Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica’s hard-hitting documentary Videograms of a Revolution (1992, 106 minutes) subversively records Romania’s 1989 revolution. The film documents the historic first-ever revolution in which television played a major role, stitching together official Romanian state television broadcasts with amateur archival footage. For this remarkable film, the directors collected over 125 hours of never before seen amateur and professional video footage, including the fall, attempted flight, and Christmas-day execution of communist President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena. The film’s protagonist is contemporary history itself.
Videograms of a Revolution – An evening in Romanian Cinema, will take place on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 7 pm. The screening will be held in the Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre, ROM Level 1B – please enter through the President’s Choice School Entrance at the south end of the Museum at 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto.
The film will be preceded by award-winning short film Traffic (2004, 15 minutes) directed by Romanian filmmaker Catalin Mitulescu. Winner of the Cannes’ Palme d’Or for Best Short Film, Traffic follows businessman Tudor during his 20 minute break in twenty-first-century Bucharest.
The films are presented by the ROM’s Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC), as part of the exhibition programming for Dan Perjovschi: Late News, open until August 15, 2010.
General Admission: $10 / ROM Members & Students $8 / Friends of ICC: $6
Tickets available at the door.
EXHIBITION: DAN PERJOVSCHI: LATE NEWS
During his ten days in residence at the ROM in February 2010, internationally renowned artist Dan Perjovschi transformed the dramatic soaring walls of the ICC’s Roloff Beny Gallery with his brilliant and irreverent cartoons. Commenting on everything from the Olympics to Avatar and the ROM’s Michael Lee-Chin Chrystal, Romanian-born Perjovschi’s acclaimed exhibitions are always a personal response to the social and political atmosphere, and the geographic location, in which they are created.
One of Eastern Europe’s most sought-after contemporary artists, Perjovschi has developed a unique artistic practice that merges the political cartoon with the site-specific art installation. Traveling to museums and galleries around the world, Perjovschi immerses himself in the local media – newspapers, magazines, television, and the internet – and creates wall drawings in response to local and international events. Recognized for his unique style, his drawings are noted for their biting humour and honest insights into our collective conscience.
The Institute for Contemporary Culture is proud to present Dan Perjovschi’s first solo exhibition in Canada. It will remain on view until August 15, 2010, when his ephemeral drawings in permanent marker are erased and painted over again.
Generously supported by Dekla.
FREE with ROM admission during regular Museum hours.
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