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Krzysztof Wodiczko: Projections

This full-length documentary examines the work of Krzysztof Wodiczko, an artist who has taken his art out of museums to project it onto the sides of buildings. The film explores Wodiczko’s philosophy of art as social contract and shows examples of his provocative work, which has lit up walls from London's Trafalgar Square to Zion Square in Jerusalem.
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This full-length documentary examines the work of Krzysztof Wodiczko, an artist who has taken his art out of museums to project it onto the sides of buildings. The film explores Wodiczko’s philosophy of art as social contract and shows examples of his provocative work, which has lit up walls from London's Trafalgar Square to Zion Square in Jerusalem.

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  • director
    Derek May
  • producer
    Derek May
  • script
    Derek May
  • editing
    Derek May
  • executive producer
    Dennis Murphy
  • associate producer
    Bruce Ferguson
  • commentary
    Patricia MacGeachy
  • camera
    Barry Perles
    Kent Nason
  • sound
    Diane Carrière
    Marie-France Delagrave
    John Martin
  • sound editing
    Jackie Newell
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
    Shelley Craig
  • music
    Marie-Claude de Chevigny
    Robert Fleming
    Eldon Rathburn

Education

Ages 12 to 17

Notes

Wodiczko uses his giant projections to comment upon or subvert states of authority. Have students discuss some of his projections and the contexts in which they are used. How successful are they? What is he trying to say in, for example, Boston, or Israel, Scotland or even Montreal? What does he say about identity in, for example, San Diego? Or war in Madrid? In the pre-Internet, pre-digital era, what is the impact of such projections?

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