NOW 此刻

2015

Chantal Akerman produced NOW for the Venice Biennale in 2015, shortly before her death. Presented on multiple large screens, this seven-channel video installation consists of images of desolate landscapes and a soundtrack that combines singing, street noise, and the sounds of engines and gunfire. The overlapping images appear in rapid movement, creating a chaotic sense of transit through a desert region. Akerman collected the images and sounds with a Blackberry phone camera while travelling in conflict zones in the Middle East. She deliberately erases any clues of a precise geographical location, instead portrays chaos and violence without context—a world of conflict embedded in everyday existence.

Details

Object Number:

2017.510

Object Type:

Video Installation

Related Makers:

Chantal Akerman (Artist)

Medium:

seven-channel HD digital video installation (colour, sound), plastic aquariums and tube lights

Date:

2015

Dimensions:

duration (total): 42 min.; (channel 1): 41 min. 46 sec.; (channel 2): 37 min. 26 sec.; (channel 3): 34 min. 40 sec.; (channel 4): 39 min. 45 sec.; (channel 5): 41 min. 31 sec.; (floor projections): 22 min. 35 sec.

Collection:

M+ Collection

Credit Line:

M+, Hong Kong

About the Maker:

Works by Chantal Akerman include Video Installation.

There are 1 objects by Chantal Akerman from the M+ Collection available online.

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