Arthur Summereder — Motorcity
Une exploration des complexités de la vie, de l'histoire et de la société américaines à travers le prisme du drag racing à Détroit. Avec une introduction par le réalisateur.
This screening is part of the MISANTHROPOZINE takeover <3
10:00 - Brussels Parking Garage Dérive (until 18:00-ish)
19:30 - (beurscafé open)
20:00 - presentation MISANTHROPOZINE #4
20:30 - screening Motorcity + intro by Arthur Summereder
00:00 - (end)
+ looped screening @ cinema: TOKYO SPEED DÉRIVE (19:30 - 23:00)
Motorcity — Arthur Summereder 2021, Austria, United States, 78 min
Once auto factory workers, the five protagonists of this supercharged documentary now apply their skills in the service of their passion: the Detroit drag racing scene. The film is less concerned with understanding the races themselves, than with conducting a search for the deeper significance of this popular sport. Underneath parallels between the taming of the Wild West and capitalism’s haunting myth upon which America was founded – Accelerate!!! –, drag racing also reveals itself to be an escape route from conventional modes of earning and burning money.
about
Arthus Summereder (1983) is a filmmaker, film editor, and visual artist, who studied under Harun Farocki at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Currently a PhD researcher at the University of Art and Design Linz, his work focuses particularly on the relationship between cinematic representations of non-cinematic reality, and more recently on specific aspects of mobility studies and metaphor theory in relation to film. Motorcity is Summereder's first feature-length documentary.
ground floor, PMR-accessible space, accessible toilet on +1 via the elevator accompanied by someone with a building access badge (ask at the door or the bar)
