Terror Nullius

How is a story created? How is history written? How are our memories shaped? 28 May – 23 June, Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents the film TERROR NULLIUS by the Australian artist duo Soda_Jerk.

TERROR NULLIUS is a mix of political satire, collage film and road movie. It is visual fireworks that express power structures and politics, where the post-apocalyptic dessert camps from ‘Mad Max 2’ turn into refugee camps, meat-eating sheep turn into anti-colonialist protesters, and a feminist motorcycle gang puts Mel Gibson in his place. The film is commissioned by ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image).

Film critics Luke Buckmaster describes it in The Gurdian: “And it is a crazy, punch-drunk, astral-projecting, bizarro roller-coaster ride through Australian cinema, with an unnerving ability to observe things that were never said and forge connections that were never made. The film celebrates and denigrates; it loves and hates. In one sense it is respectful of classic texts, because without them it would be nothing. And in another, there is a feeling the directors enjoy watching old sentiments burn to the ground, with a ‘nothing is sacred’ ethos, all about challenging old narratives and asserting new ones.”

The film is screened in Charlottenborg Art Cinema during opening hours.

Soda_Jerk visits Kunsthal Charlottenborg Wednesday 29 May at 5pm, where they participate in a Q&A with Jacob Lillemose.