Art Film 2010
Art Basel's week-long program of films by and about artists, curated by film scholar Marc Glöde and collector This Brunner.
Sean Snyder | Casio, Seiko, Sheraton, Toyota, Mars 2004/2005/13’09’’ | Galerie Neu Sean Snyder | Afghanistan circa 1985 2009/2’10'' | Galerie Neu WEDNESDAY | June 16 | 10 p.m. | Total running time 71' Second screening | Thursday | June 17 | 10 a.m. Reference Points | Curated by Marc Glöde Relating to different dynamics of the world is one of the crucial interests in new film positions. This program brings together some of the most remarkable works that ask questions about the relation to the medium, about iconic figures, about historical aspects or just about the self. Clemens von Wedemeyer | Found Footage (the Fourth Wall Project) 2009/31’ | Galerie Jocelyn Wolff Ryan Gander | Basquiat or I can't dance to it, one day but not now, one day I will but that will be it, but you won't know and that will be it 2008/5’30’’ | gb agency
THURSDAY | June 17 | 10 p.m. | Total running time 61' Second screening | Friday | June 18 | 10 a.m. Focus Japan | Curated by Marc Glöde in cooperation with Taka Ishii Gallery and Galerie Daniel Buchholz This program introduces the historical Japanese film avant-garde movement of Jikken Kobo/Experimental Workshop (1951–1958). The program subsequently presents contemporary films by both Japanese and European artists in an attempt to consider the relationship and mutual influence of a lesser-known Japanese post-war aesthetic on a present generation of artists. Katsuhiro Yamaguchi/Toshio Matsumoto | Ginrin (Bicycle in Dream) 1955/12’ | National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Kiyoji Otsuji | Kinecalligraph 1955/86/4’26'’ | Taka Ishii Gallery
Cerith Wyn Evans | Still Life with Phrenology Head 1979/14’ | Taka Ishii Gallery and Galerie Daniel Buchholz
Florian Pumhösl | EI335721443JP 2009/15’10'' | Galerie Daniel Buchholz The screening is followed by a Q&A with Japanese art critic Minoru Shimizu and Art Film curator Marc Glöde. FRIDAY | June 18 | 10 p.m. | Total running time 73' Second screening | Saturday | June 19 | 10 a.m. Dark, Blurred And Diffused | Curated by Marc Glöde Dark spaces and diffused atmospheres shape the works that this program brings together. From historical works to new approaches, these films lead us into spaces that range from the uncanny and the irritating to the abstract and the archival. Gerhard Richter | Volker Bradke 1966/14’32'' | Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden Cerith Wyn Evans | I’ve been fooled by love 2009/8'21'' | Galerie Neu
Joachim Koester | To navigate, in a genuine way, in the unknown necessitates an attitude of daring, but not one of recklessness (movements generated from the Magical Passes of Carlos Castaneda) 2009/3’30’’ | Jan Mot SATURDAY | June 19 | 8 p.m. (sold out) | 10 p.m. | Running time 99' Second screening | Sunday | June 20 | 10 a.m. Women Without Men | Curated by This Brunner Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran’s 1953 CIA-backed coup d’état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard, where they find independence, solace and companionship. Acclaimed video artist Shirin Neshat makes her directorial debut with this incisive and sumptuously filmed reflection on the pivotal moment in history that directly led to the Islamic revolution and the Iran we know today. Shirin Neshat | Women Without Men 2009/99’ | Coproduction Office The screening is followed by a Q&A with Shirin Neshat, moderated by the Swiss filmmaker Samir. |