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Fri, Mar 14, 2008
Store Now Carrying New DVD Releases from Icarus Films
Columbus, OH—The Wexner Center Store is now the exclusive retail home (for a limited time) to Icarus Films’ latest DVD releases of films by the legendary Chris Marker.
The first two DVDs—The Case of the Grinning Cat (which includes seven additional short films) and The Sixth Side of the Pentagon/The Embassy—have already hit the shelves, with more on the way throughout the year, many of which have been unavailable in any video format until now. These titles will be available from the Wexner Center Store for six months before being made available at other retail outlets. Other upcoming releases include The Last Bolshevik/Happiness and Remembrance of Things to Come, with more titles to be announced soon.
The films can be purchased in the Store, or online at the Wexner Center’s newly established “Chris Marker Store.” The Chris Marker Store will also be the online home of posters, catalogues, DVDs, and more. It will be the most extensive location of Chris Marker merchandise on the web.
Notes Bill Horrigan, director of media arts and curator of two internationally touring Marker gallery exhibitions: “This is an exciting partnership between the Wexner Center and Icarus Films. To be the first and only retail outlet in the world to carry these films is not only a great honor, it’s a perfect fit considering our longstanding relationship with Chris.”
Marker—the visionary filmmaker behind such inimitable works as La jetée, Sans Soleil, ¡Cuba Si!, and many others—has had a lengthy relationship with the Wexner Center and Horrigan. Last summer, Marker personally selected nearly 200 photographs from his archive for the exhibition Staring Back, curated by Horrigan (which premiered at the Wexner Center, toured to New York to much critical acclaim, and is now on view in Zurich). The Center was also the home to his first commissioned work, Silent Movie (1995), also curated by Horrigan; it has been touring internationally ever since.
ABOUT ICARUS FILMS For three decades, Icarus Films has been one of the world’s leading distributors of documentary films, DVDs, and videos. Carrying more than 800 titles, mostly independent productions, they provide innovative and informative views of the world. Icarus Films has also had a sustained relationship with the work of Chris Marker, having distributed films by him for close to 15 years.
Icarus Films is the new name of First Run/Icarus Films. On the 30th anniversary of the founding of Icarus Films (in October, 1978), the company is re-adopting that name as it launches its home video line with these DVDs of films by Chris Marker.
ABOUT THE WEXNER CENTER The Wexner Center for the Arts is The Ohio State University's multidisciplinary, international laboratory for the exploration and advancement of contemporary art.
Through exhibitions, screenings, performances, artist residencies, and educational programs, the Wexner Center acts as a forum where established and emerging artists can test ideas and where diverse audiences can participate in cultural experiences that enhance understanding of the art of our time.
In its programs, the Wexner Center balances a commitment to experimentation with a commitment to traditions of innovation and affirms the university's mission of education, research, and community service.
The Wexner Center houses gallery spaces, performing arts venues, a film/video theater, video editing suites, a café, and the Wexner Center Store.
