Architecture and its Discontents
a film program curated by
ADAM SZYMCZYK
Kaleidoscope Project Space
Via Masera (in front of n. 10), Milan
ph. +39.02.36535563
info [at] thekaleidoscope.eu
Addressing the present urban condition and reality of built environment, contemporary artists mine the mythos of modern architecture, its promises and conflicted legacy.
Works by: Michel Auder, Pedro Barateiro, Sabine Bitter / Helmut Weber, Filipa Cesar, Jordi Colomer, Cyprien Gaillard, Beatrice Gibson & Alex Waterman, Heidrun Holzfeind, Gordon Matta Clark, Rosalind Nashashibi, John Smith, Mona Vatamanu / Florin Tudor, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Clemens von Wedemeyer & Maya Schweizer, Artur Zmijewski.
In collaboration with Kunsthalle Basel
Media partner: Abitare
ADAM SZYMCZYK is a curator and writer born in 1970 in Poland. In 1997, he was one of the founding members of the Foksal Gallery Foundation (FGF) in Warsaw. In 2003, he was appointed Director and Chief Curator of the Kunsthalle Basel and, in 2008, he co-curated with Elena Filipovic the 5th Berlin Biennial, entitled “When Things Cast No Shadow.”
PROGRAM
SCREENING PT. I
4 MARCH
6 PM: INTRODUCTION BY ADAM SZYMCZYK
6.30 PM – 9 PM: SCREENINGS
CYPRIEN GAILLARD, The Lake Arches, 2007, 1’43”
MICHEL AUDER, It’s Hard to be Down When you’re Up, 1979 (released 2005), 21′
GORDON MATTA-CLARK, Clock Shower, 1973, 13’07”
BEATRICE GIBSON & ALEX WATERMAN, A Necessary Music, 2008, 20′
ROSALIND NASHASHIBI, Humaniora, 2003, 12′
FILIPA CSAR, Allee der Kosmonauten, 2007, 8’17”
ARTUR ZMIJEWSKI, Sen Warszawy (A Dream of Warsaw), 2005, 18′
MONA VATAMANU & FLORIN TUDOR, Praful (The Dust), 2006, 6’08”
PEDRO BARATEIRO, Falta-me Espao (Lack of Space), 2007, 1’36”
CLEMENS VON WEDEMEYER, Silberhhe, 2003, 10′
SCREENING PT. II
5 MARCH
6 PM: INTRODUCTION BY ADAM SZYMCZYK
6.30 PM – 9 PM: SCREENINGS
MONA VATAMANU & FLORIN TUDOR, Procesul (The Trial), 2004-5, 37’24”
PEDRO BARATEIRO, Travelogue, 2006, 5’16”
JORDI COLOMER, Avenida Ixtapaluca, 2009, 6’09”
ROSALIND NASHASHIBI, Dahiet Al Bareed, District Of The Post Office, 2002, 6′
JOHN SMITH, The Black Tower, 1987, 22’54”
GORDON MATTA-CLARK, City Slivers, 1976, 15′, mute
MICHAEL AUDER, T.W.U. Richard Serra, An Unsolicited Video by Michel Auder, 1980-82, re-edit 2002, 14′
CYPRIEN GAILLARD, Pruitt Igoe Falls, 2009, 6’58”
DAY PROGRAM
6-13 MARCH
2.30 PM – 7 PM
2.30 HEIDRUN HOLZFEIND, Corviale, Il serpentone, 2001, 34′
3.30 HEIDRUN HOLZFEIND, Za Zelazna Brama (Behind the Iron Gate), 2009, 55′
4.30 CLEMENS VON WEDEMEYER & MAYA SCHWEIZER, Metropolis, Report from China, 2006, 42′
5.30 GORDON MATTA-CLARK, Automation House, 1972, 32′
6.30 SABINE BITTER & HELMUT WEBER, Living Megastructures, 2003-4, 25′
7.00 JORDI COLOMER, Anarkitekton, 2002-4, 12′
The films presented during the two screenings will be also visible during the day program.
For more information:
Kaleidoscope Project Space
Via Masera (in front of n. 10), Milan
ph. +39.02.36535563
info [at] thekaleidoscope.eu
http://www.thekaleidoscope.eu
