Rebecca Horn / performances and films
Projection of Rebecca Horn's performances and films
Cinema Udarnik, Grajski trg 1, Maribor
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
guest: prof. Oto Rimele, Faculty of Education, University of Maribor
Before the closing of the exhibition Maribor Project / Rebecca Horn & Guests Rebecca Horn's performances, films and documentary films will be presented.
10.00 projection of Performances 2 and Berlin Exercises
Performances 2 (1973) present nine performances: Unicorn, Head Extension, White Body Fan, Finger Gloves, Feather Finger, Gavin, Cockfeather Mask, Pencil Mask, Cockatoo Mask. Berlin (10 Nov. 1974 – 28 Jan. 1975) – Exercises in nine parts include eight performances: Dreaming under water of things afar, documentation of eight performances with an epilogue: Touching the walls with both hands simultaneously, Blinking, Feathers dance on the shoulders, Keeping hold of those unfaithful legs, Two little fish remember a dance, Rooms meet in mirrors, Shedding skin between moist tongue leaves, Cutting one’s hair with two pairs of scissors simultaneously, When a woman and her lover lie on one side looking at each other; and she twines her legs around the man’s legs with the window wide open, it is the oasis. After the projection Oto Rimele will talk about Rebecca Horn's work from early period.
17.00 projection of Performances 2 and Berlin Exercises
18.00 projection of Moon Mirror Journey
In Moon Mirror Journey (2011) Rebecca Horn looks back at her most important works from the past 25 years.
19.30 projection of Buster's Bedroom
Film script for Buster's Bedroom, based on Rebecca Horn's story, was written by Rebecca Horn and Martin Mosebach. The cast includes movie stars Donald Sutherland, Geraldine Chaplin and Valentina Cortese. Main character Micha (Amanda Ooms), who is obsessed with Buster Keaton, stays at the sanatorium Nirvana House in Santa Barbara where the actor was once a patient. The genial residents of the asylum have taken it over, following the death of the real doctor, and are having a grand old time there. They have elected O'Connor (Donald Sutherland) to run the place, perhaps because of his basement snake collection. One of the residents is a once-famous swimmer Diana Daniels (Geraldine Chaplin), who consents to being strapped in a wheel chair in the hope of accumulating sufficient energy to let her resume her perilous diving. Another resident is the former prima donna, Serafina Tannenbaum (Valentina Cortese), who nurtures the fantasy of a dramatic love affair. Gradually reality overcomes the fantasy of Nirvana House, which is especially evident in the relationship between Micha and Diana, who develops jealous feelings over Micha's relationship with Dr. O'Connor. Rebecca Horn was fascinated by a celebrity of American silent films Buster Keaton, who she considered a tragic character and not a comedian. She included strait-jacket in several film sequences, with which she refers to Buster Keaton’s personal experience during his stay at the sanatorium, when he was detained in it. The film was shown at the Marché du Film of the Cannes Film Festival in 199, it was nominated for Best Feature Film by the German Film Awards and was awarded for best production design.
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