{"id":5958636,"date":"2025-10-10T23:35:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T23:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=5958636"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:31:42","slug":"chicagos-unique-nuclear-legacy-with-theodora-barat","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/chicagos-unique-nuclear-legacy-with-theodora-barat\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago&#8217;s Unique Nuclear Legacy with Th\u00e9odora Barat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Alliance fran\u00e7aise de Chicago present French filmmaker and visual artist <strong>Th\u00e9odora Barat<\/strong>&#8216;s three of her thought-provoking documentary shorts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Or Anything at All Except the Dark Pavement<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Pay Less<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Off Power<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After the screenings, Barat will be joined in conversation by <strong>Amy Beste<\/strong>, Director of Public Programs and Senior Lecturer at the <strong>School of the Art Institute of Chicago<\/strong>, to discuss her practice and projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently in residence at <strong>Villa Albertine in Chicago<\/strong>, Barat is developing <em>Superform<\/em>, a multidisciplinary project exploring the sculptural and commemorative aspects of the <strong>December 1942 chain reaction<\/strong> at <strong>Chicago Pile-1<\/strong>, the first nuclear reactor, located in the basement of the University of Chicago. Her work spans <strong>photography, sculpture, and film<\/strong>, examining how history and memory intersect through art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guests are then invited to a reception, where they can enjoy a <strong>complimentary glass of French wine<\/strong> and engage with the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-the-filmmaker\">About the Filmmaker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Th\u00e9odora\u00a0Barat<\/strong>\u00a0is a filmmaker, visual artist, and researcher. Based in France, she is a faculty at Nantes School of Art.\u00a0Her work has been exhibited and discussed in various institutions in France and abroad. Her films have been screened at numerous international film festivals. Combining film, photography, and installation, she focuses on the various manifestations and incarnations of the techno-capitalist paradigm \u2014 at the foundation of our \u201cmodern\u201d societies. Her trilogy Pay-Less Monument (2018), Off Power (2021), and Americium (2024) is devoted to the destructive exploitation of chosen territories and the intertwining of capitalism and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-the-moderator\">A\ufeffbout the Moderator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amy Beste <\/strong>is director of public programs and senior lecturer in the department of film, video, new media, and animation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her publications include \u201cInterview with Hannes Sch\u00fcpbach\u201d in Sch\u00fcpbach (2015) and \u201cDesigners in Film: Goldsholl Associates, the Avant-Garde, and Midcentury Advertising Films\u201d in Jacob and Baas (2012). She curates \u201cExhibitions: Conversations at the Edge,\u201d an ongoing series of screenings, talks, and performances by leading media artists at the Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago. 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