Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto (2012)
• March 31st, 2012 • 0h 44min
Documentary
Overview
This documentary follows 200 days in the life of contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto— a leading presence in the world of modern art. He is the winner of many prestigious awards and his photographs are sold for millions of yen at overseas auctions. The film shows the sites of the Architecture series shot in southern France, the huge installation art work at 17th Biennale of Sydney, his new work Mathematics at Provence, his art studio while working on Lightning Fields, and more. It thoroughly pursues the question Sugimoto's works pose - "living in modern times, what are these works trying to tell us?" A thrilling look into the world of Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Big Time
Released on: 2017-10-21
Documentary
Big Time gets up close with Danish architectural prodigy Bjarke Ingels over a period of six years wh...
Are You Really My Friend?
Released on: 2017-06-10
Documentary
In 2011, photographer Tanja Hollander decided to visit each one of her Facebook "friends" (all 626 o...
Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur
Released on: 1957-12-31
Documentary
Documentary devoted to the architectural and urban planning designs of Le Corbusier. The architect s...
Flying with Fins
Released on: 2024-02-09
Documentary
Paintings, performances, experiments, electronic music sounding in the spaces of two old houses in a...
Benek Blues
Released on: 2000-05-01
Documentary
The action is placed in a cramped flat in Warsaw’s district of Ochota. A father and a son, both bedr...
Standard Operating Procedure
Released on: 2008-02-12
Documentary, War
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S...
The Keepers of the Streak
Released on: 2015-01-23
Documentary
The NFL has staged 48 Super Bowls. Four photographers have taken pictures at every one of them. In K...
Nothing Like a Dame
Released on: 2018-05-02
Documentary
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atki...
Smash His Camera
Released on: 2010-07-30
Documentary
A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of paparazz...
Bowlingtreff
Released on: 2015-10-31
Documentary
The “Bowlingtreff” is a bowling alley situated right in the centre of Leipzig opened in July 1987. A...
Reporters
Released on: 1981-06-10
Documentary
The co-founder of the Gamma press agency, Raymond Depardon, created this documentary of press photog...
Two Museums
Released on: 2014-01-22
Documentary
The film juxtaposes/compares two museums: The Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel, which Samuel Bickels...
The Living Sea
Released on: 1995-02-01
Documentary
The Living Sea celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with thi...
Tadao Ando
Released on: 1988-01-01
Documentary
Tadao Ando, a self-taught architect, proposes an international architecture that he believes can onl...
Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation
Released on: 2016-07-07
Documentary, History
Black Is the Color highlights key moments in the history of Black visual art, from Edmonds Lewis’s 1...
Night on Earth: Shot in the Dark
Released on: 2020-01-29
Documentary
This look behind the scenes shows how worldwide camera crews climbed, dived and froze to capture the...
20 Sites N Years
Released on: 2016-04-07
Documentary
Artist Tom Phillips walks us through his ongoing project to photograph the same 20 London locations ...
Bamboo Theatre
Released on: 2019-09-22
Documentary, Music
This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theat...
#monalisa
Released on: 2020-05-29
Documentary
People looking at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre – or are they just looking at themselves?