In Silent Conversation with Ingmar Bergman
July
2008, 120 pages, 21 x 25,5 cm, colour illustrations, paperback
english/german
CHF 32.00 / € 19.00
ISBN: 978-3-85616-400-3
Ingmar Bergman is one of the most well-known personalities in the history of films. His impressive repertoire and his expressive imagery not only shaped several generations of film directors, but also form the starting point for the creative work of numerous contemporary artists. Kunstmuseum Thun follows this phenomenon with ‹In Silent Conversation with Ingmar Bergman›.
The diversity of the artistic responses to the creative work of the director is remarkable. Some of them use painting, drawing or photography, others selectively utilise the amenities of the museum space by means of video installations. The variety of the examinations with regard to content is also striking. By means of Bergman’s example, the potentials of the narration are explored or the suggestive features of the film medium scrutinised; other works take up the central aspects of the œuvre with regard to content and present them in concentrated form in a new manner. ‘In Silent Conversation with Ingmar Bergman’ offers a new view of the work of the filmmaker.
Texts by Dora Imhof and Thomas Elsaesser and an introduction by Helen Hirsch are included in this catalogue.
