The film Single by Alex Wissel and Jan Bonny tells of identity issues as well as personal and universal loneliness in several nested levels of reflection:
The young artist Alex is left by his girlfriend and seeks new affirmation in the opening of a nightclub, the so-called Single Club.
This establishment existed from June 2011 to June 2012 and was located in the basement of the Bistro Agi restaurant not far from Düsseldorf’s main train station. The club was conceived by Wissel as an alternative model of public space and participatory “social sculpture”. (www.single-club.in)
The film, which consists of real documentary material from the club, re-enactments and a fictional story, includes guest appearances by Lars Eidinger, Rita McBride, Peter Doig, Agipet Iljazi, Hans-Jürgen Hafner, Magdalena Kita and Sibel Kekilli, among others.
Afterwards: Hans-Jürgen Hafner (Direktor, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen) in conversation with the artists.
Watch the recording of the talk here.
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