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The Future of Art
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Wikipedia article
'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 10 November 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.Niermann, Ingo; Niedling, Erik: 'The Future of Art. A Manual.' Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2011. .
Subsequent to the premiere screening, the movie was playing at the Angermuseum in Erfurt from 10 to 28 November 2010.See [http://www.erfurt.de/ef/de/rathaus/aktuell/presse/2010/11/37502.shtml museum's website]. 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.Cf. [http://de-bug.de/mag/7923.html review] in 'De:Bug' magazine.
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
In the interview series, the focus is on how the art business works and how an artist can be successful and create a lasting work of art. In the course of the film, Niermann develops the idea for an epochal work of art in an exemplary manner. Niermann then develops the concept of a pyramid.
The pyramid would be peeled out of a mountain or hill several hundred meters high. The work would be financed by a collector who would then be buried inside the pyramid thus created. After the death of the collector, the demolished material must be piled up again. The pyramid is to disappear.
The film ends at the Wachsenburg in Thuringia. Niedling and Niermann present their idea to the lord of the castle. They ask how much a collector would have to pay to have the castle temporarily pulled down and then the pyramid peeled out of the mountain as planned.
Featured artists, curators, collectors, and critics include (in order of appearance):All original screenshots taken from Wikimedia Commons, the producers released them under CC BY-SA.
Image:The Future of Art - Olafur Eliasson.jpg|Olafur Eliasson
Image:The Future of Art - Harald Falckenberg.jpg|Harald Falckenberg
Image:The Future of Art - Antje Majewski.jpg|Antje Majewski
Image:The Future of Art - Damien Hirst.jpg|Damien Hirst
Image:The Future of Art - Gregor Jansen.jpg|Gregor Jansen
Image:The Future of Art - Hans-Ulrich Obrist.jpg|Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Image:The Future of Art - Marina Abramovi.jpg|Marina Abramovi
Image:The Future of Art - Olaf Breuning.jpg|Olaf Breuning
Image:The Future of Art - Terence Koh.jpg|Terence Koh
Image:The Future of Art - Genesis P-Orridge.jpg|Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
Image:The Future of Art - Boris Groys.jpg|Boris Groys
Image:The Future of Art - Tobias Rehberger.jpg|Tobias Rehberger
Image:The Future of Art - Thomas Bayrle.jpg|Thomas Bayrle
References
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