„Julian Rosefeldt. Manifesto“ at Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für

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„Julian Rosefeldt. Manifesto“
at Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin
From February 10 to July 10, 2016, Nationalgalerie will present a solo show by
Berlin based artist Julian Rosefeldt (b. 1965) at Hamburger Bahnhof. Rosefeldt is
renowned not only for his photography but also for his elaborately staged films.
The longing for manifestos continues uninterrupted today. This is shown by
Rosefeldt’s new film installation Manifesto: 13 films running in parallel bring angry,
youthful, and amazingly current sounding words to the screen. In fact, Rosefeldt
collaged historical original texts from numerous manifestos by artists, architects,
choreographers, and filmmakers—including texts by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti,
Tristan Tzara, Kazimir Malevich, André Breton, Claes Oldenburg, Yvonne Reiner,
Sturtevant, Adrian Piper, Sol LeWitt or Jim Jarmusch. Many of them reveal a
surprisingly theatrical and literary power. The vitality and the fury of a young
generation is inscribed in the thematic and performative energy of the proclamations.
Rosefeldt has condensed this power in text collages.
By way of cutting back and combining the texts of various figures, 13 poetic
monologues emerged. Julian Rosefeldt combined them with his interest in the work
and lifeworlds of the present, bringing the new manifesto texts in this work together
with situations of today, with women holding public speeches or interior monologues.
They are all embodied and presented by the Australian actress Cate Blanchett. The
individual films develop a spectrum of highly individual figures: using costume, make
up, location, and her talented acting, Blanchett transforms into figures as varied as a
teacher, a puppeteer, a broker, a funeral speaker, and a homeless man. In the role of
these protagonists, Blanchett combines the texts with an unexpected, present
context.
To accompany the exhibition, a richly illustrated catalogue will be published featuring
all the texts spoken by Cate Blanchett and contributions from Burcu Dogramaci,
Anna-Catharina Gebbers/Udo Kittelmann, and Reinhard Spieler, along with an
interview with Julian Rosefeldt.
The exhibition was made possible by the Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie. We
would like to thank Tretford Teppich for their generous support.
Manifesto is a joint production of the Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin with
the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Sydney’s Art Gallery of New
South Wales, Hannover’s Sprengel Museum and Ruhrtriennale. The project was also
created in collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk and with the generous support of
Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg and Burger Collection, Hong Kong. As part of this
collaboration, Manifesto was purchased for the museum by Verein der Freunde der
Nationalgalerie.
For more information or images for download, visit the press section at our website
www.julianrosefeldtinberlin.de
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Julian Rosefeldt. Manifesto
February 10–July 10, 2016
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für
Gegenwart – Berlin
Invalidenstraße 50/51
10557 Berlin
www.julianrosefeldtinberlin.de
Opening Hours
Tue, Wed, Fri 10am–6pm
Thu 10am–8pm
Sat, Sun 11am–6pm
Mon closed
Press Contact Exhibition
Dr. Katharina von Chlebowski
Theresa Lucius
Tel +49 (0)30 26 39 48 80
Fax +49 (0)30 26 39 48 811
[email protected]
www.freunde-der-nationalgalerie.de
Press Contact
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Mechtild Kronenberg
Markus Farr
Tel +49 (0)30 266 42 34 02
Fax +49 (0)30 266 42 34 09
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www.smb.museum/presse

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