The Living Archive project is entering a new phase. One of the most important results so far has been to acquire an impression of the variety of the Arsenal's collection. What was detectable before was only the tip of the iceberg.

That's why we continue to present events organized by project participants and other archive researchers and to organize our monthly public screenings. Florian Wüst's "El golpe" event on September 11 is a continuation of his project "“So They Go and Buy – Thoughts on Chilean and West German Films of the Early 1970s". At the upcoming public screening event on September 10 we will be viewing YEAR OF THE WOMEN by Sandra Hochman (USA 1973). And as a third event this month, Vaginal Davis will be presenting an Indian film from the year 1977 as part of her Living Archive project "Rising Stars, Falling Stars - We Must Have Music!".

We look forward to making further discoveries with the audience that will not only lead to new cinematographic experiences but also to digitalization, restoration and programming projects.

In October arsenal distribution will be releasing HÉLIO OITICICA

Preceding the cinema release the film will be shown in Frankfurt/Main on September 29 and Arsenal cinema on September 30 as part of the Caligari Film Award Tour. More cities and venues to follow. To coincide with the theatrical release of HELIO OITICICA, the MMK Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt on Main has organized the first German retrospective of the Brazilian artist’s oeuvre. It will run from September 28 to January 12, 2014. With his vision of opening up art for society and society for art, Helio Oiticica was a precursor of participatory art. The observer’s active integration was the essential feature of his work, with which he tried to pry apart the traditional understanding of a piece of art.