Maya Deren – Stano Filko: Truth Has, In Reality, Never Been Ours
In the organizer's words:
The exhibition Truth Has, In Reality, Never Been Ours tells of political entanglements and artistic strategies in times of totalitarian systems that still have an impact today. The focus is on works and videos by avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren and neo-avant-garde artist Stano Filko. Multidisciplinary works by the two artists will be brought together as a walk-in installation in the large exhibition space on the upper floor of the Kunstmuseum.
In their respective works, both artists have created their own mythologies and cosmologies, which can also be read as a form of resistance system. Stano Filko (*1937 in Velka Hradna; † 2015 in Bratislava) developed a comprehensive system of order based on colors and numbers as a reaction to the totalitarian state regime in the former Czechoslovakia. Maya Deren (*1917 in Kyjiw, † 1961 New York) created influential films alongside photography and poetry. In the 1940s and 1950s, she repeatedly traveled to Haiti to film Vodoun ceremonies. She never edited the approximately 6 hours of material herself. The exhibition presents and contextualizes a selection of this film material - her so-called Haitian footage.
The exhibition is complemented by works by contemporary artists Ibon Aranberri and Martin Vongrej as well as video recordings by filmmaker Kveto Hečko. The exhibition is jointly curated by Lucia Gregorová Stach (Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava), Roger M. Buergel (documenta 12) and Julia Lerch Zajączkowska (Kunstmuseum Bochum).
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