Curated by Florian Schneider and Annett Busch
The exhibition will be opened by a screening of "Moses and Aaron", a film by Straub and Huillet from 1975. The movie will be introduced by filmmaker Eyal Sivan. "With Moses and Aaron, I have tried to destroy Stravinsky’s quote saying that music was powerless to express the most abstract, the most ordinary, the most concrete things." (Jean-Marie Straub).
'Moses and Aaron', a rendition of Arnold Schönberg's opera, directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet; screenplay by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet; photography, Gianni Canfareill, Ugo Piccone, Saverio Diamanti, and Renato Berta; editors,Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet; production companies, Austrian Radio, West German Television, Janus Film and Fernsehen, NEF Diffusion, Straub-Huillet, Italian Television, French Television and Taurus Film; executive producer, Mr. Hellwig.
Running time: 105 minutes.
Language English
Location Extra City - Antwerpen-Noord, Tulpstraat 79, 2060 Antwerpen