Join us for a film screening of ‘The Mirror’ (1975) in celebration of ‘Angel Otero. Agua Salada’ at Hauser & Wirth Somerset.
The final film selected by Angel Otero, to complement his exhibition, is Andrei Tarkovsky’s cult classic ‘The Mirror’ (1975). Following one man’s memories of his life, the film parallels Otero’s own interests with the film’s concepts of trace, memory and fragmentation echoed within ‘Agua Salada’.
The screening will take place in the Bourgeois Gallery, with seats being allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend an age rating of 13 years and above. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. The documentary is 1 hour with no interval.
Tickets cost £3 per person, with free entry to anyone under 18 years. All proceeds from the tickets sales will support our 2024 – 2026 charity partner Good Company Bruton. Advance booking is essential.
Please note that the gallery and garden close at 5 pm. Roth Bar will be open for food and drink until 9 pm. You are welcome to purchase drinks and snacks beforehand to enjoy during the screening. Da Costa will taking dinner reservations until 9.30 pm.
Schedule
5.30 pm: Entry
6 – 8 pm: Film screening
About ‘The Mirror’
‘The Mirror’ is a 1975 Soviet avant-garde drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Alexei, a man in his 40s, lies on his deathbed and reminiscences about his family and his life, which was torn apart by political and social upheaval. It is loosely autobiographical, unconventionally structured, and draws on a wide variety of source material, including newsreel footage of major moments in Soviet history and the poetry of the director’s father, Arseny Tarkovsky. Its cinematography slips between color, black and white and sepia. The film’s loose flow of oneiric images has been compared with the stream of consciousness technique associated with modernist literature.
The film is rated PG with a running time of 1 hour, 48 minutes.
About ‘Angel Otero. Agua Salada’
Angel Otero’s UK exhibition features a deeply personal body of work completed during an artist residency in Somerset. Known for his physically immersive approach to paint as material, Otero transforms the medium itself—scraping, layering and peeling dried oil paint to create richly textured compositions that hover between abstraction and figuration. Moving his studio practice from New York and Puerto Rico temporarily to Somerset, the residency provided Otero with the opportunity to continue his exploration of memory, place and meaning in the context of a new environment.
The exhibition is on view from 2 May through 18 October.
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Please be advised that photographs will be taken at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.
