Jaar. Lament of the Images
(JAAR el lamento de las imágenes)
Paula Rodríguez | Documentary
2017 | 75 minutes | Chile
Alfredo Jaar is one of the most uncompromising and innovative artists working today. To him, art is “the last place” of freedom, and he displays his work as an act of resistance.
Synopsis
An intimate portrait, Jaar. Lament of the Images follows Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar as he finds his artistic voice and develops the socially critical perspective of his work. The documentary allows us to take part in the questions and motivations that drive his work.
Jaar is one of the most uncompromising, compelling, and innovative artists working today. Through his multidisciplinary artistic practice, which includes film, photography, sculpture, and public projects, Jaar explores issues of global resonance, such as migration, discrimination, and unequal power relations.
Jaar sees art as “the last place” of freedom in our society and displays his work as an act of resistance. The best known perhaps is the 6-year-long The Rwanda Project about the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He has also made numerous public intervention works, like The Skoghall Konsthall, a one-day paper museum in Sweden, an early electronic billboard intervention A Logo For America, and The Cloud, a performance project on both sides of the Mexico-USA border.
Reviews
“It is a respectful, complete and very enriching tour through the 'museum' of an artist who deserves that and more, and should arouse the viewer's curiosity to delve deeper into the subject"” – Diego Muñoz, El Mercurio
Citation
Main credits
Rodríguez Sickert, Paula (screenwriter)
Rodríguez Sickert, Paula (film director)
Jaar, Alfredo (on-screen participant)
Other credits
Cinematographers, John Márquez, Enrique Stind, Chus López Vidal, Martin Lagner, Alessio Anastasi, Isabel Alvárez; editor, Titi Viera-Gallo; music, Nicolás Jaar, Nascuy Linares.
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Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Activism
Biography
Culture + Identity
Human Rights
Latin American Studies
Migration Studies
Political Science
Race + Ethnicity
Urban Studies
Visual Arts
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA); Santiago International Film Festival SANFIC; DOK.fest München
DIRECTOR: Paula Rodríguez
NATIONALITY: Chile
YEAR: 2017
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish; English
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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