전 세계 110여 개의 참여 갤러리와 한층 풍성해진 기획 프로그램으로 프리즈 서울이 돌아온다. 이번 아트페어는 갤러리 섹션과 함께 신진 작가 및 고대 미술품을 위한 특별 섹션으로 구성되며, 프리즈 아티스트 어워드(Frieze Artist Award), 프리즈 필름(Frieze Film), 다양한 토크 프로그램, 그리고 도시 전역에서 열리는 프리즈 위크(Frieze Week)의 문화예술 행사로 활기찬 아트페어 개최 주간이 준비되었다.
2014 was a great year for cinephiles. The one regret I have is not having seen Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language (2014) in 3D, a film that is said to revolutionize cinema to the point where watching it in 2D, as I did, is pointless. Luckily, as far as 2D pleasures, there were plenty, starting with White Shadow (2013, 2014 release), a stunning debut by Noaz Deshe, so far scantily present on the festival circuit. Berlin and Los Angeles-based Deshe sets his film in Tanzania, inspired by real-life stories of Africa’s albinos, who are mercilessly hunted because their organs are believed to have healing powers. In the film, a young albino, Alias, escapes after his father’s ambush. Alias sells DVDs in a cutthroat city and finds companionship in a rural albino shelter, but is betrayed by his uncle. Deshe’s hallucinatory storytelling and edgy camerawork have a primal power, with a witchdoctor that channels Flannery O’Connor. Deshe stresses the sensory experience, and Alias’ plight is so agonizing, this is the one film whose vision and humanity continue to haunt me.