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Honorable Mentions (Ex Aequo):

  INVASIÓN DOMÉSTICA
(Domestic Invasion), 2002
Mexico
Original Format: Mini DVD
Length: 4"
Paulina del Paso Gordillo and Pedro González Deister
E-mail: efimeraescafandra@hotmail.com

 

The constant bombardment and intrusion of technologically-generated images and sounds invade the unassuming and reserved environment of domestic life, jeopardizing the privacy of a human’s most intimate space.



Paulina del Paso Gordillo was born in Kent, England, on March 9, 1973. She studied television and video at the University of Guadalajara and later at the Film Training Center (CCC) in Mexico City, where she specialized in film direction. She has received scholarships from the Mexican Government for the periods 1998-1999 and 2001-2002. She also received an Honorable Mention at the 4th Video Biennial of Mexico City. Her body of work includes a dozen films with which she has participated in festivals and exhibitions, among them the 2003 Sehsüchte Festival in Potsdam, Germany, The Creteil Festival for Women in France, the 2002 Latin American Film Festival of London, and the 2001 XVI Latin American Film Festival of Trieste, Italy. She lives in Mexico City.

 

 

 

 

Pedro “Zulu” González Deister was born in Mexico City on April 5, 1975. He is a self-taught video artist who studied music composition at the National School of Music of the UNAM. He has participated in video group exhibits in London (England), San Diego, Los Angeles and Portland (United States), Barcelona and Huesca (Spain), and in 2003 was named “Artist in Residence” at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada. To date he has created more than 15 videos and animations. He lives in Mexico City.
 

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