BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26609@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Film screening and conversation between Martine Gutierrez and her m other DTSTAMP:20260824T181137Z DTSTART:20260906T113000Z DTEND:20260906T130000Z DESCRIPTION:On Sunday 6 September the artist Martine Gutierrez will attend a special\nscreening of her film The Search for True Beauty. After the scr eening she will\nengage in conversation with her mother\, who has played a n important role in\nnurturing Martine’s creativity from an early age and whose influence can be felt\nin various ways throughout Wunderkind\, Gutie rrez’s current large-scale solo\nexhibition at Huis Marseille.\n\nDuring t his special event\, mother and daughter will revisit the making of The\nSe arch for True Beauty\, a film Martine made at the age of ten\, and reflect on\nthe creative freedom that shaped her childhood: a world of play\, tra nsformation\nand self-invention that continues to resonate throughout her artistic practice\ntoday.\n\nWundermom\nCreativity and self-expression wer e central to Martine Gutierrez’s childhood\, as\nwas the special relations hip she has always had with her mother\; she was\nencouraged to play\, exp eriment and explore identity freely\, without preconceived\nideas or restr ictions. Martine’s mother also carefully preserved her childhood\nand fami ly archive\, including dresses\, puppets\, sketchbooks\, toys and other\no bjects that inspired Martine to inhabit different characters and explore\n multiple sides of herself.\n\n‘Identity is a performance\,’ Martine says. ‘With a bit of practice you can be\nalmost anything.’\n\nMartine’s layered identity and the many ‘stand-ins’ in her self-portraits build\non her chi ldhood creations\, in which reality and myth continually flowed into\none another.\n\nThe Search for True Beauty\nThe Search for True Beauty was Mar tine Gutierrez’s directorial debut. She wrote\nthe text and music\, and di rected\, narrated and performed in the film. For the\nsoundtrack she compo sed original flute music – one of several instruments she\nstudied in chil dhood.\n\nUsing a single tripod and simple in-camera editing tools\, Marti ne transformed\nher backyard into an expansive set. In the lead\, as the f ilm’s ingénue\, she cast\nher nanny as Julia\, ‘a beautiful but not giving girl sent on a journey by a\nnymph named Gabrielle’. On screen\, Martine plays Gabrielle\, in addition to every\nsupporting character\, including G azelda\, a hostile landowner\, and Luffa\, a wise\nwizard.\n\nThe Search f or True Beauty\, 1999\nDigitised Super VHS\, 20 min. 01 sec.\n\nProgramme\ n\n1.30pm: Doors open\n2pm: Film screening begins\n2.20pm: Conversation\n3 pm: Opportunity to continue the conversation over drinks in the bookshop\n \nAudience\n\nThe event will be held in English.\n\nMax. participants\n\nL imited capacity\, please order a ticket via the link\n\nCost\n\nAdmission fee excl. museum entrance: €7.50\n\nTickets [https://tickets.huismarseille .nl/en/events/tickets] URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/film-screening-and-conversation-between -martine-gutierrez-and-her-mother GEO:52.3676378;4.8848092 LOCATION:Huis Marseille - Keizersgracht 401\, 1016 EK Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,exhibition,film,keizersgracht,music,performanc e X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

On Sunday 6 September the artist Ma rtine Gutierrez will attend a special screening of her film The Search for True Beauty. After the screening she will engage in conversation with her mother, who has played an important role in nurturing Martine’s creativity from an early age and whose influence can be felt in various wa ys throughout Wunderkind, Gutierrez’s current large-scale solo ex hibition at Huis Marseille.

During this special event, mot her and daughter will revisit the making of The Search for True Beauty , a film Martine made at the age of ten, and reflect on the creative freedom that shaped her childhood: a world of play, transformation and sel f-invention that continues to resonate throughout her artistic practice to day.

Wundermom
Creativity and self-ex pression were central to Martine Gutierrez’s childhood, as was the special relationship she has always had with her mother; she was encouraged to pl ay, experiment and explore identity freely, without preconceived ideas or restrictions. Martine’s mother also carefully preserved her childhood and family archive, including dresses, puppets, sketchbooks, toys and other ob jects that inspired Martine to inhabit different characters and explore mu ltiple sides of herself.

‘Identity is a performance,’ Martine says. ‘With a bit of practice you can be almost anything.’

Martine’s lay ered identity and the many ‘stand-ins’ in her self-portraits build on her childhood creations, in which reality and myth continually flowed into one another.

The Search for True Beauty
The Search for True Beauty was Martine Gutierrez’s directorial de but. She wrote the text and music, and directed, narrated and performed in the film. For the soundtrack she composed original flute music – one of s everal instruments she studied in childhood.

Using a single tripod and simple in-camera editing tools, Martine transformed her backyard into an expansive set. In the lead, as the film’s ingénue, she cast her nanny a s Julia, ‘a beautiful but not giving girl sent on a journey by a nymph nam ed Gabrielle’. On screen, Martine plays Gabrielle, in addition to every su pporting character, including Gazelda, a hostile landowner, and Luffa, a w ise wizard.

The Search for True Beauty, 1999
Digitised Super VHS, 20 min. 01 sec.

Programme

1.30pm: Doors open
2pm: Film screening begins
2.20pm: Conversation
3p m: Opportunity to continue the conversation over drinks in the bookshop

Audience

The event will be held in English.

Max. participants

Limited capacity, please order a ticket via the link

Cost

Admission fee excl. museum entrance: €7.50

Tickets

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