Film Screening: Wilhelm Sasnal. Swiniopas

28.10.2010 - 31.10.2010

Hauser & Wirth Zürich, Zürich / Schweiz
RiffRaff, Zürich / Schweiz

Filmscreening im Zusammenhang mit der Ausstellung Wilhelm Sasnal [31.1.2009-19.12.299, Hauser & Wirth, Zürich]

Swiniopas (Swineherd) (2008) is an adaptation of a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale of the same name yet radically deviates from the original. Shot in black and white, Sasnal’s version is set in bleak, rural Poland. It concerns a swineherd who smuggles letters back and forth between a farmer’s daughter and her lesbian lover. Set to a soundtrack that includes music by Elvis, the film presents a perplexing discord of elements; less a story, more an exploration of the diverse influences experienced by the artist, a surreal result of what he has termed the ‘distribution and redistribution of reality....’

[Quelle: http://www.hauserwirth.com/]