Session 18<ul><li>SERENDIPITY (France/US, 74 min)</li><li>MARCEL DUCHAMP: ART OF THE POSSIBLE (France/Germany/Italy/Sweden/US, 90 min)</li></ul>

Description: At a young age, French artist Prune Nourry is diagnosed with breast cancer. To cope with the profound effect it has on her life, she turns her medical odyssey into an epic artistic adventure. Biography: Prune Nourry&nbsp;is a multi-disciplinary artist based at&nbsp;<a href="http://theinvisibledog.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Invisible Dog Art Center</a>, Brooklyn, NY. She draws her inspiration from the issues of human definition and human selection. With a degree in wood sculpture from Ecole Boulle in Paris, Nourry explores bioethics through sculpture as well as video, photography, and performance. Her work focuses on how artificial procreation leads us towards an artificial evolution of mankind and its consequences. Nourished by in-depth research and largely influenced by anthropology, she has created a triptych focusing on gender preference. This triptych started in India with the projects&nbsp;Holy Daughters&nbsp;(2009) and&nbsp;Holy River&nbsp;(2011). The third part,&nbsp;Terracotta Daughters, a life-size army Prune made in Xi'an, China, travelled the world in 2014 before being buried this year as a "contemporary archeological site".

SERENDIPITY

French artist Prune Nourry is diagnosed with breast cancer. She starts documenting her treatment and its effect on her own body, turning her medical odyssey into an intimate artistic undertaking that leads her to find new meaning in her work and its serendipitous relationship to her own survival.

Description: What is art? This was the question posed by the father of conceptualism, Marcel Duchamp, when he put a urinal in an art show in 1917.&nbsp;Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible&nbsp;unpacks the paradigm shift of art in the 20th century by Duchamp’s radical and enigmatic works that challenged the status quo and unlocked unlimited potential for the generations that followed him. Thanks to Duchamp, art would never again be the same. The film highlights the singular impact of Duchamp’s philosophy and art, and, more importantly, examines how Duchamp’s revolutionary ideas from the early 20th century are still shaping art and culture in the 21st century. It features interviews with some of the most prominent Duchamp experts and artists, including Marina Abramović, Joseph Kosuth, Ed Ruscha, Michel Gondry, and Jeff Koons. Biography: Matthew Taylor&nbsp;is an American artist and technologist who works in film, sculpture, and photography. As a filmmaker, Taylor has filmed in 25 countries all over the world, including Argentina, Guatemala, Poland, Italy, France, Germany, and Albania. He has conducted interviews with a range of talent, such as Jeff Koons, Michel Gondry, Lech Walesa, Walter Isaacson, Vaclav Havel, Marina Abramovic, Gerard Malanga, and Buzz Aldrin, along with many more. Taylor possesses a filmmaking skill set that ranges across every aspect of film production from director of photography to editor. In addition to making and directing documentaries, Taylor has dabbled in broadcast television, working on a show for the Military Channel, producing commercials, and working on branding and messaging strategy. Michelle Taylor&nbsp;is the co-founder of Electrolift Creative, a creative boutique that produces documentaries, short films, and other creative content. Taylor got her start in the film industry when she moved to Washington, DC from California. She was responsible for overseeing business development at a growing nonprofit and managed the marketing and distribution of three feature-length films. Taylor has produced several short films, commercials, and music videos.

MARCEL DUCHAMP: ART OF THE POSSIBLE

What is art? This film highlights the singular impact of Duchamp’s philosophy and art, and, more importantly, examines how Duchamp’s revolutionary ideas from the early 20th century are still shaping art and culture in the 21st century.

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