Turning the Art World Inside Out
by Jack Cocker, UK 2013, 70'
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jack Cocker   PRODUCER: Jack Cocker, Alan Yentob
EDITING: David Arthur   PRODUCTION: BBC
SOUND: Brian Paterson    

Schermo dell'Arte - Archivio Film Beginning with the Biennale di Venezia curated in 2013 by Massimiliano Gioni, this documentary reconstructs the history and fortunes of so-called “outsider art”: from the formation of Jean Dubuffet’s Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne till the more recent birth of institutions such as the Museum of Everything. In an attempt to define the plurality of experiences behind this lone label, the creative director of the BBC ventured into production centers, galleries and private studios to meet the fascinating protagonists of this parallel creative universe, which appears increasingly integrated into the official art system.
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