I HAD NOWHERE TO GO
by Douglas Gordon
Douglas Gordon (*1966) is one of the most important contemporary video artists. With his film I Had Nowhere To Go, he has created a very special contribution to Documenta 14. Based on the literary journal of the well-known filmmaker Jonas Mekas, Gordon’s film depicts how Mekas fled his home in Lithuania to escape the Nazis and then emigrated to America after years in so-called Camps for Displaced Persons. But Douglas Gordon’s film is not simply a retelling, not an adaptation. It is rather his artistic reaction to the impressive book and its approach to remembering atrocities. The accompanying publication presents a selection of film stills along with text excerpts from Jonas Meka’s accounts.
April 2017
ISBN 978-3-7356-0366-1
16,00 × 21,50 cm
320 pages
160 colored illustrations
Hardcover, bound
Languages: English
Editor
Douglas Gordon / LOST BUT FOUND FILM LIMITED
Text by
Extracts from the book “I HAD NOWHERE TO GO“, by Jonas Mekas, Courtesy of LOST BUT FOUND FILM LIMITED
Design by
very, Frankfurt am Main
Events
I HAD NOWHERE TO GO by Douglas Gordon, Documenta 14, 8.4.-16.7.2017, Athen
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