Duration
17.9.24, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Language
German, English
Admission
4 €
Info
In a cooperation between Haus der Kunst and the Filmmuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum, Rebecca Horn’s filmic oeuvre will be presented with additional newly digitised films, contextualised by experts and discussed with regard to the significance of performativity as the driving force behind her artistic thinking.
The filmic work of the transmedia artist Rebecca Horn (b. 1944) is an important part of her oeuvre. Alongside her early performances, the film Der Eintänzer (1978) plays a central role in the “Rebecca Horn” retrospective at Haus der Kunst. It was the first time Horn had devoted herself to the medium in a feature-length film. This was followed by her films La Ferdinanda: Sonate für eine Medici-Villa in 1981 and Buster’s Bedroom in 1990.
In her films, Rebecca Horn skilfully interweaves references from the history of literature, art, and film. During her studies im University of Fine Arts of Hamburg in the 1960s and her many years in New York in the 1970s and 1980s, Rebecca Horn became acquainted with the films of Andy Warhol, Jack Smith, and Jonas Mekas and immersed herself in American avant-garde cinema.
The film night takes place on two evenings in the Cinema of the Filmmuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum.
Tuesday, 17.9.24, 6.30 pm
Welcome by Claudia Engelhardt (Deputy Director)
Katja Eichinger (author and producer) in conversation with Dr Jana Baumann (Curator, Haus der Kunst) and Dr Andrea Lissoni (Artistic Director, Haus der Kunst)
La Ferdinanda: Sonate für eine Medici-Villa (1981), 85 min., in German language.
La Ferdinanda: Sonate für eine Medici-Villa is set in the Villa La Ferdinanda in Tuscany. The villa, which once belonged to the Medici family, serves as the backdrop for a series of surreal, interwoven scenes. Rebecca Horn uses the rooms and architecture of the villa to explore themes such as time, memory, and decay. The film features various installations and performances that interact with the villa’s surroundings, transforming it into a living, breathing entity. The narrative is not linear, but rather a poetic meditation on the interplay between past and present and the connection between people and the spaces they inhabit.
Credits
Written and directed by Rebecca Horn; assistant director: Fabio Jephcott; cinematographer: Jiri Kadanka; assistant cinematographer: Rainer März; editor: Inge Kuhnert; assistant editor: Ulrike Zimmermann; music: Ingfried Hoffmann; lighting: Heinz Stellmacher, Gerhard Lange; sound: Christian Moldt, Norman Engel; objects and design: Rebecca Horn; set design: Ida Gianelli; costumes: Janken Jansen; make-up: Cesare Paciotti; hairstyling: Luciana Maria Constanzi; production management: Sarah Blum, Cesare Landricina; with Valentina Cortese (Caterina de Dominicis), Javier Escriba (Dr Marchetti), Gisela Hahn (Paola), Hans Peter Hallwachs (Commissioner Bella), Michael Maisky (Mischa Boguslawsky), Daniele Passani (Larry Jones), Rita Poelvoorde (Simona), David Warrilow (Richard Sutherland), Maurizio Caratozzolo, Pietra and Amona Pistoletto, Renate Reiche, Francesco Ricasoli
35 mm, colour, sound, 85 min.
In cooperation with Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne.
Collection Rebecca Horn
Tuesday, 24.9.24, 6.30 pm
Welcome by Claudia Engelhardt (Deputy Director) and Dr Jana Baumann (Curator, Haus der Kunst)
Location: Cinema of the Filmmuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum
Buster’s Bedroom (1990), 104 min., in English language.
Buster’s Bedroom is set in a former sanatorium in California where the famous silent film star Buster Keaton was once a patient. The film follows a young woman named Micha who goes in search of the ghost of Buster Keaton, whom she reveres. There she meets the eccentric residents, including a mad doctor played by Donald Sutherland. Through the fictional patients, Horn conveys complex emotions and multi-layered perceptual relationships. The film is an exploration of obsession, memory, and the fading glamour of the silent film era.
Credits
Directed by Rebecca Horn; screenplay: Rebecca Horn and Martin Mosebach, based on a story by Rebecca Horn; producer: George Reinhart; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Barbara von Weitershausen; sound editing: Gisela Lüpke; assistants: Oliver Gieth, Carla Bogalheiro; set design: Nana von Hugo; music: Sergey Kuryokhin, Ingfried Hoffmann; sound: Uwe Kersten; costumes: Franςoise Laplante; production of the objects: Hasje Boeyen; production: Luciano Gloor; production manager: Udo Heiland; with Geraldine Chaplin (Diana Daniels), Valentina Cortese (Serafina Tannenbaum), Taylor Mead (James), Amanda Ooms (Micha Morgan), Ari Snyder (Lenny Silver), Donald Sutherland (O’Connor), David Warrilow (Mr Warlock), Martin Wuttke (Joe), Maria Dulce, Abel Fernandes, Nina Franoszek, Tilly Lauenstein, Lena Lessing, Steve Olson, Mary Woronow
35 mm, colour, sound, 104 min.
In cooperation with Metropolis Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Les Productions du Verseau, Montréal, and Prole Film LDA, Lisbon, in association with Limbo Film AG, Zurich and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne.
Collection Rebecca Horn
Advance booking is possible seven days before the event via the Filmmuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum.
A cooperation between Haus der Kunst Munich and the Filmmuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum. In conjunction with the retrospective “Rebecca Horn”.