Michel Gondry's Home Movie Factory

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French artist and Oscar-winning Hollywood director Michel Gondry gained international acclaim for his feature films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, as well as innovative music videos for Björk, Daft Punk, and Radiohead. His work – often dealing with themes of dreaming, perception and reality – is characterised by an inspired spareness of resources, a playful approach, and an aesthetic that focuses on fantasy, self-empowerment, and ingenuity rather than consumerism and glossy production values.

His participatory project Home Movie Factory – having already toured internationally in New York, Tokyo, São Paulo, and Paris – will be there to experience at Ruhr Ding: Schlaf. In a three-hour parkour through several different film sets, participants can achieve their dream of making their own film and bringing a self-scripted story to the big screen. The unique concept of the Home Movie Factory, inspired by Gondry’s film Be Kind Rewind, invites participants to unleash their own creativity and imagination at the Alte Dreherei in Mülheim. Since its first edition in 2008, Home Movie Factory has created a large archive of site-specific films, which will now be expanded to include viewpoints from the Ruhr region via Ruhr Ding: Schlaf.


Running time

Michel Gondry's Home Movie Factory project will take place as part of Ruhr Ding: Schlaf from 5/5 — 6/25/23.


Tickets

Admission is free of charge. Both individuals and groups of up to 15 people can register for an appointment. Tickets can be booked now. Please click on "Select more tickets" when using a smartphone to see more dates.


School classes

Special appointments are available for school classes from Wednesday to Friday from 9 a.m. If you are interested, please contact hmf@urbanekuensteruhr.de


Contact

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact hmf@urbanekuensteruhr.de.


Hours

Open Wednesday–Sunday, starting hourly from

11 a.m. to 3 p.m.


Address

Alte Dreherei
Zur Alten Dreherei 13
45479 Mülheim an der Ruhr

Events


  • Fr.—Su.
    Mülheim an der Ruhr
    Ruhr Ding: Schlaf
    5.5.— 25.6.

    Michel Gondry's Home Movie Factory

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    Michel Gondry

    French artist and Oscar-winning Hollywood director Michel Gondry gained international acclaim for his feature films as well as innovative music videos for Björk, Daft Punk, and Radiohead.