Athens International Film Festival
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Documenta 4

25/9/2015,20:30,Ταινιοθήκη της Ελλάδος

A brilliant documentary on the legendary Documenta 4 exhibition in 1968, which - in the aftermath of political developments - gave birth to some of the most controversial questions in contemporary art. The 2017 edition of the largest art show in the world - taking place in Kassel, Germany since 1955 – will be expanding to Athens, Greece.

Artistic director Adam Szymczyk in attendance.

Ο καλλιτεχνικός της διευθυντής, Άνταμ Τσίμτσικ θα συζητήσει με το κοινό μετά την προβολή.

Documenta, the largest art exhibition in the world, was founded by the legendary art curator and architect, Arnold Bond, in 1955 in Kassel, Germany. The goal was to bring the country into the contemporary art’s forefront, repressing and banishing once and for all the cultural darkness caused by Nazism. It is about a particularly significant event, which occurs every five years and has a strong impact by putting the new art trends in a substantial dialogue with the society and the political scenery and by unveiling simultaneously the modern artistic flows.

In the light of this event, the festival will include in its program a rare documentary regarding the legendary Documenta 4 exhibition in 1968, the last one directed by Arnold Bond. It is a marvelous documentary about an exposition which took place in the aftermath of the political events of that year and generated a few of the most interesting and contradicting questions regarding modern art.

Artistic director Adam Szymczyk in attendance.

Σκηνοθεσία / Director
Jef Cornelis
Φωτογραφία / DoP
Guido van Rooy
Μουσική / Music
Pieter Verlinden
Μοντάζ / Editor
Jo Snel
Εμφανίζονται/ Featuring
Arman, Arnold Bode
Joseph Beuys, Cesar
Christo, Jean Dypreau

Βέλγιο / Balgium
1968
Black and white
Ψηφιακή προβολή / Digital Screening
54'
Αγγλικά, Γαλλικά, Γερμανικά, / English, French, German, Nl

 



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