Exhibition
The Complete Letters
Filmed Correspondence
“The complete letters. Filmed Correspondence” is an exhibition that features epistolary works defined by cinematographic creation. This is an experimental communication format used between pairs of well-known international film directors. CCCB reunites all this unusual correspondence to create a unique exhibition, based in one of the most genuine forms of communication: the " letter".
The exhibition “The Complete Letters” features epistolary works defined by cinematographic creation. This is an experimental communication format used between pairs of film directors. Although each director is situated in a location geographically distant from that of their partner, they are united by their willingness to share ideas and reflections on all that motivates their work. Within this space of freedom, the directors featured in the exhibition examine their affinities and differences, within an environment of mutual respect and simultaneity of interests and with notable formal variants established in each of the correspondences.
The works that we present in “The Complete Letters” constitute an innovative cinematographic format, where filmed ideas are exchanged between great dyads of filmmakers:
José Luis Guerin (Barcelona) - Jonas Mekas (New York)
Isaki Lacuesta (Girona) - Naomi Kawase (Nara)
Albert Serra (Banyoles) - Lisandro Alonso (Buenos Aires)
Víctor Erice (Biscay) - Abbas Kiarostami (Teheran)
Jaime Rosales (Barcelona) - Wang Bing (Shaanxi)
Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico City) - So Yong Kim (Busan/New York)
This exchange of video-letters responds to a reality: a filmmaker’s homeland is being on the same wavelength as other filmmakers around the world. In this film continent, creators always pay attention to works by others. The simultaneous and juxtaposed presentation of these filmed correspondences in a single exhibition area provides a space for dialogue and reflexive intimacy.
Curators: Jordi Balló
Participants: Víctor Erice, Abbas Kiarostami, Isaki Lacuesta, Naomi Kawase, Jonas Mekas, Albert Serra, Lisandro Alonso, Jaime Rosales, Wang Bing, Fernando Eimbcke, So Yong Kim, Jose Luís Guerin
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