Loop Symposium: Commissioning Artists’ Cinema. Moderated by Filipa Ramos

Comissioning Artists’ Cinema (Wednesday 20 Nov. 2024), moderated by Filipa Ramos:

Commissions rely on relationships, based on dialogue and exchange. They are made of trust, support, commitment and anticipation, as the end result of a commissioned artwork is a surprise for all. Commissions must balance many aspects, from the expectations of funding bodies to the unpredictable reception of press and the response of specialized and general audiences to a new artwork. They are particularly important to stimulate the work of artists whose practice does not rely as heavily in the market as that of artists whose mediums are more traditional. For this reason, they are fundamental to assure the dynamic and healthy life of time-based media and artists’ cinema. In this panel, we bring together institutional experiences, both public and private, to discuss the context, pertinence and modalities of commissioning in the context of art exhibitions, festivals, biennales and other encounters that support and rely on the exhibition of newly commissioned filmic artworks.