Bear
First thing of <PERSON>’s I’ve seen thus far to really feel like a fully fleshed out, fully effective work - which is surprising, cuz it’s his first! Lovely little exploration of masculinity and the coding of granular gestures, handsomely photographed.
Was reading interviews with <PERSON> in an attempt to figure out “his deal,” because Turner Prize recipient/Oscar winner/Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a truly incongruent combo that I can’t quite wrap my head around. Found this exchange:
"Uprising isn’t your first documentary work, as you’ve made some short films, correct?"
"I have never made shorts — I’ve made artworks. People talk about shorts, but there’s no such thing as a certain length which is a short rather than a full-length. I don’t know what the hell that is! I’ve never made a short film in my life. 83
I’ve made artworks. They are complete in themselves."
Putting aside that responding to a question of “you’ve made documentary work before, yeah?” with “I’ve never made a short film in my life. I’ve made artworks” is the most terminally defensive art-brained nonsense I have ever read (though he’s right about the “certain length” not existing)... the presumably fanmade poster on here is made hysterically funny with this in the back of my mind! 862