The Future of Art
| The Future of Art | |
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 Niermann and Niedling on the battlements of Castle Wachsenburg in Thuringia | |
| Directed by | Erik Niedling Ingo Niermann |
| Written by | Ingo Niermann |
| Produced by | Erik Niedling Ingo Niermann |
| Cinematography | Christian Görmer |
| Edited by | David Adlhoch |
| Music by | Katrin Vellrath |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | English German |
The Future of Art is a 2010 documentary film by Erik Niedling and Ingo Niermann. It features interviews with protagonists of the contemporary art scene and premiered on November 10, 2010, in Berlin. The film was released on DVD in September 2011 accompanied by the book The Future of Art. A Manual, published by Sternberg Press.[1]
Subsequent to the premiere screening, the movie was playing at the Angermuseum in Erfurt from November 10 to November 28, 2010.[2] Until May 2011 the interviews were also shown as a web series at 3min.de, a video-sharing site of Deutsche Telekom.
The movie was mainly shot in Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and New York.[3]
Structure
The documentary starts with a short prologue (Niermann taking a bath in the Schlachtensee lake in Berlin), followed by the actual interviews which are divided into four main chapters:
- I. Investigation
- II. Creation
- III. Incubation
- IV. Presentation
Featured artists, curators, collectors, and critics include (in order of appearance):[4]
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Harald Falckenberg -
Antje Majewski -
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Gregor Jansen -
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Tobias Rehberger -
Thomas Bayrle
External links
- Trailer for The Future of Art on YouTube
- Review by Monopol magazine, November 10, 2010 (in German)
- Review by art magazine, November 12, 2010 (in German)
- Interview with the producers, The Tait Global, November 23, 2011
References
- ^ Niermann, Ingo: "The Future of Art. A Manual." Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-934105-63-4.
- ^ See museum's website.
- ^ Cf. review in De:Bug magazine.
- ^ All original screenshots taken from Wikimedia Commons, the producers released them under CC BY-SA.
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