"A Day’s Pleasure, Behind the Screen" – A Film Curatorial Performance by Clemens von Wedemeyer

For the Berlin premiere of Clemens von Wedemeyer’s film MUSTER (Germany 2012, January 18 at Arsenal Cinema), we have invited him to take a look at our collection and have made both of our cinemas and the foyer available to him for one day. The program A DAY’S PLEASURE, BEHIND THE SCREEN, which we will be presenting January 19, evolved through this invitation. "What would it be like if you broke down the walls of a multiplex cinema, if those watching entirely different films were to suddenly come together in order to watch separate films? The experiment: two complementing programs will be shown in parallel, with audience members able to choose and stroll between the two of them with the same ticket. The secret shuffling out of the cinema and the distracting sound of the door shutting become a part of a dispersed shared performance here. Much like during a film festival, only part of this marathon curated program can actually be seen, with another part of it always being missed in its place. The inspiration for the performance were two films by Charlie Chaplin." (Clemens von Wedemeyer)