Thomas Hirschhorn – Gramsci Monument (2015) [N/A]
Release Date:
January 29, 2015
Original Title:
Thomas Hirschhorn – Gramsci Monument
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
SRF
SRG SSR
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Production Countries:
Switzerland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 94
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.
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