Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster CINEMA (QM.15), 2016
HD video, projector, Plexiglas screen, media player, amplifier, speakers
200 x 300 cm (projection screen)
Duration 08:10 min
Cinema (QM.15) is a danced moment from Marilyn Monroe’s last film, The Misfits (1961), written by Arthur Miller and directed by John Huston.
The film is at times harrowing in its display of the character’s weaknesses and forlornness. The moment depicts Monroe’s character Roslyn during a scene of great vulnerability: dancing alone in the dark landscape, she is being observed from the porch by aging cowhand Gay (Clark Gable) and his mechanic friend Guido (Eli Wallach), as well as her local acquaintance Isabelle (Thelma Ritter).
An ethereal image projected on a Plexiglas structure, DGF as Monroe is accompanied by musical compositions from the soundtrack of The Misfits: Roslyn and Compassion-Compassion for Guido by Alex North.
