FILM SCREENING | MICHAEL PILZ RETROSPECTIVE | GWENYAMBIRA SIMON MASHOKO
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York and Anthology Film Archives present a selection of films and videos by experimental filmmaker Michael Pilz. A crucial figure in Austrian avant-garde cinema for more than four decades, Pilz (born 1943) is perhaps best known on these shores for his collaboration with John Cook, which produced the film Slow Summer (recently preserved, and screened at Anthology last year), and for the monumental experimental documentary Heaven and Earth. An astoundingly prolific artist, he has maintained a remarkable rate of production throughout his career, and this program offers New York audiences one of the first chances to experience the full breadth of his work, from Heaven and Earth to the video diaries he has created during his extensive travels across the world over the past two decades.
Michael Pilz will be at Anthology to present and discuss his work in person.
GWENYAMBIRA SIMON MASHOKO
In English and Shona; intentionally unsubtitled, 2002, 210 minutes, video
In the summer of 1997, Pilz, along with composer Klaus Hollinetz and photographer Werner Puntigam, visited the African musician Simon Mashoko (Gwenyambira), a virtuoso mbira player and a catechist of the Roman Catholic Church who lived in seclusion in the south of Zimbabwe. Five years later, the unforgettable experience resulted in a multimedia installation that attempts to transcend geographic borders as well as the borders between the individual arts. Pilz’s film captures the mystery of an ordinary day, the interior of music, the creation of play, faith, and imperceptible dance.
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