Fiction Talks #1

Piotr Wyrzykowski [C.U.K.T.]

The film features Anna Baumgart, who, using the found footage strategy, becomes the heroine of the famous Soviet film “The Cranes Are Flying” by Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957. The artist, using film technology, inserts her own face instead of the face learn more
The film features Anna Baumgart, who, using the found footage strategy, becomes the heroine of the famous Soviet film “The Cranes Are Flying” by Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957. The artist, using film technology, inserts her own face instead of the face of the main character Veronica, played by Tatiana Samoilova. The 3-minute 28-second video captures the learn more
Prawdziwe? Lecą żurawie / Is it real? Cranes are flying
							Anna Baumgart						
The United We Stand project imagines a non-existent Hollywood-style European blockbuster film, marketed as “a brilliant mix of espionage and sci-fi political stereotypes in which Europe, not the USA, saves the world from impending doom.” Through posters, a fabricated website, learn more
The United We Stand project imagines a non-existent Hollywood-style European blockbuster film, marketed as “a brilliant mix of espionage and sci-fi political stereotypes in which Europe, not the USA, saves the world from impending doom.” Through posters, a fabricated website, and a fictional backstory, the project presented a fictional movie to audiences worldwide. The promotional learn more
United We Stand (2005)
							Eva & Franco Mattes						
French artist Pierre Huyghe, commissioned by the Dia Art Foundation in 2003, executed an extensive project titled “Streamside Day Follies.” With access to the small abandoned town of Streamside, Huyghe literally invented traditions for this provincial town in the USA. learn more
French artist Pierre Huyghe, commissioned by the Dia Art Foundation in 2003, executed an extensive project titled “Streamside Day Follies.” With access to the small abandoned town of Streamside, Huyghe literally invented traditions for this provincial town in the USA. The project involved interconnected relationships between three elements: an imaginary community in the Hudson Valley, learn more
Streamside, 2003
							Pierre Huyghe						