Steve McQueen
dal 15/9/2007 al 26/10/2007
Segnalato da
15/9/2007
Steve McQueen
The Renaissance Society, Chicago
Gravesend
Gravesend
The subject of British filmmaker Steve McQueen’s new short, Gravesend, is coltan, a mineral so valuable it is proving to be the new blood diamond. Used in all cell phones and computers, eighty percent of this mineral comes from the Congo. Symbolic of a new global economy unable to shake the vestiges of neo-imperialism, coltan’s is a tall story to tell.
McQueen’s approach is unapologetically abstract, compressing within the space of 17 minutes a poetic narrative of empire as told through a series of formally striking shots. Gravesend will be accompanied by Unexploded, a 54 second film the artist made using footage he took in Basra, Iraq. Both films are U.S. premieres.
Image: Gravesend, 2007 35mm film transferred to high definition
Renaissance Society
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