Ali Kazma, Top Fuel, 2020, HD video with sound, 16 min, Co-produced by Les Moulins de Paillard

ALI KAZMA – WOMEN AT WORK
OPENINGS | SEPTEMBER 4, 5 & 6 | PROGRAM

in the presence of Ali Kazma
with a Swiss premiere screening of Top Fuel
with the participation of Marta Ponsa from Jeu de Paume
with the first presentation of Ali Kazma's first book, Remember
with the contributions of Véronique Caye, Céline Fribourg, Victoria Muhlig and Paul Ardenne
Centre de la Photographie Genève is hosting Marta Ponsa’s conference

Ali Kazma, Play, from the series Resistance, 2014, Single channel video, 7.5 mins, Courtesy of the artist

For two decades now, Ali Kazma has been filming work, the body, and the body at work by capturing as a virtuoso the gestures and the processes of work. With more than 60 short films to his credit and numerous acclaimed monographic exhibitions, including "Souterrain" at the Jeu de Paume in 2017-2018, Ali Kazma now presents his first thematic exhibition— and what a theme: WOMEN AT WORK. Ali Kazma felt it was the right time "to reconsider (his) position in all matters of gender and to think about this reality more actively."

WOMEN AT WORK is an exhibition of many "premières".
The first "working woman" Ali Kazma filmed in 2007 is the world renown Turkish ceramist Alev Siesbye.
The first woman European Top Fuel Dragster Champion, Anita Mäkelä, is featured in Top Fuel, the latest film by Ali Kazma (coproduced by Les Moulins de Paillard, where the film is currently screened).
The first book by Ali Kazma, entitled Remember, will be presented along with the exhibition.

Ali Kazma, Jean Factory, from the series Obstructions, Single channel video, 12 min, Courtesy of the artist

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