Rudi Van Der Merwe was born and grew up in Calvinia, South Africa. He studied theatre and modern literature at the universities of Stellenbosch and Strasbourg and partook in ex.e.r.ce at the CCN of Montpellier.

Since 2004 he has been working as a performer with Gilles Jobin (Steak House, Double Deux, Moebius Strip, Text to Speech), Cindy van Acker, Perrine Valli among others and has collaborated with Ayelen Parolin, Dana Michel, Jòzsef Trefeli, Marie-Caroline Hominal and Béatrice Graf on a variety of multidisciplinary projects.

As a choreographer his creations include I’d like to save the world, but I’m too busy saving myself, Trophée and Lovers, Dogs and Rainbows (at FIT in 2019). In 2014, he obtains a diploma in post-production from CADSchool Geneva and in 2015 a postgraduate diploma in cinema from Raindance London.
His short film Buzz Riot receives the award for Best Experimental Short at the Cannes Short Film Festival (2018) and at the 17th In the Palace International Short Film Festival (2019).

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