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BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Pauwstraat, Utrecht, Netherlands

 Screening

11 February–15 April 2018

BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht  

Screening Program Matthijs de Bruijne: Compromiso Político

Matthijs de Bruijne, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Jeremy Deller

Matthijs de Bruijne, Het Museum van de Straat, 2013, film still

A screening program of artists’ films complements Matthijs de Bruijne: Compromiso Político every Saturday and Sunday during the exhibition (except for 17 March and 1 April), from 14.00–17.00 hrs in BAK’s auditorium. The program features Matthijs de Bruijne’s film Het Museum van De Straat (The Museum of The Street, 2013); historical documentation of Mierle Laderman Ukeles’s performances Touch Sanitation (1979–1980), New York, and Vuilniswagendans (Garbage Truck Dance, 1985), Rotterdam; and Jeremy Deller’s musical documentary Promotional Film for All that is Solid Melts into Air (2014). Entrance for any screening is free to those who have paid entrance to the exhibition.

Matthijs de Bruijne: Compromiso Político is part of the long-term research trajectory Propositions for Non-Fascist Living (2017–2020).

Suggestions from the archive

Learning

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Learning

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Learning

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