Fiction Talks #5

Agency of Singular Investigations

Project Europe will collapse under the weight of its contradictions, according to Thomas Bellinck’s House of European History in Exile. His fake museum of the future narrates the history of the European Union’s failure, examining the missteps from the early learn more
Project Europe will collapse under the weight of its contradictions, according to Thomas Bellinck’s House of European History in Exile. His fake museum of the future narrates the history of the European Union’s failure, examining the missteps from the early 21st century to the year 2063. The museum resembles a collection of bureaucratic artifacts: maps, learn more
House of European History in Exile, 2013
							Thomas Bellinck						
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						
“Triple-Chaser” was created in response to the 2019 Whitney Biennial invitation, independent of the Whitney Museum, in protest of Warren B. Kanders’ involvement with the institution. Kanders, owner of the Safariland Group, whose tear gas grenades were used against civilians learn more
“Triple-Chaser” was created in response to the 2019 Whitney Biennial invitation, independent of the Whitney Museum, in protest of Warren B. Kanders’ involvement with the institution. Kanders, owner of the Safariland Group, whose tear gas grenades were used against civilians in the 2018 US border crisis, was also a vice chair at the Whitney. The learn more
Triple-Chaser (2019)
							Forensic architecture						