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The Once and The Future Universe

The Once and The Future Universe
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    • The Once and The Future Universe
  • 1989
  • video, color, sound
  • 23min, 15sec
“The Once and The Future Universe” is a video realized by Andrzej Partum in Copenhagen during a visit by Zygmunt Rytka, who served as the cameraman. It is organized as a portfolio of the artist, who presents his paintings and books of poetry as well as his own institution: The School of Positive Nihilism, which he initiated when he moved to Denmark. The various objects are presented in differing modes of display, as if the artist were testing out their effect on the outside world. The video’s title is derived from one of his paintings. This work also offers insights into Partum’s poetic practice during the period when, isolated by the language barrier, he worked on his “Poetry of the Universal Record.” D.M.