Zachary Formwalt
Zachary FORMWALT (b. 1979, USA) went to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is an artist and filmmaker based in Amsterdam. Among other places, his work has been shown at Kunsthalle Basel and Casco - Office for Art, Design and Theory in Utrecht. The world economy is a recurrent theme in his photographs and videos. In 2012, Formwalt won the Illy Prize in Rotterdam.
Filmography
(all short) The Witness (2005), At Face Value (2008), In Place of Capital (2009), Through a Fine Screen (2010), Unsupported Transit (2011), A Projective Geometry (2012)
Zachary Formwalt at IFFR
In Place of Capital
A picture of the Royal Exchange building in London (1844) is used to illustrate the impossibility of capturing economic movements in a photograph.
25'
IFFR 2010
Through a Fine Screen
Critical work reflecting on the secret history of the first unmanipulated iconic news photo of an American shantytown.
21'
Netherlands
IFFR 2011
Unsupported Transit
Set on a construction site in Shenzhen, China's first Special Economic Zone, where a new stock exchange designed by Rem Koolhaas is being built.
15'
Netherlands
IFFR 2013