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Johan Grimonprez (born 1962) is a Belgian multimedia artist, filmmaker, and curator. He is most known for his films Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997) which the Guardian included in its article From Warhol to Steve McQueen: a history of video art in 30 works , Double Take (2009) and Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade (2016), based on the book by ...
bio. Johan Grimonprez’s critically acclaimed work dances on the borders of practice and theory, art and cinema, documentary and fiction, demanding a double take on the part of the viewer. Informed by an archeology of present-day media, his work seeks out the tension between the intimate and the bigger picture of globalization.
Johan Grimonprez. Director: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat. Johan Grimonprez (Belgium, 1962) studied at the School of Visual Arts and attended the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in New York. Grimonprez's work dances on the borders of practice and theory, art and cinema, documentary and fiction, demanding a double take on the part of the ...
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Johan Grimonprez. Against Documentary. 1. Choose a title carefully, since it is the one of the primary framing devices. It should present itself purely as a description of the images contained in the work, but should also function as a privileged ideological marker. For example, "The Struggle for Freedom in ___".
May 21, 2024 · Kino Lorber will partner with streamer Kanopy for the U.S. release of Johan Grimonprez’s Sundance-winning documentary on jazz and Cold War politics.
Jan 23, 2024 · Johan Grimonprez • Director of Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. “I used to be fascinated by Khrushchev’s shoe-banging incident, yet I never realised it had to do with the politics of my own country” by Marta Bałaga. 23/01/2024 - In the Belgian director’s new documentary, music meets politics – and the results are explosive.
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Johan Grimonprez (born 1962) is a Belgian multimedia artist, filmmaker, and curator. He is most known for his films Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997) which the Guardian included in its article From Warhol to Steve McQueen: a history of video art in 30 works, Double Take (2009) and Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade (2016), based on the book by ...
