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The Empty Plan
Synopsis
'The Empty Plan' examines the political and aesthetic dimensions of the work of Bertolt Brecht and the relationship between theory and practice, art and revolution.
Reconstructing four productions of his play, Die Mutter, from Weimar Germany to the GDR, and contrasting these with scenes from Brecht's exile in Los Angeles during the 1940s, the film traces the changing context for his work, as theatre is superseded by cinema and the revolutionary movements that informed Brecht are destroyed and betrayed.
The film deploys improvisation, documentary and cinematic modes and was shot in Los Angeles and in historic theatre locations in London and Southend.
Reconstructing four productions of his play, Die Mutter, from Weimar Germany to the GDR, and contrasting these with scenes from Brecht's exile in Los Angeles during the 1940s, the film traces the changing context for his work, as theatre is superseded by cinema and the revolutionary movements that informed Brecht are destroyed and betrayed.
The film deploys improvisation, documentary and cinematic modes and was shot in Los Angeles and in historic theatre locations in London and Southend.
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Selected Screenings
2011
Solo Show, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo
The Empty Plan in 'LOOP', Arts Santa Mónica, Barcelona
The Empty Plan in 'British Art Show 7', Hayward Gallery, London & CCA, Glasgow
Solo Show, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
The Empty Plan, Whitechapel Gallery Film Program, London
The Empty Plan in 'A Film Cycle', Nomas Foundation/Cinema Farnese, Rome
The Empty Plan, Video Art at Midnight, Babylon Cinema, Berlin
The Empty Plan, Jarman Award Screenings, Whitechapel Gallery, London
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Key Information
Film
The Empty Plan
Artist
Anja Kirschner and David Panos
Project
FLAMIN Productions 09 (Production)
Year Completed
2010
Duration
TBC
Shooting format
TBC
Screening format
TBC
