Kurant, Agnieszka

Agnieszka Kurant, born in 1978, lives in New York. Exhibitions include Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2010), the Guggenheim Museum, New York (2015), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2014), Sculpture Center, New York (2013), Stroom den Haag (2014), MoMA PS1, New York (2013); Performa Biennial New York (2013); Witte de With, Rotterdam (2011); Tate Modern, London (2006) et al.

Cutaways
(USA 2013, 23’40’’, English)
German Premiere
In collaboration with the legendary American film editor Walter Murch (The Godfather) Kurant depicts the invisible universe or junk yard of cut-out characters that have been completely deleted from the final cut of feature films by the editors. Charlotte Rampling, once a young female hitchhiker in “Vanishing Point”, and two actors cut out from “Pulp Fiction” and “The Conversation” continue impersonating their characters 40 years later.  A meeting of three copyrights – phantom characters that started living their own lives.

Agnieszka Kurant, „Cutaways“, USA 2013, 23’40’’, Courtesy of Anna Lena Films; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York and Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo
Agnieszka Kurant, „Cutaways“, USA 2013, 23’40’’, Courtesy of Anna Lena Films; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York and Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo