FILMART
Julian Rosefeldt |
Written 30 January |
Thursday 26 March, 01:00Centre Pompidou, 75004 [map]
Julian Rosefeldt, born in Munich in 1965, makes films which range in style from documentary to theatrical narrative. His films possess a complex visual quality in which the viewer is immersed in lavishly staged sets, which are projected in cinematographic style onto several canvases. Caught in a continuous loop, his protagonists move in heavy rhythms, matched by the action of the camera gliding slowly forwards and backwards. Rosefeldt treats everyday rituals and clichés analytically and ironically, subverting them by shifting the action into the absurd. The film "Asylum" is a nine screen video installation which is a bold and disturbing work encouraging the viewer to explore their own responses to asylum. Rosefeldt’s "Lonely Planet" uses the figure of an ambitious backpacker on a trip through India, played by the artist himself, in order to challenge the way that images and clichés are formed. His journey takes him from romanticised motifs to the slums of Bombay. The rock piece “Don’t want to be an American idiot”, is a classic example of the importance Rosefeldt places on the exploration of representation in film, where the viewers are captured by the cinema screen showing the image of what we are in the middle of watching ourselves in an interesting mise en abyme.
| What: | Julian Rosefeldt |
| When: | Thursday 26 March, 01:00 |
| Where: | Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou 75004 [map] |
| Transport: | Rambuteau, Hôtel de Ville, Châtelet-Les Halles |
| Cost: | 4-6EUR |
| Phone: | 01 44 78 12 33 |
| Web: | www.centrepompidou.fr |
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