Documentary by Heather Lenz
June 16, 2018
Viewers joined documentary filmmaker Heather Lenz and curator Marian Masone for a special screening of Lenz’s 2018 documentary Kusama – Infinity, hosted by Victoria Miro during Art Basel.
Premiered in the US Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Kusama – Infinity is a feature-length documentary exploring the full span of Yayoi Kusama’s career, from her early life in Japan to the fifteen years the artist spent in New York, starting in 1958, to her return to her native country and the later international recognition of her work.
The Los Angeles Times reports "Kusama – Infinity tells the story of contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who moved to New York City and created ‘avant-garde innovations’ inspired by the 1960s American political and social revolution. Writer and director Heather Lenz shows how Kusama faced racism and sexism to become a world-renowned artist." The documentary is scheduled to play at a series of festivals across the United States this summer.
The screening was followed by a Q&A with Lenz and Masone.
Saturday, June 16, 8 PM Stadtkino Basel Klostergasse 5 Basel 4051, Switzerland