Thomas Hirschhorn – Gramsci Monument

Thomas Hirschhorn – Gramsci Monument (2015)

January 29th, 20151h 34min

Documentary
0%

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.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Into Great Silence

Into Great Silence


Released on: 2005-09-04
Documentary

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...

Kutlug Ataman

Kutlug Ataman


Released on: 2011-09-01
Documentary

This film documents Kutlug Ataman's artistic production in a retrospective approach and elucidates h...

The Paris Opera

The Paris Opera


Released on: 2017-04-05
Documentary

A behind-the-scenes look at the of how the Paris Opera is run under the direction of Stephane Lissne...

Journey to the Safest Place on Earth

Journey to the Safest Place on Earth


Released on: 2013-10-10
Documentary

Over 350,000 tons of highly radioactive waste and spent fuel rods are in temporary storage on site a...

Picture of Light

Picture of Light


Released on: 1994-06-10
Documentary

A documentary of an expedition to Churchill, Manitoba to film the Northern Lights.

LSD: The Beyond Within

LSD: The Beyond Within


Released on: 1986-01-01
Documentary

This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious halluc...

Examined Life

Examined Life


Released on: 2008-09-05
Documentary

Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the stre...

American Hardcore

American Hardcore


Released on: 2006-09-22
Documentary, Music

Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documen...

Cern and the Sense of Beauty

Cern and the Sense of Beauty


Released on: 2017-04-26
Documentary

An exploration of the link between science and beauty through the work of scientists at CERN, in Gen...

The Price of Everything

The Price of Everything


Released on: 2018-11-16
Documentary

Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of artists, including market darlings Ge...

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema


Released on: 2006-10-06
Documentary

A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian p...

Don Barry: A Quixotic Exploration

Don Barry: A Quixotic Exploration


Released on: 2024-11-24
Drama, Documentary

Amid Guanajuato's vibrant streets, an aging filmmaker becomes a modern Don Quixote, joined by a spir...

The Knowledge of Healing

The Knowledge of Healing


Released on: 1997-05-22
Documentary

A documentary film about Tibetan traditional medicine.

Tawai: A Voice from the Forest

Tawai: A Voice from the Forest


Released on: 2017-09-29
Documentary

Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand hum...

Portrait of the King as a Child

Portrait of the King as a Child


Released on: 2023-10-24
Documentary

In 1983, Franz Paludetto acquired Rivara Castle at the foot of the Italian Alps. A century earlier, ...

Toumast - Entre Guitare et Kalashnikov

Toumast - Entre Guitare et Kalashnikov


Released on: 2010-04-16
Documentary

In 1996, Kalashnikovs were publicly burnt in Timbuktu. At the time, the "Flame of Peace" symbolized ...

The Shelter

The Shelter


Released on: 2014-08-10
Documentary

It is winter at an emergency shelter for the homeless in Lausanne. Every night at the door of this l...

A Trip to Infinity

A Trip to Infinity


Released on: 2022-09-26
Documentary

Does infinity exist? Can we experience the Infinite? In an animated film (created by artists from 10...

The Colours of Pride

The Colours of Pride


Released on: 1973-01-01
Documentary

Tom Hill, a Seneca artist and curator, explores the works of four contemporary Indigenous artists.

At Home in Utopia

At Home in Utopia


Released on: 2008-01-01
Documentary

During the economic boom of the 1920s, thousands of immigrant Jewish factory workers managed to buil...