Arts & Entertainment
'Film Should Be a World Cultural Heritage' at the Getty
"FILM and Film" at the Getty Center on May 10 will look at the medium of film in contemporary art and call for its preservation within UNESCO's purview.
The article has been updated with a new start time for this event of 7 p.m.
"Pan's Labyrinth" cinematographer Guillermo Navarro and artist Tacita Dean are calling for the medium of film to be recognized as a world cultural heritage.
The two will present a proposal for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at the Getty Center on May 10 at 7 p.m. as part of "FILM and Film," a discussion led by Dean about her installation on display at the Tate Modern art gallery in London.
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Dean's installation, called "FILM," is a "a love letter to a disappearing medium," in which 11 minutes of 35 mm film is projected onto a large white wall. Dean touts the skill and creativity needed to produce such a piece on film versus using digital video in particular.
"FILM and Film" runs in conjunction with the Getty Research Institute's "Art on Screen" project, which views motion picture as "the only great art peculiar to the 20th century."
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