Friday 4 August 2006, 19.00
and Sunday 6 August 2006, 15.00

Programme duration 50 min

This programme features Philippe Parreno’s atmospheric film of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s artist colony in Thailand, and a selection of Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s stunning and melancholy films.

Anna Sanders Films Identity Spot
Sean Dack and Liam Gillick, 2004, 1 min

The Boy from Mars
Philippe Parreno, France 2003, 11 min
The exceptionally atmospheric images in this film were shot in Thailand on a location where Parreno's colleague Rirkrit Tiravanija started an artist colony.

Riyo
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, France 1999, 10 min
Riyo is a single traveling shot of ten minutes, moving along the river Kamo in Kyoto, Japan. We overhear an awkward telephone conversation between two adolescents whilst the camera surveys the urban riverside. As the conversation and the landscape unveil themselves simultaneously, the flirtatious dialogue between the unseen boy and girl reveals an emotional city, transitory and immature.

Central
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, France 2001, subs, 10 min
Early in the morning, a young woman waits for her brother at the Star Ferry Terminal in Hong Kong. She observes the people around her: everyone is alone. Her monologue accompanies a melancholy combination of loneliness, maritime architecture and the peace of the early morning hour.

Plages
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, France 2001, subs, 15 min
This melancholy sequence offers a mesmerising aerial panorama of a very crowded Copacabana beach at 6 am, illuminated by camera flashes and fireworks.

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£4, booking recommended

    

This event is related to the Pierre Huyghe: Celebration Park exhibition