03 March 2008

Bas Jan Ader
























Here is Always Somewhere Else (Rene Daalder, 2007, 68 min)

Dutch conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader (1942-1975) last known to be crossing the Atlantic in a 13’ sailboat “In Search of the Miraculous” phase II of his last project; the boat was found shipwrecked on the coast of Ireland.

A few of his film shorts remain and have resurfaced with popularity in the last few years, taking the form of youthful homage.

Ader’s films from 1970-1972 were silent, black and white, attendant, studies of gravity.
What does it mean to fall.

(Re: the poster, fold solid lines toward you and dashed lines away. Begin with the horizon.)

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