HAMACA. media & video art distribution from Spain.

English| Castellano

» HOME
» Work Data Sheet
Back

Members access » Enter | Create Account | Blog »Enter

Submenu

Technical Data Sheet

Data: Title:CREATIVE PEOPLE MUST...; Directed by:Txomin Badiola; Produced by:; Length:00:02:30; Production year:1999; Languages:; Subtitles:; Master:Mini DV; Formats:DVD | Betacam; TV Systems:PAL; Colour:Colour / Black and White; Multichannel:No; Sound:Yes; Soundtrack:Yes; License:Copyright

Keywords: daily | identity | voyeur

Estimated fees: RENT; [-] standard public broadcasts; DVD PAL day/screening: 295,75 €; DVD PAL week: 422,51 €; DVD PAL month: 680,00 €; DVD PAL exhibition: 992,76 €; [-] broadcasts with educational purposes; DVD PAL day/screening: 147,80 €; DVD PAL week: 211,25 €; DVD PAL month: 340,00 €; [-] television public broadcasts; [consult]; BUY; [-] media libraries; DVD PAL : 780,00 €; [-] libraries; DVD PAL : 300,00 €; [-] online media libraries; DVD PAL : 780,00 €

ATTENTION:: [-] The prices shown do not include VAT.; [-] A 15% surcharge on the prices shown will be added to orders requiring NTSC format

CREATIVE PEOPLE MUST...

Txomin Badiola

1999

Description sheet

This piece by Badiola, in which he further explores his preferred subject matter, that of sexual identity stereotypes, is instanced by a sentence by the American artist Diane Arbus: “Creative people must deal in secrets”. In the main scene of the film a man writes the sentence on a white t-shirt whilst on the sides of the screen we are offered images of his everyday life, as if these had been filmed through a peephole. These small clips invite us into the everyday reality of this character (who doubles up as two different people), who we can only know through the objects that surround him, the way his house is decorated, the paintings hanging from his walls, and the books that he reads.

The man’s secrets, his intimacy, are revealed to us in small doses. Our gaze suddenly becomes an accomplice to the voyeuristic camera that captures the different scenes. Our curiosity turns us into keen onlookers of the moments that in intermittent fashion are presented to us. We can only manage to conjecture about the identity of this man through the snippets of images we are given, by observing the ruptures in his daily life. With this piece Badiola puts together a strong critique of closed and unitary notions of identity, by opening the speculative field to the ambiguity of the acts presented on screen.

Preview

Other works

Bad form (A story that is told ... | 2002
Txomin Badiola
SOS. E3 (Servidumbre de la vida ... | 2000 - 2001
Txomin Badiola
CREATIVE PEOPLE MUST... | 1999
Txomin Badiola
Everyday life (with two characters ... | 1995 - 1996
Txomin Badiola
EAE. Action THE MUSEUM/EAE. Acción ... | 1983 - 2001
Txomin Badiola

All rights reserved © 2007 HAMACA
Direcció General de Dret i d'Entitats Jurídiques de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Sec. 1ª Inscripció 33711)
CIF - G-64267065 Pge. del Marquès de Sta. Isabel, 40 08018 Barcelona
Tfn +34 93 303 39 96 Fax +34 93 303 43 10