ROM/ICC Event: FILM: Videograms of a Revolution – An Evening of Romanian Cinema
FILM: VIDEOGRAMS OF A REVOLUTION – AN EVENING OF ROMANIAN CINEMA Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre, ROM Level 1B 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto Enter through the President’s Choice School Entrance at the south end
of the Museum Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica’s hard-hitting documentary Videograms
of a Revolution (1992, 106 minutes) subversively records Romania’s
1989 revolution. The film documents the historic first-ever revolution
in which television played a major role, stitching together official
Romanian state television broadcasts with amateur archival footage.
For this remarkable film, the directors collected over 125 hours of
never before seen amateur and professional video footage, including
the fall, attempted flight, and Christmas-day execution of communist
President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena. The film’s protagonist
is contemporary history itself. The film will be preceded by award-winning short film Traffic (2004,
15 minutes) directed by Romanian filmmaker Catalin Mitulescu. Winner
of the Cannes’ Palme d’Or for Best Short Film, Traffic follows
businessman Tudor during his 20 minute break in twenty-first-century
Bucharest. The films are presented by the ROM’s Institute for Contemporary
Culture, as part of the exhibition programming for Dan Perjovschi:
Late News, open until August 15, 2010. General Admission: $10 / ROM Members & Students $8 / Friends of ICC: $6 Tickets available at the door. EXHIBITION: DAN PERJOVSCHI: LATE NEWS During his ten days in residence at the ROM in February 2010,
internationally renowned artist Dan Perjovschi transformed the
dramatic soaring walls of the ICC’s Roloff Beny Gallery with his
brilliant and irreverent cartoons. Commenting on everything from the
Olympics to Avatar and the ROM’s Michael Lee-Chin Chrystal,
Romanian-born Perjovschi’s acclaimed exhibitions are always a personal
response to the social and political atmosphere, and the geographic
location, in which they are created. One of Eastern Europe’s most sought-after contemporary artists,
Perjovschi has developed a unique artistic practice that merges the
political cartoon with the site-specific art installation. Traveling
to museums and galleries around the world, Perjovschi immerses himself
in the local media – newspapers, magazines, television, and the
internet – and creates wall drawings in response to local and
international events. Recognized for his unique style, his drawings
are noted for their biting humour and honest insights into our
collective conscience. The Institute for Contemporary Culture is proud to present Dan
Perjovschi’s first solo exhibition in Canada. It will remain on view
until August 15, 2010, when his ephemeral drawings in permanent marker
are erased and painted over again. Generously supported by Dekla. FREE with ROM admission during regular Museum hours. For more information on ICC events, please visit www.rom.on.ca/icc/ For the full Press Release please click:
http://rom.on.ca/news/releases/public.php?mediakey=gdf0s0ha5r It would be greatly appreciated if you could let us know when these
listings might appear in your publication and if you could send a link
to the story or a copy of it once it is published to: Anne Marie
Todaro, ROM Publicist, at amtodaro@rom.on.ca. We look forward to hearing from you! the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) is the Royal Ontario
Museum’s (ROM) window on contemporary societies around the globe.
playing a vital role within the historical museum, the ICC examines
current cultural, social and political issues throughout the modern
world in thought-provoking exhibitions of contemporary art,
architecture and design. for more information visit www.rom.on.ca/icc
or on facebook at @IccAtRom Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen’s Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
www.rom.on.ca/icc
of the Museum Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica’s hard-hitting documentary Videograms
of a Revolution (1992, 106 minutes) subversively records Romania’s
1989 revolution. The film documents the historic first-ever revolution
in which television played a major role, stitching together official
Romanian state television broadcasts with amateur archival footage.
For this remarkable film, the directors collected over 125 hours of
never before seen amateur and professional video footage, including
the fall, attempted flight, and Christmas-day execution of communist
President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena. The film’s protagonist
is contemporary history itself. The film will be preceded by award-winning short film Traffic (2004,
15 minutes) directed by Romanian filmmaker Catalin Mitulescu. Winner
of the Cannes’ Palme d’Or for Best Short Film, Traffic follows
businessman Tudor during his 20 minute break in twenty-first-century
Bucharest. The films are presented by the ROM’s Institute for Contemporary
Culture, as part of the exhibition programming for Dan Perjovschi:
Late News, open until August 15, 2010. General Admission: $10 / ROM Members & Students $8 / Friends of ICC: $6 Tickets available at the door. EXHIBITION: DAN PERJOVSCHI: LATE NEWS During his ten days in residence at the ROM in February 2010,
internationally renowned artist Dan Perjovschi transformed the
dramatic soaring walls of the ICC’s Roloff Beny Gallery with his
brilliant and irreverent cartoons. Commenting on everything from the
Olympics to Avatar and the ROM’s Michael Lee-Chin Chrystal,
Romanian-born Perjovschi’s acclaimed exhibitions are always a personal
response to the social and political atmosphere, and the geographic
location, in which they are created. One of Eastern Europe’s most sought-after contemporary artists,
Perjovschi has developed a unique artistic practice that merges the
political cartoon with the site-specific art installation. Traveling
to museums and galleries around the world, Perjovschi immerses himself
in the local media – newspapers, magazines, television, and the
internet – and creates wall drawings in response to local and
international events. Recognized for his unique style, his drawings
are noted for their biting humour and honest insights into our
collective conscience. The Institute for Contemporary Culture is proud to present Dan
Perjovschi’s first solo exhibition in Canada. It will remain on view
until August 15, 2010, when his ephemeral drawings in permanent marker
are erased and painted over again. Generously supported by Dekla. FREE with ROM admission during regular Museum hours. For more information on ICC events, please visit www.rom.on.ca/icc/ For the full Press Release please click:
http://rom.on.ca/news/releases/public.php?mediakey=gdf0s0ha5r It would be greatly appreciated if you could let us know when these
listings might appear in your publication and if you could send a link
to the story or a copy of it once it is published to: Anne Marie
Todaro, ROM Publicist, at amtodaro@rom.on.ca. We look forward to hearing from you! the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) is the Royal Ontario
Museum’s (ROM) window on contemporary societies around the globe.
playing a vital role within the historical museum, the ICC examines
current cultural, social and political issues throughout the modern
world in thought-provoking exhibitions of contemporary art,
architecture and design. for more information visit www.rom.on.ca/icc
or on facebook at @IccAtRom Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen’s Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
www.rom.on.ca/icc
