Harmony Korine
Retrospective / Exhibition
Harmony Korine / Spring Breakers © Mars Films ©
Harmony Korine © Mars Films ©
This event is organized by the Cinémas du Département du développement culturel du Centre Pompidou, in conjunction with the Festival d’Automne à Paris
Full programme details will be made available in September at www.centrepompidou.fr et www.festival-automne.com––––––
Reading by Sandra Moussempès
Sunny Girls, a poem inspired by Harmony Korine’s film, Spring Breakers,
Centre Pompidou / Petite salle – Thu. 26 October 19h
Running time : 40 minutes / Free entry
The American artist and film-maker Harmony Korine will be the subject of a month-long exhibition and retrospective of his films at the Centre Pompidou. The artist himself will be present at several screenings as well as live events.
With his roots in underground culture, the film-maker Harmony Korine shot to fame at the age of eighteen years old when he wrote the script for Kids, directed by Larry Clark in 1995. He then wrote and directed Gummo (1997), and Julien Donkey-Boy (1999), earning him a reputation as the most controversial fim-maker of his generation. A fervent, caustic observer of American society, his films focus on youth culture and individuals on the fringes of society, such as Mister Lonely (2007), and Trash Humpers (2009). His next project was Spring Breakers (2012), a wholly disconcerting film which earned him widespread critical acclaim. His films experiment with a variety of narrative styles, mixing together different image textures, from video to digital. Other projects include around twenty short films, in addition to a number of adverts and music videos. Along with film-making, Harmony Korine’s work as an artist extends into the fields of painting, photography, installations and writing. This plethora of artistic activity is the subject of an exhibition at Forum - 1 at the Centre Pompidou. A book, co-edited by Éditions Rizzoli, Centre Pompidou and the Gagosian Gallery, will be looking into the different aspects of Harmony Korine’s visual universe: films, photos, and paintings.
In the same place
Mathilde Monnier Territoires
In Territoires, Mathilde Monnier will be taking over the galleries of the Centre Pompidou during the course of a weekend in order to bring us a piece that deals with memory and circulation, "a collection of gestures from her work over the past thirty years". In doing so, the choreographer sets up the possibility of playing out memory in the present, from now onwards, or by means of anticipation.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Rétrospective
Apichatpong Weerasethakul presents the complete retrospective of his films at the Centre Pompidou. It consists of his eight feature films, thirty or so short (and rare) films, various collective works, and two feature films produced by him.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Night Particles
The Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul is guest at the Festival d'Automne and Centre Pompidou. His exhibition, featuring around ten video installations, transforms the former solarium into a nocturnal space inhabited by biographical and architectural reminiscences.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul A Conversation with the Sun (VR)
A Conversation with the Sun (VR), the Thai filmmaker's second foray into the realm of performance, uses virtual reality to set up the conditions for a collective dream.
Ligia Lewis Still Not Still
In Still Not Still, choreographer Ligia Lewis pursues her exploration into the silences and shadows of history. In this piece, the performers play out a score over and over again, the burlesque dimension of which makes it all the more tragic.
Forced Entertainment Signal to Noise
Over its forty years of existence, with Tim Etchells at the helm, the company has never stopped reinventing itself. And it continues to do so. Amidst an oscillating form of virtual reality, six performers find themselves deprived of their voices and their entire beings. The whole thing goes beyond all understanding... Welcome to this new world.
Sébastien Kheroufi Par les villages
Sébastien Kheroufi discovered Peter Handke's Par les villages at the onset of his artistic career. It evokes a writer's return to his native village. Amidst the twilight setting in which one universe declines in favour of another, the voices of the “offended and humiliated” break their silence.