Gisèle Vienne: Jerk

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The Franco-Austrian artist Gisèle Vienne is perhaps one of the most unconventional directors and choreographers in Europe. With powerful imagery and subtle soundtracks, her works often penetrate deep into the subconscious and dissect interpersonal relationships, violence and trauma in an impactful way.

Vienne’s film Jerk (F, 2021) is based on her iconic 2008 solo theater piece Jerk, which toured internationally for twelve years. The film is set in Texas in the 1970s. It is drawn from the fiction written by Dennis Cooper, which is inspired by real events. Serial killer Dean Corll kills more than 20 boys while making ultra-violent snuff films with the help of two teenagers. During his life imprisonment, he becomes a puppeteer and creates a show in prison in which he reenacts the crimes with puppets. Using the means of genre and horror film, Jerk takes the profound experience of mechanisms of violence to the extreme: a minimalist film on questions of power relations, incarnation and the disembodiment of bodies.

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Director: Gisèle VienneWriter: Dennis CooperOriginal music: Peter RehbergWith: Jonathan CapdevielleWith the voices of: Catherine Robbe-Grillet, Serge RamonCreation of the puppets: Gisèle Vienne, Dorothéa Vienne-PollakCreation of tattoos and drawings: Jean-Luc VernaMake-up: Mélanie GerbeauxDirector of photography: Jonathan RicquebourgChief editor: Caroline DetournaySound engineer: Pierre BompyChief Electrician: Georges HarnackChief machinist: Romain RichéFirst assistant operator: Ronan BoudierSecond assistant director: Brandon LuongAssistant director: Camille QuevalStage manager: Antoine HordéColor grading: Yov MoorSound mixing: Mikaël BarreSpecial effects: Robin KobrynskiFilming location: Centre national de la danse (CN D Pantin)

A coproduction of DACM / Compagnie Gisèle Vienne, CND Centre national de la danse, MC93 – Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis and La Compagnie des Indes (Associate Produce – Gildas le Roux). With the participation of France 3 Paris-Ile-de-France & Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne. With the support of the Ministère de la culture / Direction Générale de la creation artistique, of Image/movement of the Centre national des arts pastiques and of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée. Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

Next date: Jerk - Im Rahmen der Berlin Art Week 2024

• Date Sunday, 15/September/2024 14:00
• Venue Sophiensaele - Festsaal
• Address Sophienstraße 18, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
• Price from €10.00

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