Chantal Akerman
1950 - 2015
Died in Paris (FR), born in Brussels (BE).
'I won't say I'm a feminist film-maker ... I'm not making women's films, I'm making Chantal Akerman's films'. (London, 1979)
The longtime resident in Paris, Belgian director Chantal Akerman is one of the most influential filmmakers of her generation, and except for her monumental reputation in the field of feminist film (criticism) has also played a crucial role in the gradual rapprochement between "conventional" cinema and the moving image art installation lean. Since the early nineties Akerman also alternated between two adjacent active areas: mainstream or art house film releases such as A Couch in New York (1996) and La Captive (2000) solves them with quasi-experimental documentaries and Là-bas (2006) or video equipment as D'Est (1993). This work (with the significant, programmatic subtitle Au bord de la fiction), which includes at Documenta X (1997) was seen - Akerman then took part in Documenta 11 - continues to date and Akerman's most ambitious outing in the visual arts are, ironically, this was also the last of her artwork that was shown in Belgium (in the Palace of Fine Arts in Brussels in 1995, triggered in 2007 Akerman is a contribution to a play by Jan Fabre). She created undisputed classics like Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, and her work was shown in prestigious galleries and museums in Berlin (where she was involved in the planning of an exhibition in the Jüdische Museum), Houston, New York and Paris.
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>Chantal Akerman, Saute Ma Ville [Blow Up My Town], 1968.Film, 16 mm film transferred to dvd, black & white, 00:13:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Hotel Monterey, 1972.Film, 16 mm film transferred to dvd, colour, 00:65:00.
>Chantal Akerman, La Chambre [The Room], 1972-2012.Film, 16 mm film transferred to dvd, colour, 00:11:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, 1975.Film, 03:45:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Je tu il elle, 1976.Film, 01:26:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Les rendez-vous d'Anna [Meetings with Anna], 1978.Film, 02:07:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Nuit et jour [Night and day], 1981.Poster, 01:30:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Toute une nuit, 1982.Film, 01:29:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Golden Eighties, 1986.Film, 01:36:00.
>Chantal Akerman, D'est, au bord de la fiction [From the East: bordering on fiction], 1995.Installation, 25 monitors, colour, sound, 48 speakers, 01:47:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman, 1997.Film, video, colour, 00:17:00.
>Chantal Akerman, La captive, 2000.Film, 01:58:00.
>Chantal Akerman, De l'autre côté: Une voix dans le désert [From the other side: A voice in the desert], 2002.Installation, single-channel video projection, colour, sound, 2 speakers, 00:52:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Marcher à côté de ses lacets dans un frigidaire vide, 2004.Installation.
>Chantal Akerman, Marcher à côté de ses lacets dans un frigidaire vide (Part II), 2004.Installation, tulle, 16/9 screen, 00:24:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Tombée de nuit sur Shanghai, 2007.Installation, single-channel video projection, colour, sound, 00:60:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Femmes d'Anvers en Novembre [Women from Antwerp in November], 2008.Installation, 2 video projections, silent, colour, 2 x (00:20:00).
>Chantal Akerman, Maniac Summer, 2009.Installation, 4 video projections, colour & black/white, sound, 00:32:00, 00:34:00.
>Chantal Akerman, Chantal Akerman 'Too Far, Too Close', 2012.Book, ink, paper, 26.4 x 22 cm, 110 p., language : English, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, ISBN : 9789461300447.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: Chantal Akerman – Too Far, Too Close. 09 February 2012 - 20 May 2012.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Bornem - Gedeelde Ruimte. 03 May 2014 - 25 May 2014.
> Ensemble: ICC POSTER ARCHIVE.
> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_PUBLICATIONS.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
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> Ensemble: The Face, The Room.