The Dance of the Thatcher
2019
Video, 00:40:00.
Materials: digital file
Collection: Courtesy of the Artist.
For The Dance of the Thatcher, Dietvorst follows Matt, a thatcher, for eight years during his work. Thatching is an old craft and a profession that is threatened by current socio-economic conditions. Matt's way of life is at odds with today's super-fast and virtual world. In his world, knowledge is acquired through action and words are sparingly spoken. Traditions and rituals are not in the service of capital or ideology, but of life itself. The film fits in with Dietvorst's interest in phenomena that are being ignored by modern progress ideology.
