Room 6
Deimantas Narkevicius born in 1964 in Lithuania
The role of a Lifetime (2003) curated by Stuart Comer and
Valentina Ravaglia
Commissioned for a church in Brighton
Deimantas Narkevicius’ ‘The Role of a Lifetime’ shows how
blur the lines are. The dark room
numbered 6 has been the highlight of my visit at Tate Modern. My first impression was ‘it’s simple’, a
projector in a room accompanied by a boxed sofa seats both facing the wall felt
bare compared to the brightly coloured posters on the other room. However this film,
which was made from, compilations of photography, illustration and
re-enactments then voiced over by him and some interviews, really sent a strong
message on how story telling should be done.
The short film was originally commissioned for a church in
Brighton, Art and Sacred Place, and it tackles socialism and history on how
people politically adapt through generations. He wanted to create a film that
is more on the narrative side and form of realism but also in an enigmatic way.
He said that people don’t usually notice what’s in front of them and I agree.
He used a piece of photograph which he
used for a series of photography and the viewer’s thought that film was shoot
in America but it was shoot only in a place in Brighton he knows quite well and
the setting just looked like a place from America. He is fun of this idea to
re-create reality and the fact that as a film maker he said he doesn’t want to
stop editing which means he is always looking for improvements.
Since I saw the short film I have looked at the world in a
different perspective. I understand what he says and he’s principle and he
doesn’t do this for his own good he does this because this is what he wants to
be known for.
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