Sunday 16 April 2006, 15.00

Programme duration 65’

The Hungarian-born artist László Moholy-Nagy played an important role in the development of modern art in the first half of the twentieth century. In addition to making avant-garde films and documentaries between 1926 and 1935, he experimented in a wide variety of artistic disciplines: architecture, painting, graphic arts, photography, theatre and fashion. Russian Constructivism was a major influence, convincing him of the artist's crucial role in the development of Western society. This programme includes six of his influential films.

The screening is introduced by Jan Sahli, lecturer at the University of Zurich and author of a forthcoming book on Moholy-Nagy’s film work.

Marseille Vieux Port
1929, 9'

Light Display: Black-White-Grey
1930, 5’30”

Berlin Still Life
1931, 9'

Urban Gypsies (Grossstadt-Zigeuner)
1932, 11'

The Life of the Lobster
1936, 16'

The New Architecture at the London Zoo
1936, 15’30”

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£4, booking recommended

    

This event is related to the Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World exhibition