d-movies
Motivation and inspiration is crucial in these critical times for all of us. documenta has been motivating and inspiring for over half a century, and we all remain actively committed to it. documenta is all of us, at all times and in all places!
In this spirit the documenta archiv is introducing a collection of films and videos from the programs of past documenta exhibitions and contributions within the realm of contemporary artistic production of the 20th and 21st century.
The COMMON(S) is the objective of decades-long documenta practice – begun by Arnold Bode and continued today by ruangrupa. In the d-movies series, the theme of COMMON(S) is illuminated with film contributions from various documenta perspectives and offered via online streaming.
There always have been critical times in many different places in this world. But the current time is special: we are experiencing in all areas of life that we are no longer in different places – we are all in one place: joint in crisis, joint in this world - joint in documenta!
Video Art
"Fairytale" (2007) by Ai Weiwei, Part 1
"Kleine Ereignisse [Small Events]" (1987) by Roman Signer
"Abschlussaktion [Final Action]" (1987) by Roman Signer
"Why Are You Angry?" (2017) by Rosalind Nashashibi & Lucy Skaer
Exhibition Documentary
Trailer: "documenta 1955 – der Film, der nie gedreht wurde" (2016) by Visus-Film
"In 1955, Kassel art professor and designer Arnold Bode realizes his great dream: an overview exhibition on the development of European art in the 20th century.
The setting is the provisionally repaired World War II ruins of the Museum Fridericianum on Friedrichsplatz." (Excerpt from the film commentary by Dr. Harald Kimpel)
Until today, no film recordings of this exhibition exist. Visus-Vision UG created the present film documentation on the basis of historical film recordings of the documenta archives and the German Documentation Center for Art History - Bildarchiv Foto Marburg. The realization of the individual film scenes took place with the innovative self-developed software VISUS.
The film has a running time of 108 min. and can be purchased from the documenta archiv: Further information
"Motivation" (1964) by Wolfgang Claus
"Joseph Beuys' documenta work. A video documentation" by Pia Witzmann & Peter Bräutigam
Press video of the documenta 13 by Ben Brix
Concert
Piano concert by Frederic Rzewski for documenta 14 in the Staatstheater Kassel (08.09.2017), Part 1
Public Program
"The Strategy of Joy: Introduction" (08.09.2017) by Paul B. Preciado
"The Strategy of Joy - Strategy of Wildness" (09.09.2017) by Jack Halberstam
Conference
"Performance, Pragmatically: Truth Claims in Exhibition Practice" (24.11.2018) by Jonah Westerman