Compression À bout de souffle de Jean-Luc Godard

Overview

French sculptor César Baldaccini, commonly known as just César (1921-1998), began creating his “directed compressions” of objects in the 60’s, often with his colleague Arman, making monumental series of cars transformed into compacted iron bundles by a hydraulic press. Influenced by these techniques, in the 90’s Courant started making one of his series, out of compressed versions of films.

Production

Les Amis de Cinématon, La Fondation Gérard Courant, Les Archives de l’Art Cinématonique