Artists' Film Club: Michel Auder Part 1 + Q&A

This comprehensive two-part screening draws together a cross section of Michel Auder’s output, from early pieces to recent works.

Michel Auder’s continuous and comprehensive autobiographical collection of work builds an extensive journal of photographs and films spanning the last five decades. His pioneering use of video, and his collaging technique, builds surreal narratives centring on portraiture and autobiography. Often employing subtle humour, his works capture his adopted home, New York, and its evolution over the decades, as well as travelogue-like videos of visited places. 

Michel Auder Part 1 + Q&A: Sat 13 Sep
Michel Auder Part 2 + Introduction: Sun 14 Sep

Part 1 Programme

Including a Q&A with Michel Auder

• Blind Sex (1983, ed. 2009), Beta SP transferred to SD video, colour, sound, 5 min 16 sec
• 48 Hours in 8 Minutes (1979), Super 8 transferred to SD video, colour, silent, 8 min 26 sec
• Apocalypse Later – Hudson (2003) mini-dv transferred to SD video, colour, sound, 5 min 13 sec
• Bitte Danke (1999) mini-dv transferred to SD video, colour, sound, 5 sec
• Do You Love Me? (2013) mini-dv and phone video transferred to SD video, colour, sound, 10 min 38 sec
• Chelsea, Mahattan ‒ NYC (1989 ed. 2008), Hi8 transferred to SD video, colour, sound, 6 min 21 sec
• Confession (1971 ed. 2009) ½" reel-to-reel video transferred to SD video, black and white, sound, 3 min 41 sec
• My First Pipe of Opium Since 1973 (Mexico, Nov. 2004) (2004), mini-dv transferred to SD video, colour, sound, 7 min 39 sec
• Daytime Version of the Night (2013), HD video, colour, sound, 6 min 48 sec
• It’s Hard to be Down When You’re Up (1976 ed. 2007), ½" reel-to-reel video transferred to SD video, black and white, sound, 20 min 36 sec

Michel Auder (born 1945 in Soissons, France) lives and works in Brooklyn. Recent solo exhibitions and screenings include “Michel Auder: Made In New York, 1969-2014”, Anthology Film Archives, New York (2014); Marlborough Chelsea  Video Pieces,  February 22 - March 22, (2014). “Stories, Myths, Ironies, and Other Songs: Conceived, Directed, Edited, and Produced by M. Auder”, Kunsthalle Basel , Jun 09 - Aug 25th (2013); “Screen Life #13 & Polaroid”, Office Baroque, Brussels (2013); “Michel Auder: Selected Works”, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main Oct 31-Nov17(2013). MICHEL AUDER- Portrait of Michel Auder - Culturgest, Lisbon Feb 09 2013 - May 19 2013.

Group shows and screenings include the “Whitney Biennial” (2014); “City of Disappearances”, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2014); “The Cat Show” (curated by Rhonda Lieberman), White Columns, New York, and Pursuit of perfect: The politics of Sport, South London Gallery, London, UK 2012.