David Hartt: short films
The Musée d’art contemporain’s Skyscrapers by the Roots exhibition offers an opportunity to discover a new film installation by artist David Hartt. In parallel with the exhibition, we invite audiences to experience his video work in a movie theater, along with a complementary screening of Jacques Tati’s Playtime — a key reference for Lynne Cohen, another artist featured in the exhibition.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with David Hartt
Program of four films from David Hartt.
Stray Light [2011, 12 min]
The Republic [2014, 16 min]
Et in Arcadia Ego [2022, 15 min]
The Garden [2024, 15 min]
David Hartt
Born in Montréal in 1967, David Hartt creates work that unpacks the social, cultural, and economic complexities of his various subjects. He explores how historic ideas and ideals persist or transform over time. He lives and works in Philadelphia where he is an Associate Professor, in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.
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