Blockbuster: Cinema for Exhibitions
From July 5 to October 10, 2013
Curated by: Jens Hoffmann
Artists:
Bani Abidi, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Ziad Antar, Bruce Conner, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Keren Cytter, Tacita Dean, Manon de Boer, Stan Douglas, Omer Fast, Luke Fowler, Yang Fudong, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Rodney Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Runa Islam, Daria Martin, Steve McQueen, Valérie Mréjen, Anri Sala. René Clair, Jean Vigo, Leo McCarey, Max Ophüls, Charles Laughton, Robert Bresson, Michael Powell, Tony Richardson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Orson Welles, Federico Fellini, Joseph Losey, Jacques Tati, Dalton Trumbo, Jean Eustache, Chantal Akerman, Alan Resnais, Alfredo Gurrola, Bertrand Tavernier
Blockbuster investigates how a group of artists working with video have reoriented their work by observing the legacy of major 20th-century filmmakers. Each artist was asked to select a cinematic work that has most influenced their practice.
The Blockbuster exhibition explores and inquires into the territory of the human condition through the diverse proposals of techniques, plots, and stories.