In Dado’s Belly

In Dado’s Belly, 1997-1999
Collage on a sonata by Shostakovich (36 min. 31 sec.)
A film by Pascal Szidon.
© Le Fauteuil Rouge, 2000
© Pascal Szidon, 2005

The filmmaker followed the artist for two years between 1997 and 1999 around the various places he produces his art. The film is edited around Shostakovich’s Sonata for viola and piano (opus 147) whose resonances in and correspondences with Dado’s work are many and varied…