Here Is Always Somewhere Else (2007) [N/A]
Featuring:
Bas Jan Ader
Written by:
Rene Daalder
Directed by:
Rene Daalder
Release Date:
June 16, 2007
Original Title:
Here Is Always Somewhere Else
Alternate Titles:
The Disappearance of Bas Jan Ader
Genres:
Documentary
Production Countries:
Netherlands
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 78
One of the great mysteries of the art world
The life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappeared under mysterious circumstances at sea in the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic. As seen through the eyes of fellow emigrant filmmaker René Daalder, the picture becomes a sweeping overview of contemporary art films as well as an epic saga of the transformative powers of the ocean.
Dutch artist Bas Jan Ader arrived in California in the late 1960s, created a small, potent body of lyric artworks, and then was lost at sea in 1975. He has received increasing attention in recent years, yet he remains a mystery. Here Is Always Somewhere Else: The Disappearance of Bas Jan Ader (2008), is an intelligent and insightful addition to the recent explosion of exhibitions and publications honoring the artist, and uncovering new material that helps shed light on Ader's fateful decision to sail across the Atlantic in the Ocean Wave (a twelve-and-a-half-foot sailboat). Ranks up there with "In the Realms of the Unreal: The Mystery of Henry Darger" and "How To Draw a Bunny." One of the great documentaries about art.
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