Deimantas Narkevičius
Deimantas NARKEVICIUS (1964, Utena, Lithuania) is a conceptual artist, art critic and exhibition curator. He makes film and video productions which place individuals and their history at the centre, often using close ups to capture his observations. Narkevicius is one of the most consistent and widely recognised Lithuanian artists in the international art scene. His works has been exhibited at contemporary art venues worldwide including the Centre Pompidou (Paris), Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid), Tate Modern (London), Museum of Modern Art (New York) and Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam).
Filmography
(all short, selection) Europe 54 54 – 25 19 (1997), His-story (1998), Mass for the Truth of Blacksmith Ignotas (1998), Legend Coming True (1999), Energy Lithuania (2000), Countryman (2002), Kaimietis (2002), Scena (2003), The Role of a Lifetime (2003), Once in the XX Century (2004), Disappearance of a Tribe (2005), Matrioškos (2005), Revisiting Solaris (2007), The Head (2007), The Dud Effect (2008), Into the Unknown (2009), Ausgeträumt (2010), Draudžiami jausmai/Restricted Sensation (2011), Stains and Scratches (2017), Twittering Soul (2023)
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Deimantas Narkevičius at IFFR
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Twittering Soul
At the dawn of the twentieth century, a small village in Lithuania prepares for doomsday.
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Harbour
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Revisiting Solaris
In this short film, Donatas Banionis returns after more than 40 years as Chris Kelvin, the protagonist from Tarkovsky’s film Solaris. The story is bas
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Cinema Regained
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Kaimietis
Monologues by two individuals who yearn for new experiences in another country.
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main programme short
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Stains and Scratches
The polarity between physical marks on celluloid and the photographic image these support challenged the artist to create a stereoscopic illusion.
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Regained
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Scena
Scena is inspired by the architecture of one house. This building is in the style of the functional modernism of the 1960s. ‘The Palace for Exhibitions’ was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. By the beginning of the 1990s it was the stage for official art exhibitions. The dimensions of the space […]
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Europe 54º 54′ – 25º 19′
A simple documentary of a trip Narkevicius made one morning from his former flat to the geographical centre of Europe. The soundtrack of the film reveals why he is making this journey.
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short films
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The Role of a Lifetime
Narkevicius’ film combines three distinct elements. The first is his interview with Peter Watkins, recorded in Lithuania where Watkins lived for many years. The second is a sequence of landscape drawings, some depicting an unusual theme park, Gruto Park, repository of statues from the Soviet era. The third comprises scenes of Brighton shot over an […]
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His-story
The film is about transformations taking place in the shadow of Big Events. The commentary to history is delivered through a portrayal of the concrete changes that affected the director’s immediate surroundings. We are prompted to perceive major historical events from an individual perspective, visualised in a free but documentary format.
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Energy Lithuania
The film Energy Lithuania is a documentary study of an electric power plant, which includes conversations with people who have worked there. Although the power plant is functioning, it has now become like a museum of industrial thought. Still, the livelihood of thousands of people depends on it. It will not be easy to reform […]
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short films
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