From November 14 to 16, 2024, the Kassel Dokfest will be showing the 14-hour documentary exergue – on documenta 14, which premiered at this year’s Berlinale. The 848-minute work by Greek filmmaker Dimitris Athiridis will be screened in seven two-hour blocks on three consecutive days and shown again on the weekend after the festival.
exergue – on documenta 14 accompanies Artistic Director Adam Szymczyk and his team of curators over the course of two years as they develop the 14th edition of documenta, which took place for the first time at two locations – in Kassel and in the Greek capital Athens, the epicenter of the European financial crisis at the time – following the motto “Learning from Athens”. This expansion was Szymczyk’s attempt to examine the boundaries of the institution and challenge the Eurocentrism of art production.
November 14
10.30-13.00 | Chapters 1-2; Welcome: Andrea Linnenkohl
13.00-15.00 | Chapters 3-4
November 15
10.30-12.30 | Chapter 5-6
12.45-14.45 | Chapter 7-8
15.15-17.15 | Chapter 9-10
November 16
10.30-12.30 | Chapters 11-12
12.45-14.45 | Chapter 13-14
15.15-17.15: Discussion round 1 (in English) / small BALi
The discussion round on 16 November will focus on questions relating to the creation and reception of the film as well as the curatorial conditions under which documenta 14 was realized.
Participants: Mounira Al Solh (documenta 14 artist), Dimitris Athiridis (filmmaker), Fanny Hauser (documenta 14 staff member, Deputy Director Ludwig Forum Aachen), Andreas Hoffmann (Managing Director documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH), Saskia Trebing (art historian and journalist); Moderator: Bettina Steinbrügge (Director Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean)
RE-VIEW: The second screening – after the festival week
November 22nd
14.30-16.30 | Chapter 1-2; Welcome: Birgitta Coers
17.00-19.00 | Chapters 3-4
November 23
12.00-14.00 | Chapter 5-6
14.30-16.30 | Chapter 7-8
17.00-19.00 | Chapter 9-10
November 24
12.00-14.00 | Chapter 11-12
14.30-16.30 | Chapter 13-14
17.00-19.00: Discussion round 2 (in German) / large BALi
The panel following the last screening will once again bring together experts and documenta participants to discuss the film.
Participants: Birgitta Coers (Director documenta archiv), Bettina Fraschke (Editor and Head of Cultural Editorial Office HNA), Henriette Gallus (Press spokesperson documenta 13, Head of Communications documenta 14; Deputy Director Haus der Kulturen der Welt), Daniel Kothenschulte (Film Critic), Bernd Leifeld (1996-2014 Managing Director documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH), Moderation: Ernst-Dieter Lantermann (Psychologist and Professor Emeritus)