Viewpoints Out of Season
5 films
Drawing from Nietzsche’s concept of the “untimely” (Unzeitgemäß), Giorgio Agamben reinterprets the question of the contemporary.
For Nietzsche, to be contemporary is to place oneself in a state of rupture and disintegration: “Those who truly belong to their time are those who neither conform to its demands nor adapt to its rhythms. Precisely through this misalignment, they perceive and grasp their era more acutely than anyone else.”
Visionary artists often belong to this untimely realm.
From the tragic brilliance of fashion icon Alexander McQueen, to Chinese photographer Ren Hang’s raw, poetic gaze; from the transcendent cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky, to the solitary grandeur of Austrian writer Peter Handke, and the provocative anti-totalitarian performance of Laibach—these creators exist where genius borders on madness.
Watch how they spark moments of radiance within the mundanity of flesh—the fleeting glow of existence.
Curator
王俊傑
畢業於柏林藝術學院。現任臺北市立美術館館長與國立臺北藝術大學新媒體藝術系教授。1984年開始錄像藝術創作，為台灣新媒體藝術的重要開創者之一。曾獲雄獅美術新人獎、德國柏林電視塔藝術獎、台新藝術大獎等。
