This piece is based on a copy of Picasso’s Guernica that was found in Yüksekova-Hakkari, one of the seven towns that have been destroyed in the state-led destruction in Southeast Turkey (North Kurdistan). Filmed candidly in the ruined city town of Yuksekova, the work is a contemporary reading of Guernica in the light of recent warfare in Kurdistan.
A new migrant family, one thing is more challenging than it looks; celebrating the birthday of their 9 year old daughter. They join forces with a local Norwegian family and try to make ends meet for a birthday party. Based on the research project "Parenting Cultures in Plural Norway" by Uni-Research Bergen University, the film explores challenges of being a parent in a multi-cultural society formed with migration. The film focuses on birthday parties as a performance of parenting.
Steyerl’s immersive installation focuses on the making of the video game "Skyscraper: Stairway to Chaos" by the Ukrainian company Ace3D, based on Saddam Hussein’s unrealised plans to reconstruct the Tower of Babel in Babylon, the ancient capital that he began rebuilding in the 1980s.
