Episodio III, también conocido como "disfrutar la pobreza", son las actividades de Renzo Martens en el Congo en una película registro de 90 minutos. En un viaje épico, la película establece que las imágenes de pobreza son la exportación más lucrativa del Congo, generando más dinero que las exportaciones tradicionales como el oro, los diamantes, o el cacao. Sin embargo, al igual que con esas exportaciones tradicionales, aquellos que proveen el material crudo dificilmente se benefician de todo ello.
Amidst ethnic war and relentless economic exploitation, Martens sets up an emancipation program that aims to teach the poor how to benefit from their biggest resource: poverty. Thus, Congolese photographers are encouraged to move on from development-hindering activities, such as photographing weddings and parties, and to start taking images of war and disaster. With a neon sign, carried through the jungle by Martens' porters, hapless plantation workers are encouraged to capitalize on what the world has given them as their share. He mounts a neon sign in the middle of the forest that reads 'Enjoy Poverty.' The local population dances frenetically around it, but in the end, adversity won't be held at bay for long.
Episode III is the third episode in a series of films that investigate the role of the camera in a filmed world. The first of this series was 'Episode I' set in Chechnya. By enacting its own parameters, these films try to make visible a world obscured by depictions of it.
Episodio III fue primero mostrado en el museo de Stedelijk en Amsterdam, en un espectaculo que tambien incluía una de las cajas de metal que previamente llevamos a traves de la jungla, conteniendo un master, algunas luces de neon, una fotografía hecha en colaboración con los fotografos locales, y un certificado. Simultaneamente, la pieza sirvio de pelicula apertura en el IDFA, Festival de Documentales de Amsterdam de 2008.
‘Episode III' was first shown at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, in a show that also included one of the metal trunk previously carried throughout the jungle, containing a master-tape, some neon light, a photograph made in collaboration with the local photographers, and a certificate. Simultaneously, the piece served and as the opening film of IDFA, the Amsterdam International Documentary Festival's 2008 edition. Ever since, viewing copies have been made available for the documentary film circuit and for television screenings, allowing the piece to relate fully to the modes of representation it reproduces. http://www.enjoypoverty.com/
| There's a shadow hanging over me Like a beggar going from door to door A man needs a maid A man needs a maid It's hard to make that change When life and love turns strange And old |
Hay una sombra pendiendo sobre mí Como un mendigo yendo de puerta en puerta Un hombre necesita una sirvienta Un hombre necesita una sirvienta Es difícil hacer ese cambio cuando vida y amor tornan extraño y viejo |
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