ICA
Cinema, in association with White Space Gallery, presents:
Evgeny Yufit: Necrorealist Cinema
4 September 2003
The founder of the 'Necrorealism' movement, St Petersburg-based painter,
art
photographer and film maker Evgeny Yufit is concerned with the representation
of
death and psycho-pathological processes connected to this theme. More
of Yufit's
work will be shown in October as part of the ICA's Russian Parallel Cinema
season.
4 September 2003, 6.30pm: Wooden Room
An experimental black-and-white meditation on the complex, ever-changing
relationship between a filmmaker and his subject matter. The narrative
seems
entirely based on the performers' improvisation. But there are enough
clues to
suggest that the film is intended as a cautionary tale about artists who
get too
intimately involved with their material. Indeed, the filmmaker gets so
close to
his recorded event that at the end he loses all detachment and himself
becomes
an object and a victim. Plus Fortitude (1988, 3 mins), a day in the lives
of a
group of pacifists hiding from a war tribunal in the basement of a destroyed
house.
Russia 1995, 65 mins, English subtitles
There will be a panel discussion with Evgeny Youfit and others following
the
screening.
Sponsored by Baltgazcomplectimpex (GAZPROM)
Screening arranged by Nana Zhvitiashvili and Anya Stonelake with
ICA
Cinema, The Mall, London SW1
Tickets & Information: 020 7930 3647
Tubes: Charing Cross/Piccadilly
Ticket prices are £6.50, £5.50 (concessions), £4.50
(ICA Members).
For further information and images, please, contact Anya Stonelake (White
Space Gallery) on 07949 100 956 or John Dunning (ICA) on 0207 766 1407
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