A Crime Against Art

A Crime Against Art

100 mins | Jan. 1, 2007

A film based on a mock trial staged at an art fair in Madrid in February 2007 organized by Anton Vidokle and Tirdad Zolghadr. It playfully raises a number of polemical issues in the world of contemporary art: collusion with the "new bourgeoisie," instrumentalization of art and its institutions, the future possibility of artistic agency, as well as other pertinent topics.

A Crime Against Art

100 mins | Jan. 1, 2007

A Crime Against Art
A film based on a mock trial staged at an art fair in Madrid in February 2007 organized by Anton Vidokle and Tirdad Zolghadr. It playfully raises a number of polemical issues in the world of contemporary art: collusion with the "new bourgeoisie," instrumentalization of art and its institutions, the future possibility of artistic agency, as well as other pertinent topics.
Producers
Original title A Crime Against Art
Directors Hila Peleg
Writers

Cast

Anton Vidokle

as Defendant

Tirdad Zolgdhar

as Defendant

Vasif Kortun

as Prosecutor

Chus Martinez

as Prosecutor

Charles Esche

as Defense Attorney

Jan Verwoert

as Judge

Maria Lind

as Expert Witness

Anselm Franke

as Expert Witness

Setareh Shabazi

as Artist

Keti Chukrov

as Public

Barnaby Drabble

as Public