Self-portrait with the Device

Self-portrait with the Device

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 15, 1982

Runtime

0h 9m

Original Title

Autoportrait au Dispositif

Director

Christian Lebrat

Description

"In the 1990 text on his film Autoportrait au dispositif (1981), Lebrat wrote that all his films are in fact self-portraits, including those that are abstract colour films, and the Rothko's painting are the most beautiful examples of self-portraiture in twentieth century art. lebrat notes that the impetus behind self-portraiture comes out of his desire to create another image of his body, which does not necessarily have to be its representation but can suggest another satte of being, for example the infinite and transcendent state aims at overcoming the problem of corps morcelé and mortal flesh." Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof