Marcel Duchamp: The Art of The Possible – Closing Film (30/05, 20.00)
[PFF Docs.] CLOSING FILM
MARCEL DUCHAMP: THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE (2020),
dir. Matthew Taylor, USA, 90′
with introduction by Kiril Trajchev (professor and PFF selector), in Macedonian
30 May (Saturday), 20.00
What is art? This was the question posed by the father of conceptualism, Marcel Duchamp, when he put a urinal in an art show in 1917. Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible unpacks the paradigm shift of art in the 20th century by Duchamp’s radical and enigmatic works (and idea) that challenged the status quo and unlocked unlimited potential for the generations that followed him. Thanks to Duchamp, art would never again be the same. The film highlights the singular impact of Duchamp’s philosophy and art, and, more importantly, examines how Duchamp’s revolutionary ideas from the early 20th century are still shaping art and culture in the 21st century.
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible is directed by Matthew Taylor, an artist and award-winning filmmaker, and features interviews with some of the most prominent Duchamp experts and artists, including Marina Abramović, Joseph Kosuth, Ed Ruscha, Michel Gondry and Jeff Koons.
ABOUT KIRIL TRAJCHEV
Kiril Trajchev is a professor at the International Slavic University “G.R. Derzhavin”. For a few years he has been teaching also at the Film Academy of the University “Goce Delchev” in Shtip. He is a participant of several alternative and amateur film and theater festivals and realized several short films and theater projects. His texts have been published in several journals and anthologies. He has participated also in many scientific symposiums and conferences. Since 2017 he takes the role of Selector of the Official Selection of Feature Films of the Philosophical Film Festival. He is also one of the organisers of the PFF Caravan in Eastern Macedonia, also organizing youth workshops for film and philosophy.