Events/Openings

Matteo Frittelli's documentary film on Georges Adéagbo (present) / 62 mins

Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 7.30pm

Round Table on Georges Adéagbo's practice and REGARD Benin:
Kerstin Schankweiler, Stephan Köhler and George Adéagbo

Art Directors: Dr. Bonaventure S.B. Ndikung, Dr. Elena Agudio

SAVVY Contemporary is proud to present the documentary film LA PERSONNE DE GEORGES ADÉAGBO, which provides an outstanding bird’s-eye view on Georges Adéagbo’s conceptual artistic practice. The film is gracefully orchestrated around Adéagbo’s universe, not only as seen through his own eyes, but also as perceived by Daniel Birnbaum, Carlos Basualdo, Laura Cherubini, Stephan Köhler, Pier Luigi Tazzi, Chiara Bertola, Agustín Pérez Rubio, Octavio Zaya and Okwui Enwezor. The gravity and multifacetedness of Adéagbo’s oeuvre unfold as the film director Matteo Frittelli takes the viewer on a tour of Adéagbo’s installations from his Cotonou courtyard through the Palazzo Vecchio Florence and Venice Biennial 2009 to MADRE Napels.
It is no hyperbole to say that LA PERSONNE DE GEORGES ADÉAGBO, which was premiered at the Paris Triennial in the Palais de Tokyo in 2012, is a true revelation and sets a milestone in artist documentary filmmaking. The screening will be followed by a discussion round between Kerstin Schankweiler, Stephan Köhler and George Adéagbo, and open Q&A with the audience.

Director: Matteo Frittelli, Camera/Editor: Fabrizio Farroni, Production assistant: Anna Lisa Baroni Consultant: Stephan Köhler, Voice-over: Radha Guzzetta, Transcriptions: Stefania Rispoli, Production: Frittelli, Arte Contemporanea ITA/SP/FR/DE 2007-2012.