Dobai, Sarah (2021) The Donkey Field. [Art/Design Item]
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Type of Research: | Art/Design Item |
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Creators: | Dobai, Sarah |
Description: | The Donkey Field. Single screen. Duration 19'40" This new film weaves a link between an antisemitic attack in 1944 on a young boy on a piece of common land known locally as ‘the donkey field’ and the story of the persecution of Marie and Balthazar in the acclaimed film Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966). The film features a text, based on sections of a memoir of Budapest in the last year of the war, and scenes which re-enact and reframe Bresson’s allegorical story about the scapegoating of innocent subjects. Partly shot on the streets of present-day Budapest, under a regime criticised for its anti-immigrant policies and harsh treatment of refugees, The Donkey Field underlines the relevance of the boy’s story to other, more recent stories of displacement and persecution. The exhibitions of the work at Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London & Glassyard Gallery, Budapest also featured 3 photo-based works which looked at the shadows of this dark episode in European history in urban and rural settings. A 96pp publication also entitles The Donkey Field was also produced after the launch of the project with images and text from the film, an Appendix with historical context about the events described and a Supplement featuring an expanded version of the script. This was published by The Everyday Press, London. |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > Chelsea College of Arts |
Date: | 1 October 2021 |
Funders: | Arts Council England, The Elephant Trust, UAL |
Related Websites: | http://www.daniellearnaud.com/exhibitions/exhibition-sarah-dobai-the-donkey-field.html, http://balticplus.uk/sarah-dobai-the-donkey-field-film-screening-and-discussion-c34335/, https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/the-donkey-field-short-film-artist-talk/, https://c-a-s-t.org.uk/event/sarah-dobai-the-donkey-field/, https://www.muo.cz/en/follow-us/cinema-central-europe-will-present-the-work-of-british-artist-sarah-dobai--4275/, https://www.glassyard.hu/exhibitions/2017/7/17/aktulis-killits-dgfxb-abn69-dh5wl-74zld-mfxwa-ymcwj-bdzej-7fxlb-2nwxh, https://theeverydaypress.net/the-donkey-field/ |
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Related Exhibitions: | The Donkey Field & In Plain Sight , Glassyard Gallery, Budapest, Home & Abroad, Olomouc Museum of Modern Art |
Related Publications: | The Donkey Field, The Everyday Press, Art Monthly Issue 452 Dec 21-Jan 22, TANKTV Interview with Sarah Dobai by Nell Whittaker, The Donkey Field at Danielle Arnaud with Essay by Lucy Reynolds |
Locations / Venues: | Location From Date To Date Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London 1 October 2021 13 November 2021 Imperial War Museum, London 27 October 2021 31 October 2021 Glassyard Gallery, Budapest 11 November 2021 22 January 2022 BALTIC, Gateshead 11 January 2022 11 January 2022 Cornubian Arts & Science Trust (C.A.S.T), Helston 24 March 2022 9 April 2022 Brewery Arts, Kendal 27 January 2022 27 January 2022 |
Material/Media: | Single screen film for projection (2K) |
Measurements or Duration of item: | 19 minutes 20" Dimensions variable |
Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2022 14:46 |
Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2023 04:47 |
Item ID: | 19285 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/19285 |
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