Restenfilme XXII

Roman Signer (CH, 1938, based in Saint-Gall) is an artist who has been creating sculptures, installations, drawings and, above all, actions in a variety of contexts since the 1970s. Videos of his actions are shown in his exhibitions. The Restenfilme are Super-8 film sequences that were made between 1975 and 1994 and transferred to video, documenting locations for actions—actions attempted, repeated or failed, remnants of actions and filmed notes. This material allows us to observe the artist’s working process, as well as his lively, playful, humorous spirit. Restenfilme XXII is a silent compilation of these sequences. It will be projected onto a large screen and pianist Antoine Françoise (CH, 1987, based in Geneva), who will have familiarised himself with the material beforehand, will offer an original prepared improvisation on piano and synthesisers. This is the third time that some of the Restenfilme have been projected with live accompaniment by a pianist, after Paris in 2015 and Basel in 2017, and the first time with Antoine Françoise.