"Manifesto" by Julian Rosefeldt

The video-installation "Manifesto" consists of 13 videos. From 1 June to 19 July, it was screened at ‘Peiraios 260’ in the context of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival.

One of the most important contemporary artists, Julian Rosefeldt studied architecture. His works are found in the most important museums internationally, including: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA, New York), Saatchi Gallery (London), Goetz Collection (Munich), Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (Vienna), and Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris). In 2010 he became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, at the Department of Film and Media Art. Since 2011, he has been a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He works closely with the Schaubühne, Berlin, and director Thomas Ostermeier.

‘The sweeping one-woman show of Cate Blanchett in thirteen radically different roles becomes the ideal canvas on which German visual artist Julian Rosefeldt depicts his subversive filmic treatise. The limits and the essence of art, the artist’s responsibility to society as well as the perceptions that shape contemporary culture are central in a wild ideological collage.’
23rd Athens International Film Festival ‘Opening Nights’, 2017 – part of the official selection of the section ‘Festival Darlings’.

"If the art world gave out Oscars, Cate Blanchett should win for her tour de force of starring roles in Manifesto." – "The New York Times"

"It is both a confirmation of Blanchett’s sheer presence and acumen as an actor and Rosefeldt’s shrewdness and intellect as an artist. Manifesto is worth every minute.
It is a unique exploration of cultural and cinematic allegories and expectations." – "The Sydney Morning Herald"