Encounter with Giuseppe Garrera, Cesare Pietroiusti, Clara Tosi Pamphili, Francesco Urbano Ragazzi
To tie with Pier Paolo Pasolini. EVERYTHING IS SACRED. Body Poetic and Jonas Mekas. Images Are Real

Followed by

THE BRIG by Jonas Mekas, 1964, monochannel film 16 mm, BN, 68’, original version
 

The curators of the exhibitionsPier Paolo Pasolini. EVERYTHING IS SACRED. Body Poetic and Jonas Mekas. Images Are Real currently ongoing at Palazzo delle Esposizioni and Mattatoio di Roma jointly discuss the connections linking the two filmmakers around different, sometimes divergent visions of reality and poetry. The conversation is followed by a screening of The Brig, a film by Jonas Mekas where the history of cinema and that of performance art intersect, leading to the deflagration of the distinction between fiction and documentary. The Brig is the title of a play written by Kenneth Brown and staged by Judith Malina’s company The Living Theatre in 1963. Describing a typical day in a military prison, the script transfigures the author’s real-life experience in a Japanese prison camp during the Korean War. Like a reporter, Jonas Mekas films the performance on the closing night: the experience of imprisonment performed on stage also echoes what the filmmaker endured firsthand during World War II. The film earned the artist the Grand Prize for Best Documentary at the Venice Film Festival in 1964.

 
 
Image: Jonas Mekas, The Brig,1964, still © Estate of Jonas Mekas 

 
The event is part of the PPP100-Roma Racconta Pasolini programme promoted by Rome the Capital City – Department of Cultural Affairs with the coordination of the Department of Cultural Activities.
 

 

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