"Academia del fracaso" is a speculative aesthetic fact of a polemic nature, as Marta Minujín explains when she talks about her work. Portrayed in this film explaining the functioning of her participatory performance in 1974, the artist extends herself to reflect and talk about some things, many...
It investigates the life and work of the plastic artist Marta Minujin, icon of Argentine art. Through his exhibitions in New York, Calí and Paris, and his own testimony, and that of colleagues and family, the documentary highlights his unclassifiable universe and reveals unknown details of his...
Marta Minujín’s work is defined by its ephemeral nature—actions living in the present, performances destined to disappear due to the absence of documentation. During her stay in New York, she added cinema to her art practice, and upon returning to Buenos Aires, she shot a number of short...