On September 21, Fondazione Prada hosted the “Soggettiva Theaster Gates” event, 9 movies selected by Gates and screened in a movie marathon from 10 am to 7 am of the following day.
The event, which inaugurated the new film season of Fondazione Prada, was focused on the conversation between artist Theaster Gates and film directors Spike Lee and Dee Rees, coordinated by curator Okwui Enwezor.
More than 350 people attended the conversation, in presence of Fondazione Prada’s President Miuccia Prada and Fondazione Prada’s Artistic and Scientific Superintendent Germano Celant, film director Sofia Coppola, actors Freida Pinto, Katherine Langford, Madelaine Petsch, Travis Mills, director of Venice Film Festival Alberto Barbera, Anna Wintour, Francesco Vezzoli, Kimberly Drew.
The films of “Soggettiva Theaster Gates” will be screened at Fondazione Prada’s Cinema every Friday starting from 5 October 2018.