Roll Over

16 FEB. - 21 APR. 2013
ROLL OVER. REFLECTIONS ON DOCUMENTARY, AFTER RICHARD LEACOCK

YTO BARRADA + DUNCAN CAMPBELL + JAN DIETVORST / ROY VILLEVOYE +

RICHARD LEACOCK + LUKE FOWLER / ANNA MCLAUCHLAN +

FERNANDO SÁNCHEZ CASTILLO + HIROFUMI SUDA
Opening:Fri, 15.02.2013, 19 Uhr / 7 p.m.
Curated by: Bianca Visser
 Event:
16.02.2013, 15 Uhr / 3 p.m., Artist Talk with Hirofumi Suda (ENG)
21.03.2013, 19 Uhr / 7 p.m., Conversation between Valérie Lalonde, guest of honour, life companion and regular collaborator of Richard Leacock since 1989, and Bianca Visser (ENG)
22.04.2013, 19 Uhr / 7 p.m., Lecture and talk with Glorianna Davenport, Principle Research Scientist, MIT Cambridge/Mass., and Bianca Visser. In cooperation with Amerika Haus e.V. NRW 

 

"Roll Over" is a tribute to the lifelong commitment to the development of cinematography by British-American filmmaker Richard Leacock (London 1921-2011 Paris). His aspiration to get closer to reality and the methodology he developed to accomplish this aim, influenced filmography as we know it today. This exposition wants to bring forth new understandings of documentary in its capacity to shape the world. Video and "Final Cut Pro" are a few of the inventions that have made film accessible to a wider public. Still, the basic concerns of a documentary filmmaker haven’t fundamentally changed since film was born: Do I or do I not make a story. How can I get closer to the subject I’m interested in and how to reveal circumstances that have gone unnoticed before. How do I express ideas. Two rare films by Richard Leacock will be shown alongside recent works by contemporary artists Yto Barrada (*1971, FR/MA), Duncan Campbell (*1972, IE), Jan Dietvorst (*1953, NL) & Roy Villevoye (*1960, NL), Luke Fowler (*1978, UK), Fernando Sánchez Castillo (*1970, ES) and Hirofumi Suda (*1978, JP). Their films are inquisitive, but not informative. Some of them defy their own nature, introducing fictional elements in a non-fiction setting. Others include footage of events that took place when the filmmaker was still a child, or before he or she was even born. In all cases, sequences have been gathered, classified and shaped into a form open to numerous interpretations.
Opening hours:
Do-Fr 14-18 Uhr, Sa-So 13-17 Uhr
Thu-Fri 2-6 p.m., Sat-Sun 1-5 p.m.

Image:

Richard Leacock. Community of Praise, 1981. Icarus Films, New York

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