November
Germany / 2004 / 25'
Plot
The artist investigates the role of images in revolution, chronicling the journey of Andrea Wolf, a friend who became involved in the Kurdish liberation movement in Turkey. The work weaves together documentary footage from Kurdish television, scenes from an amateur film made by the two friends as teens, clips from Bruce Lee movies, and Steyerl’s own narration, addressing a number of themes such as gender in political uprisings and the aesthetics of protest.
Full Cast and Crew
Director:
Hito Steyerl
Production:
Marta Kuzma for manifesta5
Film Editing:
Stefan Landorf
Cast:
Uli Maichle
Screenings
| 28/11/2024 | 19:00h | MNCARS | GRATIS |
Director
Hito Steyerl
Hito Steyerl (b. 1966, Munich) is a German filmmaker, artist and writer. Steyerl’s prolific filmmaking and writing occupies a highly discursive position between the fields of art, philosophy and politics, constituting a deep exploration of late capitalism’s social, cultural and financial imaginaries.
Sha had participated in biennials all over the world and his work is part of major contemporary art collections and museums. She has had solo exhibitions in museums and cultural centres such as, among others: Portland Art Museum (2023); the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (2022); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, (2022); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2021); Park Avenue Armory, New York (2019; Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel (2018); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2018); The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2017); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2016); Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (2015); ICA, London, UK; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2013); E-flux, New York (2012). Group exhibitions include Vasos comunicantes, Collection 1881 - 2021, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (2022); May You Live In Interesting Times, 58th Venice Biennale, Venice Italy; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2016); Cut to Swipe, Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Darknet, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland; documenta 12, Kassel (2007) and Manifesta 5, San Sebastian (2004).
A selection of her essays, published in various places, are summarized in four books: Die Farbe der Wahrheit (The Color of Truth; Vienna: Turia Kant, 2008), The Wretched of the Screen (Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2012), Beyond Representation (Berlin 2016), and Duty Free Art – Art in the Age of Planetary Civil Wars (London: Verso, 2017 / Zurich: Diaphanes, 2018).
D. in Philosophy from the University of Vienna and Professor of New Art Media at the University of Berlin, her written and audiovisual essays focus on issues such as the proliferation of images and the use of the Internet and digital technologies in our daily lives, which she addresses through the use of irony and the appropriation of other people's visual and textual materials.
A selection of her essays, published in various places, are summarized in four books: Die Farbe der Wahrheit (The Color of Truth; Vienna: Turia Kant, 2008), The Wretched of the Screen (Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2012), Beyond Representation (Berlin 2016), and Duty Free Art – Art in the Age of Planetary Civil Wars (London: Verso, 2017 / Zurich: Diaphanes, 2018).
