I Am Future Melancholic

I AM FUTURE MELANCHOLIC
London Tate Modern
Saturday 20 January 2007, at 7pm

This screening, organised by tank.tv, presents moving images by artists whose practice reflects a vision of tomorrow. Artists include Carsten Höller, Matthieu Laurette, Susanne Bürner, John Latham, Vito Acconci, Xavier Veilhan and others. The structures and systems of reality are examined to reveal glimpses into what we call "the future". This ineffable and intangible concept, that constantly haunts the present, here provokes a wealth of musings and imaginings.

Starship (Bernard Gigounon, 2003)

Artists Mathieu Delvaux, Matthieu Laurette and Susanne Bürner with musician Steve Trafford (ex-member of the Fall / member of Tycoons Follies) will be present at the screening to introduce their work.

Curated by Anne-Sophie Dinant and Laure Prouvost for tank.tv

With the support of Cobra beers, Goethe-Institut London, French Embassy, French Institute London, International Relations Commissariat of the French-speaking Community of Belgium, TANK magazine.

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Starr Auditorium
Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
Nearest Tube: Southwark / London Bridge / Blackfriars
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Tickets: £5, booking recommended
Box Office: 020 7887 8888
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I AM FUTURE MELANCHOLIC

In BRUXELLES 4020, Mathieu Delvaux & Xavier van Huffel perform street interviews to ask the public what they think Brussels might be like in 4023. The answers, as varied as the people themselves, reveal the concept of the future as a screen for hopes, fears and fantasy. A starting point into an exploration of tomorrow. Challenging, doubt-inducing and transformative aspects of 'the future' can be perceived in Vito Acconci's repetitive acts, recorded in a Super-8 film BREAK-THROUGH or in Philippe Meste's detonative video LHRB. Rachel Reupke's INFRASTRUCTURE is born of a fascination with movie special effects and narrative devices. And Carsten Höller's ONE MINUTE OF DOUBT and PUNKTEFILM induct a representation of our 'timeless everyday', and magically echo the playful nature of his present Unilever Commission in the Turbine Hall. Laurent Montaron shows us a fictive exploration of time and travel through his READINGS, while Matthieu Laurette's impressive cocktail of celebrity lookalikes brings us into confusion at a blurred vision of the limits between performance and observation. Mai Yamashita and Naoto Kobayashi's star, in WHEN I WISH UPON A STAR gives us time we need to wish upon.

Erwin Wurm, I like my time, I don't like my time, 2003, 3 min
Haris Epaminonda, Nemesis 52 (excerpt), 2003, 4 min
Xavier Veilhan, Drumball, 2003, 7.50 min
Carsten Höller, One minute of Doubt, 1999, 1 min
Carsten Höller, Punktefilm, 1998, 45 sec
Philippe Meste, WWXX, 2004, 3 min
Susanne Bürner, Finister, 2005, 5.40 min
Laurent Montaron, Readings, 2005, 14 min
Chris Cornish, Tate Modern, 2002, 3 min
Matthieu Delvaux & Xavier Van Huffel, 4023, 2003, 11 min
Bernard Gigounon, Starship, 2002, 6 min
Matthieu Laurette, Déjà Vu: The 2nd International Lookalike Convention at Castello di Rivoli (The Making of), 2001-02, 2 min
Matthieu Laurette, The Spectacle is not Over, 1998, 3 min
Rachel Reupke, Infrastructure, 2002, 10 min
John Latham, Speak, 1962, 10 min
Vito Acconci, Break-Through, 1970, 3 min
Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi, When I Wish Upon a Star, 2004, 3 min

Programme duration 90 minutes

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