29 January: Art on the MOve: Magic and Resistance – Film screening on the art of voodoo
What actually happens when artists openly confess to a spiritual practice? Why is spirituality so maligned – at least in the Western art world?
We present a unique program of short films about spirituality as a form of resistance—decolonial, Creole, feminist—based on the paintings of Haitian voodoo priest and artist André Pierre in the Museum Ostwall collection.
One of the most famous filmmakers who professed her belief in voodoo was Maya Deren. In Haiti, Deren connected with the “loas” of voodoo and from then on dedicated herself to this practice in her films and books. Because: you don’t believe in voodoo, you practise it! Deren learned a lot from the voodoo priest André Pierre, who in turn discovered painting through the filmmaker.
The artistic short film programme interweaves painting, film, dance and spirituality in relation to Haitian voodoo and its deep roots in decolonial resistance.
Short film programme:
In the Mirror of Maya Deren, Matrina Kudláček, 2001, 103‘ (Section)
At Land, Maya Deren, 1944, 15‘
Katherine, Esery Mondesir, 2019, 3‘
Fly, Fly Sadness, Miryam Charles, 2015, 6‘
A Fortress, Miryam Charles, 2018, 6‘
Free admission.
29 JAN | 7 pm | 5th floor at Dortmunder U / Museum Ostwall, Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse, 44137 Dortmund
An event by Art on the MOve, a cooperation of Museum Ostwall and Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln.
