Fictive reality and real fictions – Artist talk and screening with Clément Cogitore
1st Screening:
For his video work "The Evil Eye" (2018), installed at Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, Clément Cogitore was awarded the prestigious Prix Marcel Duchamp in 2018.
French media artist Clément Cogitore reacts to aspects of trivialization and anonymization in the context of current image circulation. Cogitore’s work is characterized by a distinct visual intensity and a strong sense of storytelling that departs from reality and adjoins the imagination. The story of a woman's voice travels through anonymous, stereotypical scenes of the stock trading global banks that provide the image material for advertising and political campaigns. This award-winning, recent work by the artist, shown at Centre Pompidou, can be seen now for the first time in Berlin.
2nd Screening:
The first screening is followed by the film "Braguino" (48 min), awarded the Prix LE BAL. The film visualizes the everyday life of a family living in Siberia and their bitter conflict with their only neighbors in endless loneliness. Cogitore’s film tells a horrifying moment of civilization's failure and investigates the very moment of the emergence of armed conflicts. Afterward, Clément Cogitore talks with Curator Nadine Isabelle Henrich about his approach to the concepts of fiction and documentation and gives an immediate insight into his artistic and film work.
The event is held in English. Admission is free of charge.
Curator & Panel: Nadine Isabelle Henrich
Location: Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
Date: 24 February 2019