59 Positions (59 Stellungen)

Austria, 1992. Director Erwin Wurm.

In the 59 struggles for a position in Erwin Wurm’s 1992 video piece 59 Positions, the artist’s body and clothes are displayed in the act of deforming each other. As Wurm’s improbable, misshapen sartorial creations pose in silence for the camera, they appear at once substantial yet perplexing, solemn yet pathetically clumsy.

For further reading, see Renate Stauss’ essay Erwin Wurm’s 59 Positions.

Past screenings:

Between Stigma and Enigma – London
Tuesday 16 May 2006, 20:30 | ICA Cinema 1

The 1st Fashion in Film Festival – Prague
Thursday 28 September 2006, 20:30 | Kino Svetozor

The 1st Fashion in Film Festival – Arnhem
Sunday 17 Jun 2007, 14:00 | Focus

The 1st Fashion in Film Festival – New York
Saturday 17 March 2007, 14:00 | Museum of the Moving Image

The Fashion Object in Film – Rotterdam
Friday 18 September 2009 | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

The Enigma of the Fashion Object – Tel Aviv
Thursday 27 October 2011 | Design Museum Holon