On the Road

“Raising questions about documentary form and the representation of historic events, Campbell presents a story about a futurist automobile, the famous car featured in Back to the Future, as a parody of the American myth of mobility. Gordon Matta-Clark films the process of destruction of a truck. Finally, Anderson decides to explore Los Angeles without a car, an almost impossible task, focusing on the smallest, most insignificant elements of its landscape: advertising hoardings, façades of buildings, snippets of music and conversations.

 

Make it New John, Duncan Campbell (UK), 2009, video, colour, sound, 50 min.; Get

Fresh Kill, Gordon Matta-Clark , USA, 1972, video, 13 min

Out of the Car, Thom Andersen (USA) 2010, 16 mm, colour, sound, 34 min.