Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

Film is made out of rooms (scenes) and a corridor (timeline). It tells a story about creation of a utopian commune. The fate of which is closely intertwined with the history of the place it occupies, the economy and the director's vision. The typology of the apartment occupied by the protagonists turns out to be more durable than the need to change the function of this place. Architecture, social status and structure of the film become closely intertwined. All camera shots used in the film come from the 1973 movie „Monterey Hotel” by Chantal Akerman.

Jan Domicz (1990. Opole/Poland) visual artist, author of videos, objects and exhibitions. In his works, he uses the narrative potential of both architectural and social space. His works were shown at the Architecture Biennale in Venice and at Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Arsenal Gallery in Pozna?, Neuer Essener Kunstverein and SALTS in Basel. Domicz is a graduate of the Staedelschule in Frankfurt and the University of Arts in Poznan. He is represented by Gallery Wschód in Warsaw. In addition to artistic practice, he has been running the quasi-curatorial project Office for Narrated Spaces since 2017. He works and lives in Warsaw.