 Scene for a New Heritage, 2004 video/DVD/Colour/Sound, 4'33" Courtesy Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam David Maljkovic Scene for New Heritage Trilogy The Whitechapel presents the first UK solo show of David Maljkovic premiering his new film trilogy "Scene for New Heritage Trilogy". The three films travel through time to show the artist's vision of the future and how the meanings of history and monuments change over time. Set in the futuristic world of 2045 the first film follows a group travelling to the memorial park at Petrova Gora, Croatia. They visit communist monuments and debate over their long-forgotten meaning in traditional Croatian folk song that the artist recasts as a futuristic language. The second part is set twenty years later, as a young boy looks out from the monument's tower to an empty landscape, as though the building has by then acquired a mystical dimension. The final film shows young teenagers talking, playing and walking around the derelict monument. Artist's costs supported by The Elephant Trust. Exhibition: 28 March - 6 May 2007 Gallery hours: Wed-Sun 11 am - 6 pm, Thursdays until 9 pm Whitechapel Laboratory 80-82 Whitechapel High Street GB-London E1 7QX Telephone +44 20 7522 7878 (recorded information) Fax +44 20 7377 1685 Email info@whitechapel.org www.whitechapel.org |
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