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.

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I HAD NOWHERE TO GO

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