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White Sands Crystal Foxes

Forum Expanded 2022
© Liz Rosenfeld
White Sands Crystal Foxes is an experimental film journey through the point of view of a young queer person who daydreams about the erotics of a world where humans are willfully in submission to nature, and foxes are the only mammals still able to procreate. In this speculative world, in heightened states of emotion, crystals form from human secretions, such as tears, cum, and piss, and are considered to be valuable sources of energy. Foxes are polyamorous creatures slowly becoming the dominant mammals populating the world. Holes are infinite portals, social architectures, thresholds, and energy conductors. Drawing connections between chemical warfare, climate change, sustainable energy, and queering time and space, Liz Rosenfeld transforms a 360° immersive environment (a planetarium) into a speculative future lexicon of flesh, holes, crystals, and foxes.
This screening will open with a short live work entitled “The Shimmer” performed by Liz Rosenfeld.
by Liz Rosenfeld
with Phoebe Patey-Ferguson Germany 2021 English 34’ Colour World premiere

With

  • Phoebe Patey-Ferguson

Crew

Written and Directed by Liz Rosenfeld
Cinematography Imogen Heath
Editing Alex Eisenberg
Music Neda Sanai
Sound Design Samuel Klemke
Production Design Liz Rosenfeld
Costumes Liz Rosenfeld
Casting Liz Rosenfeld
Production Managers Nadja Krueger, Iwasa Hirohito, Kathy Rosenfeld
Producers Sonja Klümper, Paula Alamillo Rodriguez, Liz Rosenfeld

Produced by

Amard Bird Films

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Liz Rosenfeld

Liz Rosenfeld is a Berlin-based visual and performance artist who works in film/video, performance, and experimental writing practice. They received an MFA in Performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005, followed by an MA from the Department of Performance Studies at New York University in 2007. Rosenfeld’s films and performances have been shown in international museums and venues including the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Mapa Teatro, Bogotá, Tate Modern, London, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

Filmography (selection)

2003 HEART; 8 min. 2005 Untitled ( Dyketactics Revisited) 2014 DAISY CHAIN 2015 The Surface Tension Trilogy · Proliferations Part I & II 2016 Fire In the Theater 2017 FUCK TREE; 9 min. · Liz/James/Stillholes; 8 min. 2019 Between Revolutions 2020 Edging · Tremble 2021 White Sands Crystal Foxes 2022 FOLDS

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022