Thomas Hirschhorn – Gramsci Monument
Overview
Thomas Hirschhorn, one of the few Swiss artists of world renown, often touches on social wounds with his provocative works. In 2013, Hirschhorn built a monument for Italian philosopher and communist Antonio Gramsci in a public housing project in the Bronx. The contentious artist collaborated with neighborhood residents whose everyday life is impacted by poverty, unemployment and crime. Conflicts and misunderstandings are bound to arise as Hirschhorn’s absolute devotion to art is confronted with the resident’s lack of prospects and fatalistic outlooks. The «Gramsci Monument» becomes a summer-long experiment where diverse worlds collide: blacks and whites, the art elite and street kids, party people and poets, politicians and philosophers. A nuanced film about art, politics and passion.
Release date
29/01/2015
Votes
0
Popularity
0.8
Original Soundtrack
Loading soundtrack videos…
Portrait of the King as a Child
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
Xiara's Song
A Film, My Body
Catartis - Conservare il futuro
Kutlug Ataman
Soldat for frelseren
Special Flight
Second Hand Heroes
A Trip to Infinity
52 Blocks: Show and Prove
The Paris Opera
Rafael França: obra como testamento
Don Barry: A Quixotic Exploration
Max Frisch, Citoyen
El origen de las utopías
Michel Foucault par lui-même
De la cuisine au parlement
Exit: The Right to Die
Remue-ménage