Tate Modern Film

Mika Rottenberg and Mahyad Tousi: REMOTE

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9 October 2022 at 15.00–17.00

A woman lies on the floor, resting her head on a patch of moss,

Still from REMOTE, Mika Rottenberg & Mahyad Tousi (2022). © Mika Rottenberg & Mahyad Tousi. Courtesy the artists and Hauser & Wirth.

Enjoy the premiere of Mika Rottenberg and Mahyad Tousi’s first feature film REMOTE, followed by Q&A with the artists

REMOTE portrays a strangely credible futuristic world. The film follows Unoaku, an expat architect living and working in Kuala Lumpur. She and four other women follow a popular South Korean dog-groomer online.

Each live on their own in apartments around the world. Yet the five women discover they are connected through mysterious portals in their homes. Embarking on a quest for answers, they use the portals to bridge the distance between them. Together they uncover a strange phenomenon with universal consequences.

Filmed in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, REMOTE features a cast of multinational actors and performers including Okwui Okpokwasili and Joony Kim. The film explores a future populated by isolated and yet connected individuals.

The premiere of REMOTE is presented at Tate Modern with Artangel.

REMOTE was commissioned by Artangel; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden in association with Hauser & Wirth. The film was completed with support by MOCA’s Environmental Council, Los Angeles; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada; X Museum, Beijing, China; and the Busan Biennale, Korea.

Mika Rottenberg

Born in Buenos Aires, Mika Rottenberg spent her formative years in Israel and now lives and works in upstate New York.

In a series of remarkable video works often situated within theatrical installations, Rottenberg has explored how experiences and values are produced in a networked Connecting seemingly disparate places, people and things, she creates elaborate and subversive visual narratives that highlight the inherent absurdity of contemporary existence.

Mahyad Tousi

Mahyad Tousi is a multidisciplinary writer, producer, cinematographer, and director working across story formats, genres, and platforms. Based in Los Angeles, his projects span network television to contemporary art.

Tousi was the executive producer of CBS primetime comedy United States of Al. He is currently writing and producing 1001, a sci-fi adaptation of The Tales from a Thousand and One Nights.

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