Films, dialogues and conferences

In the lasts weeks of Marcel Duchamp: a work that is not work “of art”, Proa will present in the auditorium a series of activities that includes films, dialogues and debate of life, works and influence of Duchamp in the contemporary generations.

Films
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th
Saturday 31st and February 1stVariations about Duchamp

PROGRAM 1
16:00 – 18:55 hs
Admission $10

Beautiness of Precision
Optical experimentations (65 min)

Presentation, by Rodrigo Alonso

Anémic Cinéma, by Marcel Duchamp (1926) / 7 min.
Rythmus 21, by Hans Richter
(1921) / 3 min.
Ballet Mecanique, by Fernand Léger (1924) / 19 min.
Symphonie Diagonale, by Viking Eggeling (1924) / 5 min.
Emar Bakia, by Man Ray
(1926)/ 18 min.
Skycraper Symphonie, by Robert Florey (1929) / 9 min.

Interval: 15 minutes

Between Dadá & Surrealismo
Between París & Nueva York (65 min)
Entr’acte, by René Clair
(1924) / 22 min.
La caracola y el clérigo, by Germanine Dulac (1928) / 28 min.
Meshes of the Afternoon, by Maya Deren (1943) / 14 min.

PROGRAM 2
19:30 – 22:00 hs
Admission $10

Contemporary views 1st. part (48 min)

Presentation, by Rodrigo Alonso

I’d give it to you if I could but I borrowed it, by Guy Ben-Ner (2007) / 12 min.
The last videotapes of Marcel Duchamp, by John Sanborn (1976) / 32 min.
Dadascope (fragmento), by Hans Richter (1961) / 4 min.

Interval: 15 minutes

Contemporary views 2nd. part (56 min)

Marcel Duchamp & John Cage, by
Shigeko Kubota (1972) / 29 min.
Buenos Aires no existe, by Andrés
Denegri (2007) / 27 min.

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Conference
Thursday, January 29th

18 – 21 hs

“The readymade, the Great Glass and Etánt donnés: diverse strategies to read Marcel Duchamp´s work”
By Hugo Petruschansky
Includes a visit to the exhibition.

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Dabate conference
Wednesday, January 28th
18 – 21 hs.
“The practice of contemporary art and Duchamp”
Moderates: Horacio Zabala
With: Eduardo Costa, Mariana Heredia, Margarita Paksa, Luis Felipe Noé, Alejandro Puente y Cristian Segura.

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Information for all the activities:

• Limited capacity
• Admission: $10
• You can make your reservation at: auditorio@proa.org or by phone at 4104-1000, until one hour before the activities.
• Contact: duchamp@proa.org

“Los Petersen en Proa” Café will be open until 23:30 hrs. Make your reservation at: 4104-1003 / lospetersen@proa.org