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Film screening
Thursday, April 17, 6:00 PM
The Archive of Memory (2003, 25’)
In conjunction with the exhibition Aby Warburg - The Mnemosyne Atlas,
OSA Archivum will present Eric Breibart’s documentary The Archive of
Memory, a symbolic interpretation of the provocative ideas of cultural
historian Aby Warburg.
The documentary will be introduced by the director, Eric Breibart. The
discussion following the screening will be moderated by Istvan Rev.
(The event will be in English)
The Archive of Memory (25 min. 2003) is a visual essay of a
filmmaker’s response to the work of German art historian Aby
Warburg. It is not a traditional film biography- Warburg himself only
appears once, in a photograph, at the very end-but an attempt to
translate some of Warburg’s ideas from print to film. There are two
interviews-philosopher Raymond Klibansky, who worked with Warburg in the
1920s, and British art historian Margaret Iversen who has written about
him. The major part of the film combines excerpts from Warburg’s
lecture on his visit to the Pueblo and Hopi Indians with archival and
contemporary film footage, photographs, and engravings.
About the Filmmaker
Eric Breitbart is a writer and documentary filmmaker based in New York
City. He received a B.A. in comparative literature from Columbia
University, did graduate work in French at Yale, and studied film at the
I.D.H.E.C. in Paris. Among his films are portraits of Robert Indiana,
Aby Warburg, Diego Rivera, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Harry Truman and
the St. Louis World’s Fair or 1904. His book on the anthropology
exhibits at the fair, A World on Display, was published in 1997. His
articles about film and popular culture have appeared in the New England
Review, Cinemascope.it, Cinéaste, Metropolis, and American Film. He has
lectured at film festivals and universities in Europe, Canada, and the
United States, and was a consultant to the “Future of Work” exhibit
at EXPO 2000 in Hannover, Germany. He is currently working on a
feature-length documentary about work, creativity, and the history of
pin- making in France.
Location: OSA Archivum, Galeria Centralis
1051 Budapest, Arany János u. 32.
Entrance is free.
www.osaarchivum.org
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