Bárbara Wagner et Benjamin de Burca
One Hundred Steps

On the occasion of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie’s current exhibition at the Studio, they welcome, in collaboration with the CCI, artists Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca for a special evening dedicated to the duo’s latest film, One Hundred Steps.

One Hundred Steps, the eighth film by Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, refers to the work of Bob Quinn, an Irish filmmaker whose work is largely devoted to challenging Eurocentric imaginaries and studying the influence of North African cultures on Irish culture. The film guides the public through a narrative in two chapters that respond to each other. The first is set in a sumptuous 17th century Anglo-Irish colonial mansion in the south of Ireland; the second in a 19th century mansion built by the French upper class in the center of Marseille. Combining dance and song, Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca show the complexity of intercultural relations and reverse the power dynamics.

A screening in the audiotorium is followed by a discussion with the artists, cinematographer Joana Luz, singer and participant of the film Mona Boutchebak, and moderated by CCI director Nora Hickey M’Sichili.

One Hundred Steps (IE, FR, DE, 30', 2021) by Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca is co-commissioned by Manifesta 13 Marseille and VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, produced by VOLTE and Wagner & de Burca and co-financed by the Arts Council of Ireland, Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, V-A-C Foundation and Ammodo.

Collaborating since 2011, Bárbara Wagner (born in 1980 in Brazil) and Benjamin de Burca (born in 1975 in Germany) produce photographs, installations and film works that question cultural categorizations, which they seek to deconstruct in order to show their porosity and shifting nature.