9/6/2013
Art Basel Film
Stadtkino Basel, Basel
Art Basel's week-long program of films by and about artists is curated by Berlin film scholar Marc Glode and Zurich collector This Brunner.
Art Basel's week-long program of films by and about artists is curated by Berlin film scholar Marc Glöde and Zurich collector This Brunner.
Film program 2013
Monday, June 10
Film: Carsten Nicolai, 'Future Past Perfect', Parts 1–4
2008–2013, running time 24'; Galerie Eigen + Art; selected by Marc Glöde.
The four films presented in this program are parts of a larger-scale film project that is designed as a series of conceptually independent works documenting the artist’s focus of interest in each of the respective years of origin.
The screening is followed by a Q&A with Carsten Nicolai and Marc Glöde.
Part 1, 'Sononda'
2010, 7'28''
Part 2, 'Cité radieuse'
2012, 7'43''
Part 3, 'u_08-1'
2009, 3'43''
Part 4, 'Stratus'
2013, 4'24''
Film: Malcolm McLaren, 'Paris, Capital of the XXIst Century'
Art Basel
Time: 10pm
Date: June 10, 2013
Location: Stadtkino Basel, Klostergasse 5, Basel
Access: Tickets CHF 16, pre-order at film@artbasel.com or visit the Film information desk at Art Basel, entrance area of Hall 2. Holders of Art Basel VIP cards, Art Basel tickets and Exhibitor passes can receive a complementary film ticket at the Stadtkino Basel box office.
2010, running time 59'; Malcolm McLaren Estate; selected by Marc Glöde.
Malcolm McLaren’s final film is a collage of ideal images of Paris. Using French film clips and commercials from the past one hundred years, McLaren examines the intersections of art and commodity. The result is a beautiful visual poem.
The screening is followed by a Q&A with Young Kim, partner of Malcolm McLaren and head of the Estate of Malcolm McLaren, and Marc Glöde.
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Short Film program, 'Humorous Criticality'
Running time 43'; curated by Marc Glöde.
This program brings together some of the most remarkable film experiences, showing that gender, race, and the artworld are complex structures needing to be questioned by examining and deconstructing them through humor and critique.
Irwin | 'Black Square on Red Square'
1992–1997, 3'18''; Galerija Gregor Podnar
Tom Sachs, directed by Van Neistat | 'How to Sweep'
2012, 3'30''; Sperone Westwater
Tom Sachs, directed by Van Neistat | 'Space Camp'
2012, 6'28''; Sperone Westwater
Christian Jankowski | ‘Die Jagd'
1992/1997, 1'11''; Klosterfelde
Christian Jankowski | 'Cleaning Up the Studio'
2010, 9'33''; Klosterfelde
Christian Jankowski | 'All About My Work and Me'
2010, 10'; Klosterfelde
Christian Jankowski | 'Discourse News'
2012, 10'; Klosterfelde
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Isa Genzken, 'Die Kleine Bushaltestelle (Gerüstbau)'
2010–2012, running time 71'19'; Galerie Buchholz, Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner; selected by Marc Glöde.
Isa Genzken, assisted by her friend, German artist Kai Althoff, shot this work in an impromptu style, using a home video camera. The film is an absurdist comedy in which Genzken and Althoff enact a string of odd-couple scenarios.
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Wednesday, June 12
'Michel Auder – Stories, Myths, Ironies, and Other Songs: Conceived, Directed, Edited and Produced by M. Auder'
A Short Film program organized by Kunsthalle Basel in conjunction with its exhibition, 'Michel Auder: Stories, Myths, Ironies, and Other Songs'.
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Thursday, June 13
Running time 75'; curated by Marc Glöde.
Contemplating the question of space and architecture has always been a key theme in experimental filmmaking. The films assembled in this program let the audience experience the beauty of this discourse.
The screening is followed by a Q&A with Stephen Prina and Marc Glöde.
Peter Downsbrough | 'In [ To'
2012, 2'47''; Galerie Thomas Zander
Stephen Prina | 'The Way He Always Wanted It, II'
2008, 27'19''; Galerie Gisela Capitain, Friedrich Petzel Gallery
Marcel Odenbach | 'Im Kreise drehen (Turning in Circles)'
2009, 15'50''; Galerie Gisela Capitain, Anton Kern Gallery
Peter Downsbrough | 'A ] Part'
2009, 11'50''; Galerie Thomas Zander
Victor Burgin | 'The Little House'
2005, 18'; Galerie Thomas Zander
Hassan Khan, 'Blind Ambition'
2012, running time 46'; Galerie Chantal Crousel; selected by Marc Glöde.
"'Blind Ambition' is not made like a film. It has no decoupage or preplanned cuts, per se. It is shot on a cell phone: I create the situation, put the actors in it, and shoot. I edit later. But, as I edit, something remains hidden."
– Hassan Khan, Kaleidoscope
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Friday, June 14
'Michel Auder – Stories, Myths, Ironies, and Other Songs: Conceived, Directed, Edited and Produced by M. Auder'
A Short Film program organized by Kunsthalle Basel in conjunction with its exhibition, 'Michel Auder: Stories, Myths, Ironies, and Other Songs'.
Kader Attia, 'Untitled' (Collages)
2011–2012, running time 67'; Galerie Krinzinger
This single-channel video about the lives of transsexuals in Algiers and Bombay questions the possibility of objective testimony. At the same time, it challenges the structural coherence we associate with artistic narrative.
Short Film program, 'Still/Moving'
Running Time 67'; curated by Marc Glöde.
This program brings together works that look at already existing footage – ‘still’ as well as ‘moving’ images. By re-focusing on these images, the films create a deeper understanding and new perspective on historic material.
The screening is followed by a Q&A with Martin Arnold and Marc Glöde.
John Stezaker | 'Horse'
2012, 3' (looped); Galerie Gisela Capitain, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, The Approach
John Stezaker | 'Blind'
2013, 3' (looped); Galerie Gisela Capitain, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, The Approach
Philippe Decrauzat | 'After Birds'
2008, 4'15''; Mehdi Chouakri
William E. Jones | 'Spatial Disorientation'
2010, 4'45''; David Kordansky Gallery
William E. Jones | 'Punctured'
2010, 4'56''; David Kordansky Gallery
William E. Jones | 'Shoot Don’t Shoot'
2012, 4'33''; David Kordansky Gallery
Michael Snow | 'WVLNT'
2003, 15'; Klosterfelde
Michael Snow | 'SSHTOORRTY'
2005, 20'; Klosterfelde
Martin Arnold | 'Haunted House'
2011, 3'30''; Galerie Martin Janda
Martin Arnold | 'Tooth Eruption'
2013, 5'15''; Galerie Martin Janda
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Stadtkino Basel
Klostergasse 5, Basel
Access: Tickets CHF 16, pre-order at film@artbasel.com or visit the Film information desk at Art Basel, entrance area of Hall 2. Holders of Art Basel VIP cards, Art Basel tickets and Exhibitor passes can receive a complementary film ticket at the Stadtkino Basel box office.