Filmic time and Photographic time. A TWO-PART EXHIBITION: Film and video art 1961-1985. October 25th 2008 – January 6th 2009. Film and video art 1986-2008. February 6th 2009 – April 5th 2009
Curated by Elena Volpato
The exhibition aims to compare the history of moving pictures, intended as film and video art, with still photographic images; an encounter between two distinct concepts of time: the eternal present of the filmic image, which can exist solely through its repeated projection, on one hand, and the time past, captured within the photograph, which is already over the moment it appears on photographic paper, on the other.
It is an encounter between two different visual contexts. Since its beginnings, at the end of the 19th Century, cinema has always conveyed a gauzy aura of magical projection. Conversely, until the advent of digital technology, photography has always suggested an implicit feeling of tangibility, of evidence, of proof of real objects.
Within a span of time, split into two segments, ranging from 1961 to 2008, the exhibition presents works made of moving pictures in which still images, however, represent key factors as a structural constituents or elements of content. From Chris Marker’s La Jetèe, a time-travel film composed of still images, to Claerbout’s video-installation Retrospection, in which the action captured by the movie camera takes place on the surface of a single old photograph.
Part one 1961-1985
October 25th 2008 – January 6th 2009
Works on show
Guy Debord, Critique de la Separation*, 1961, 17’ 23’’, black and white, audio,1961, shot on 35mm film.
Michael Snow, Wavelength*, 1967 - 2007, 15’, colour, audio, 1966-67, shot on 16mm film.
Giulio Paolini, Unisono, 1974, 1’, black and white, silent, 1974, video.
Chris Marker, La Jetée, 1962, 29’, black and white, audio,1962, shot on 35mm film.
John Baldessari, Ed Henderson reconstructs movie scenarios, 1973, 24’5”, black and white, audio, video
Hollis Frampton, (nostalgia)*, 1971, 36’, black and white, audio, 16mm
Bill Viola, The Reflecting Pool, 1979, 7’ 33”, colour, audio, 1979, video
Gilbert & George, In the bush, 1970, 1’, black and white, audio, 1970, in Gerry Schum, Identifications, video.
Luigi Ontani, Pucktriscobolo*, 1985, 3’, colour, silent,1985, video
Part two 1986-2008
February 6th – April 5th 2009
Works on show
Jem Cohen, This is a Story of New York, 22’, black and white, audio,1987, shot on 35mm film.
T.J. Wilcox, Garland 5, 6’ 49”, black and white, silent, 2005, 16mm film.
Cyprien Gaillard, Real Remnants of Fictive Wars V*, 2004, 7’, colour, silent, 2004, video.
Jimmie Durham, A Kinetic Sculpture in two dimensions*, 2006, 37”, colour, audio, 2006, video.
Simon Starling, Autoxylocyclopyrobos, 2006 *, colour, silent, carousel of 36 colour slides.
Harun Farocki, Images of the World and the Inscription of War, 1988, 75’, colour, audio, 16mm.
David Claerbout, Untitled/Retrospection, 2000, endless loop, black and white, audio, video.
Robin Rhode, Promenade, 2008, 5’, black and white, music by Arenor Anuku, video animation.
* New GAM acquisition, first time on show to the public.
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Opening hours: Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M., Thursdays from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M., closed on Mondays. The ticket office closes one hour before.
Entrance fees: € 7.50, reduced fee € 6.00.
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