Berlin Documentary Forum 1
New Practices Across Disciplines
2 – 6 June 2010
Opening events:
2 June, 6.30 pm
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
10557 Berlin
Its first edition features five days of thematic programmes. A key component is the critical re-evaluation of historical processes in the light of the contemporary moment. Also at stake is the role that images and strategies of representation, subsumed under the term “documentary”, have acquired in present-day politics.
This new biannual encounter at Haus der Kulturen der Welt was conceived by curator Hila Peleg. BERLIN DOCUMENTARY FORUM 1 is structured around six unique programmes developed and realised by commissioned curators, artists, filmmakers and theoreticians.
DOCUMENTARY MOMENTS: RENAISSANCE — a programme of screenings and talks by filmmaker Eyal Sivan with Ayreen Anastas, Stella Bruzzi, François Bucher, Rene Gabri, Chris Marker, Marie-José Mondzain, Edgar Morin, Marcel Ophuls, Alain Resnais and Frederick Wiseman.
RULES OF EVIDENCE: TEXT, VOICE, SIGHT — an interdisciplinary programme by curator Okwui Enwezor including readings and art installations with and by Emily Apter, Ecke Bonk, Eduardo Cadava, Tony Cokes, Philip Gourevitch, Thomas Keenan, Antjie Krog, Jacques Rancière, Walid Sadek, W. G. Sebald and Zinny / Maidagan.
MISSING IMAGE: MICHAEL MRAKITSCH — a programme of screenings and talks by filmmaker Florian Schneider with contributions by Michael Mrakitsch and Rick Prelinger.
MÖGLICHKEITSRAUM (The Blast of the Possible) — three screen-performances by video artist Angela Melitopoulos with Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, Brian Holmes and Bettina Knaup.
AUTHORSHIP, AUTHORITY, AUTHENTICITY. RECENT DOCUMENTARIES FROM ELSEWHERE — a programme of screenings and talks by curator Eduardo Thomas with João Moreira Salles, Uruphong Raksasad, Ben Russell, Lee Anne Schmitt and Eileen Simpson & Ben White.
A BLIND SPOT — a prologue to an exhibition by curator Catherine David and artist Joachim Koester.
The programme is further accompanied by a range of special performances and conversations by cultural historians Ariella Azoulay and Issam Nassar, theatre director Rabih Mroué, choreographer Xavier Le Roy and video artist Omer Fast.
View the full programme at: www.hkw.de/berlin.doc.forum
Watch BDF-Online TV: www.hkw.de/bdf.tv
Opening: free admission on 2 June
Tickets: www.hkw.de, +49(0)30. 39787-175
The Haus der Kulturen der Welt is supported by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien on the basis of a resolution adopted by the Deutsche Bundestag as well as by the Auswärtiges Amt.
Press Contact:
Anne Maier
Press Officer
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
D-10557 Berlin
+49(0)30. 39787-153
anne.maier@hkw.de
www.hkw.de
