Films

The Collection de l’Art Brut has coproduced several documentary films on Art Brut creators. These films enrich our understanding of the creators and their oeuvre: we obtain a better grasp of Art Brut thanks to the spoken words, the gestures and the work atmosphere of these creators.

The Collection has worked with notably the filmmakers Philippe Lespinasse and Andress Alvarez, of Lokomotiv Films; Pier Nello and Erica Manoni of Blue Films; Mario del Curto  and Bruno Decharme. The Collection de l’Art Brut bookshop also sells documentary films released by other institutions.

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• Art Brut: Ni-Tanjung à Bali, Lobanov en Russie, Santoro en Suisse

  This film captures the Art Brut creators Ni-Tanjung in Bali, Lobanov in Russia and Santoro in Switzerland at their place of residence and creation: their gestures, words and gazes help sharpen our...
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• Ataa Oko et Frédéric Bruly Bouabré

  Filmed in their African houses as they work at their little drawing tables, Ataa Oko and Frédéric Bouabré grant us an inside view of themselves in the throes of creation.
  
  
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• Diamants bruts du Japon (Diamonds in-the-rough from Japan)

  Nine documentary films on the Japanese Art Brut creators Hidenori Motooka, Shinichi Sawada, Takanori Herai, Masao Obata, Yoshimitsu Tomizuka, Takashi Shuji, Satoshi Nishikawa, Mitseru Ishino, Eijiro...
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• Gregory Blackstock the Encyclopaedist. Guo Fengyi and the Magic Scrolls

  Specially conceived for the shows in Lausanne, and jointly produced by La Collection de l’Art Brut (Lausanne) and Lokomotiv Films (Le Tourne), the documentaries Gregory Blackstock...
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• Henriette Zéfir, le soufle des esprits - Yvonne Robert, une femme qui vient de l'ombre"

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• Joaquim Vicens Gironella: le liège & la mémoire (cork and memory)

  In my desire to do a film on my uncle—at the core of that desire, at its very source—a "blind spot" existed. Where, I wondered, did my feeling of an invisible and mute presence come from?...
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• Judith Scott's Magic Cocoons

  Huge multicolored cocoons, magical fetishes or spell-casting dolls?  Judith Scott was in the habit of filching sundry objects to serve as a core for each of her creations. These she would wrap up...
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• Les Reliquaires acérés de Marc Moret (Marc Moret's Sharp Reliquaries)

  It is spring 2008, in Vuadens (Canton de Fribourg, Switzerland), and Marc Moret is seen murmuring, speaking about his sculpture pieces in the room of his farm where he keeps them. We get a close-up of...
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• Rouge Ciel (Red Sky)

  The filmmaker and Art Brut collector Bruno Decharme produced Rouge Ciel, the first feature-length film on Art Brut. The project took ten years to complete.
  For the most part, the film focuses on...