The Host and the Cloud
dal 13/2/2011 al 13/2/2011
Segnalato da
13/2/2011
The Host and the Cloud
Gloria Cinema, Kassel
Special presentation of Pierre Huyghe's new film on Valentine's Day
The Host and the Cloud was a real experiment that occurred in a shut-down museum at the far end of an amusement park. It was witnessed live by an audience and partially filmed on three days - Halloween, Valentine's Day and May Day between 2009 and 2010. A group of actors, who appear to be the personnel of the old museum, were subjected - under specific conditions - to influences which they could alter and metabolize. Their roles and behaviors changed as they encountered a collection of live situations, displays and fragmented narratives. As the ritual unfolded in the live situation, and now unfolds once again in the film, both audiences witness the formation of ideas and the appearance of thought. In this tale of the present, the subject is no longer the protagonist. The collection of the subject's imaginary characters, their changing configurations, real or fictional, forms the situation which progressively replaces the subject. The Host and the Cloud is a tale, a journey in the mind of an absent subject. Born in Paris in 1962, Pierre Huyghe is a member of the Advisory Committee of dOCUMENTA (13). The presentation of The Host and the Cloud by Pierre Huyghe at dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel is an event in cooperation with Forum Expanded / 61 Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. On february 14 h 4-6 pm: Screening, h 6-8 pm: Artist Pierre Huyghe in conversation with dOCUMENTA (13) Artistic Director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, h 8-10 pm: Screening.