About the series
In her work, the contemporary artist Chiharu Shiota weaves tangled webs that offer a meditation on memory, the tribulations of illness, aging and grief, and the conflicts that make up the human experience. It is in this spirit that the artist presents us with a selection of films that reflect the theme of the human condition as a quest for meaning.
“I came to think that living and dying really belong to the same dimension [...] When our time is up, perhaps all of us dissolve into this universe. Maybe death is not a return to nothingness, but rather no more than a matter of assimilating into something: not an extinguishment from life into death, but a merging into something vaster than us. This is how I began incorporating death into my work: death not as an ending, but as something equivalent to life.” – Chiharu Shiota
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Version: No subtitles
Length: 150 minutes
Director: Lars von Trier
Year: 2003
Reservation terms: Upon arrival at the screening, please present your booking confirmation at the Cinéma du Musée front desk.
Reservation terms for MMFA Members: MMFA Members receive a 25% discount on ticket purchases.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
A collaboration between Cinéma du Musée and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts as a complement to the exhibition Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles.
Exhibition
Presenting Sponsor
Merck Canada
Major Patron
Fondation Famille Gauthier
Major Partner
CIBC
In collaboration with
Tourisme Montréal
With support from
Hôtel Warwick Le Crystal – Montréal, Osler, The Jade Raymond Fund
Public Partners
Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Gouvernement du Québec
Official Sponsors
Air Canada, Air Canada Cargo, Denalt Paints
Media Partners
Bell, La Presse
Learning and community engagement
Major Patrons
Fondation de la Chenelière and Fondation Ariane Riou et Réal Plourde
Patron
The Molson Foundation
Public Partners
Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Gouvernement du Québec
