Kevin B. Lee, Johannes Binotto, Evelyn Kreutzer, Silvia Silvia Cipelletti, Marine De Dardel, Libertad Gills,
Video Essays About Alice Diop (2024)
Exploring the films of Alice Diop through critical and poetic forms, this series of video essays engages with her cinematic treatment of place, identity, and lived experience. The works respond to Diop’s blending of documentary and fiction, drawing out resonances in her imagery, rhythm, and political urgency.
Created for L’immagine e la parola at the Locarno Film Festival, each essay reflects a unique encounter with Diop’s work – shaped by the knowledge that she herself would be in the audience.
List of video essays for the Alice Diop series
- „This Hard Surface“ by Johannes Binotto
- „As I was approaching tenderness“ by Silvia Cipelletti
- „Tracing a train of Thought“ by Kevin B. Lee
- „Respirier Ensemble“ by Evelyn Kreutzer
- „All about love“ by Libertad Gills
- „Still life“ by Marine De Dardel
Partial listing of video essays on Alice Diop produced by students of the Video Essay Atelier taught by Prof. Kevin B. Lee and Silvia Cipelletti at the USI Accademia di Architettura:
- Valérie Rossier on Vers la tendresse
- Liza Trudova on Saint Omer
- Elisa Acquistapace, Nadine Bein and Agata Kobuk on Saint Omer
- Marine de Dardel on Nous
- Sophie-Charlotte Frehse on Saint Omer
- Marten Viohl and Matias Nobel on Vers la tendresse