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Could poor workers from African plantations make money from art? Dutch artist Renzo Martens decides to explore this question by means of a social experiment that also aims to draw attention to neo-colonialism.
Director and artist Renzo Martens cannot come to terms with the fact that the world's wealthiest get rich by exploiting the poor. Museums also have unethical neo-colonial practices, exhibiting artefacts that have come into their possession in a dubious way while being sponsored by corporations like Unilever, which pays workers less than a dollar a day on its palm oil plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Martens decides to test a crazy idea that would turn the logic of today's art market on its head: former plantation workers will start creating sculptures out of clay, exhibiting them in New York and making money from art. Will the director succeed in turning these villagers into world-renowned artists?
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About the film
Netherlands, Belgium, Congo (Republic of the)
2020 / 79 min.
Director
Renzo Martens
Language
English, Lingala, French
Subtitles
Czech, English
Director
Renzo Martens
2009 - Episode 3: 'Enjoy Poverty'
Screenings
26. 3. 20:30 h |
Praha: Bio Oko |
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28. 3. 15:30 h |
Praha: Světozor VS |
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