Grosse Fatigue (2013)
© C.Henrot Grosse Fatigue (2013)
Grosse Fatigue is an ‘encyclopedic’ video about history, evolution and mythology. It is a mix of beats and anthropology which perfectly captures today's restless thirst for knowledge. Windows upon windows open on a computer screen, revealing an enormous array of taxonomic information. Spoken word narration, written in collaboration with poet Jacob Bromberg and percussively scored by acclaimed musician Joakim Bouaziz, describes an increasingly breathless excursion through the history of the universe.
In 2013 Camille Henrot received the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship in Washing- ton DC where she produced the video Grosse Fatigue, which won the Silver Lion for best young promising artist at the 55th Venice Biennale.
2013 VIDEO (COLOR, SOUND) 13 MIN | ORIGINAL MUSIC BY JOAKIM | VOICE BY AKWETEY ORRACA-TETTEH | TEXT WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH JACOB BROMBERG | PRODUCER KAMEL MENNOUR, PARIS WITH THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OF FONDS DE DOTATION FAMILLE MOULIN, PARIS | PRODUCTION SILEX FILMS | FILM PRESENTED ON THE OCCASION OF “IL PALAZZO ENCICLOPEDICO (THE ENCYCLOPEDIC PALACE)”, 55E BIENNALE DE VENISE / 55TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION - LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, 2013 | PROJECT CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE SMITHSONIAN ARTIST RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, WASHINGTON, D.C. | SPECIAL THANKS TO THE SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART, THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, AND THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM | COURTESY THE ARTIST, SILEX FILMS AND KAMEL MENNOUR, PARIS