In the near future we will implement the screening pages on this website. As for now you will have to follow one of the links below to get to the films.  Both are available in full HD (16mm remastered) / 30 mins / English spoken for only 3$.

My summer 77 with Gordon Matta-Clark

A Jacob’s Ladder, remembering Gordon Matta-Clark

“In 1977, Gordon Matta-Clark (New York, 1943-1978) was invited by the ICC in Antwerp to work on the intervention Office Baroque.

At this time, filmmaker Cherica Convents realized the documentary film Office Baroque. Later during that year, she followed Matta-Clark while he worked on Jacob’s Ladder for Documenta 6 in Kassel.

Thirty-five years later, Cherica Convents has rediscovered unseen excerpts from that film footage. The material shows a thoughtful and talkative Gordon Matta-Clark who, nevertheless, is submerged in brute, hard and physical labour. In the film Summer 77, the camera registers him as if in a dance, an architectural speculation, translated to what the artist himself calls an atmosphere of ‘dust, ruins, hardship and spatial complexity’.

After restoring the original film, Office Baroque, and after creating Summer 77 in 2012, Cherica Convents decided to finally finish the full edit and production of Jacob’s Ladder. Both 30-minute documentary films are an excellent source for in-depth study of one of the 20th Century’s most influential artists.

The films were presented on 20 March 2013 in Cinema Zuid, followed by a conversation between Cherica Convents and Flor Bex, moderated by Stefaan Vervoort.”   ( go to the original ARTtube page )

ARTtube on Gordon Matta-Clark’s world premiere (ENG subs.)

+ extra interview with Flor Bex about Gordon (ENG subs.)

Tickets can be orderred on the website of Cinema Zuid.

What to expect ?

This website is a public tool and can be used by everyone including museums, schools, Gordon fanatics, architects & art lovers that want to reconstruct Gordon’s summer of 77.  Starting point is Cherica Convents’ personal story. As a filmmaker she was very close with the artist during this period.  Now 35 years later she wants to share her experience before she leaves us to join Gordon in the hereafter. For instance Cherica rediscovered several never unveiled sound recordings when Gordon visited her home to talk about her film project involving Gordon. This exclusive sound material will be hosted for free on this platform. In 1977 she intended to realise a film covering the whole summer of 77, due to several reasons this never got realised. This website is intented to realise Cherica’s dream & transports her initial idea into the 21st century by replacing this idea of a film into an interactive website dedicated to the European summer of 1977. We are also planning to built a ‘screening room’ on this platform where you can watch all 3 films regarding his European period (Office Baroque, My summer 77, A Jacob’s Ladder) for a small fee. Enjoy the ride !