About the seriesIn her work the contemporary artist Chiharu Shiota weaves tangled webs that offer a meditation on memory the tribulations of illness aging and grief and the conflicts that make up the human experience. It is in this spirit that the artist presents us with a selection of films that reflect the theme of the human condition as a quest for meaning. “I came to think that living and dying really belong to the same dimension [...] When our time is up perhaps all of us dissolve into this universe. Maybe death is not a return to nothingness but rather no more than a matter of assimilating into something: not an extinguishment from life into death but a merging into something vaster than us. This is how I began incorporating death into my work: death not as an ending but as something equivalent to life.” – Chiharu Shiota ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONVersion: No subtitlesLength: 90 minutesDirector: Werner HerzogYear: 2022 Reservation terms: Upon arrival at the screening please present your booking confirmation at the Cinéma du Musée front desk. Reservation terms for MMFA Members: MMFA Members receive a 25% discount on ticket purchases. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS A collaboration between Cinéma du Musée and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts as a complement to the exhibition Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles. Exhibition Presenting SponsorMerck Canada Major PatronFondation Famille Gauthier Major PartnerCIBC In collaboration withTourisme Montréal With support fromHôtel Warwick Le Crystal – Montréal Osler The Jade Raymond Fund Public PartnersCanada Council for the Arts Conseil des arts de Montréal Gouvernement du Québec Official SponsorsAir Canada Air Canada Cargo Denalt Paints Media PartnersBell La Presse Learning and community engagement Major PatronsFondation de la Chenelière and Fondation Ariane Riou et Réal Plourde PatronThe Molson Foundation Public PartnersCanada Council for the Arts Conseil des arts de Montréal Gouvernement du Québec
