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screening: Chris Marker’s The Case of the Grinning Cat
Squeaky Wheel presents a screening of Chris Marker’s iconic film, Chat Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat), preceded by Serge Avedikian’s haunting short animated film, Chienne D’histoire (Howling Island) and Wiame Haddad’s subtle and urgent film Sang Titre. The films think through past and current history with and through animals, and depictions thereof: Avedikian’s Barking Island tells the story of the 1910 dog exile and massacre in Ottoman Istanbul, where thousands of dogs were rounded up and sent to a nearby Island to die, with clear resonances between the event and the Armenian Genocide. Meanwhile in The Case of the Grinning Cat, Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium through the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats through Paris.
The screening is presented as part of our exhibition, With us at the center of our world: Animals, domestications, dreams. The exhibition presents the work of nine artists thinking through and on non-human animals. The artists – working in animation, essay films, speculative narratives, installation work, among other forms – address topics of domestication, colonialism, extinction, and conservation, and the toll humans extract from our co-inhabitants on earth. The exhibition features work by Amy Ching-Yan Lam, Annika Eriksson, Cameron A. Granger, Christina Corfield, Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester, G. Anthony Svatek, Miranda Javid, and Noor Abuarafeh.
For in-person attendees: The event will take place at Squeaky Wheel. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. Samosas from Ali Baba Kebab will be provided.
For online attendees: A private link will be sent to you; the event will be available at the link at the start date and time. You will have access to the event for 24 hours; Squeaky Wheel members receive 72 hour access. Not a member yet? Sign up here.
This event is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Bob Hunter at Icarus Films, Luigi Loy at Sacrebleu Productions, and Salome Kokoladze and Aurora Picture Show.
running time: 76 minutes
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3752409-0
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3752409-2
