Film as Film, Archive as Creation
CIRCUIT Centre d’art contemporain•Jun 06, 2025 — Aug 30, 2025
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Film as Film, Archive as Creation is a project by François Bovier, relying on the concept of Exhibited Cinema, with the participation of Robert Beavers. In 2015, Bovier had already organized an exhibition in collaboration with CIRCUIT, entitled Impact Art Vidéo 74. The exhibition Film as Film, Archive as Creation at CIRCUIT features twelve screenings of Gregory J. Markopoulos’ “Twice a Man Twice”, the script of “Twice a Man”, its frame-by-frame transcription by Tom S. Chomont, and an archive from The Temenos.
Under the banner of “film as film”, the absolute cinema of Greek-born American filmmaker Gregory J. Markopoulos (1928-1992) stages still shots interrupted by the sudden irruption of autonomous photograms. His films focus partly on portraits of people or the investigation of places, and partly on adaptations of literary texts or Hellenic myths. Since the 1940s, his films have contributed to the renewal of visionary cinema. A spokesman...More
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Film as Film, Archive as Creation
CIRCUIT Centre d’art contemporain•Jun 06, 2025 — Aug 30, 2025
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Film as Film, Archive as Creation is a project by François Bovier, relying on the concept of Exhibited Cinema, with the participation of Robert Beavers. In 2015, Bovier had already organized an exhibition in collaboration with CIRCUIT, entitled Impact Art Vidéo 74. The exhibition Film as Film, Archive as Creation at CIRCUIT features twelve screenings of Gregory J. Markopoulos’ “Twice a Man Twice”, the script of “Twice a Man”, its frame-by-frame transcription by Tom S. Chomont, and an archive from The Temenos.
Under the banner of “film as film”, the absolute cinema of Greek-born American filmmaker Gregory J. Markopoulos (1928-1992) stages still shots interrupted by the sudden irruption of autonomous photograms. His films focus partly on portraits of people or the investigation of places, and partly on adaptations of literary texts or Hellenic myths. Since the 1940s, his films have contributed to the renewal of visionary cinema. A spokesman...More
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