Thomas Hirschhorn – Gramsci Monument
Thomas Hirschhorn, one of the few Swiss artists of world renown, often touches on social wounds with his provocative works. In 2013, Hirschhorn built a monument for Italian philosopher and communist Antonio Gramsci in a public housing project in the Bronx. The contentious artist collaborated with neighborhood residents whose everyday life is impacted by poverty, unemployment and crime. Conflicts and misunderstandings are bound to arise as Hirschhorn’s absolute devotion to art is confronted with the resident’s lack of prospects and fatalistic outlooks. The «Gramsci Monument» becomes a summer-long experiment where diverse worlds collide: blacks and whites, the art elite and street kids, party people and poets, politicians and philosophers. A nuanced film about art, politics and passion.
Year: 2015
Genre: Documentary
Studio: SRF, soap factory, SRG SSR
Director: Angelo A. Lüdin
Cast: Thomas Hirschhorn
Crew: Frank Matter (Producer), Pio Corradi (Director of Photography), Olivier Jeanrichard (Location Sound Recordist), Mirjam Krakenberger (Editor), Fidelio Lippuner (Editor), Peter von Siebenthal (Sound Editor)
Runtime: 94 minutes
Release: Jan 29, 2015
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Country: Switzerland
Language: Deutsch, English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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