Artists’ Film Club: Gianfranco Baruchello + Q&A

Italian artist and filmmaker Gianfranco Baruchello accompanies his pioneering film composition Verifica incerta (Uncertain Verification) (1964-65), constructed by collaging multiple feature film clippings. Predating many works that utilise found footage, Verifica incerta (Uncertain Verification) remains an influential work for recent and new generations of artists. The screening also includes several of Baruchello’s other short works and is followed by a Q&A with the artist.

Gianfranco Baruchello (born Livorno, Italy, 1924) lives and works in Italy. Recent solo exhibitions include Certain Ideas, ZMK, Karlsruhe; Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg; Loss of Quality, Loss of Identity, Fondazione Volume, Rome; and Cold Cinema, Triennale di Milano (all 2014). Recent group shows include The Encyclopaedic Palace, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice (2013); Documenta (13), Kassel (2012); and A History of Irritated Material, Raven Row, London (2010).

Supported by Massimo De Carlo, Milan/London.