For this screening, Diego Marcon offers a carefully crafted cinematic “playlist” that intermixes a selection of his own recent works and short films by other artists. After spending time with his new film Krapfen in the Renaissance Society’s gallery space, go deeper into Marcon’s distinctive world for this evening program, as he creates ambiguous psychological spaces within his various works and draws on different filmic structures and archetypes. A generous collaborator and advocate for other artists, Marcon expands the view here further through his selection of recent works by other people that resonate with his own films in different ways.
PART 1, 7-8:00PM
PART 2, 8:30-9:30PM
The program is presented in relation to the exhibition Krapfen by Diego Marcon, on view at the Renaissance Society on September 13-November 23.
Diego Marcon, an artist known for his radical rethinking of cinema, sound, and space, makes his U.S. debut at the Renaissance Society this September. Marcon’s practice is rooted in entertainment and structural cinema—eschewing traditional storytelling to explore the mechanics of filmmaking itself. His works challenge the hierarchy between subject and image, dissolving narrative into abstraction. For this exhibition, Marcon presents Krapfen, a newly commissioned musical dance film that stages an encounter between the kid, performed by dancer Violet Savage, and four characters represented by costume props: gloves, foulard, trousers, and pullover. Krapfen is also an encounter between the golden age of American animation and Italian opera. The choreography—a mix of contemporary dance, classical ballet, and popular entertainment forms—reflects the juxtaposition of traditional and digital filmmaking processes, a hallmark of Marcon’s practice.
Curated by Myriam Ben Salah.
Ph: Diego Marcon, La Gola, 2024 (still). © Diego Marcon. Courtesy the Artist; Sadie Coles HQ, London; Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne/New York; Kunstverein Hamburg; Kunsthalle Wien; and Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève for BIM ’24.