NORETURN, 2009
Noreturn, 2009
Filmed in Gonzalez-Foerster’s 2008 exhibition at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in London. A group of children in school
uniform is entering an exhibition space in which bunk beds are placed in orderly grids among giant sculptures. First
excited, playing and fooling around, eventually the children shelter underneath a giant Henry Moore sculpture. Playing
a game of tag, they whisper “No return”/ “No return?” The atmosphere changes gradually as the children sit on the bunk
beds reading and dozing off. Glowing images from an oversized screen in the background accompanied by loud
noise create a disturbing atmosphere.
HD film (color, sound, 16:9 format) 16:00 min
(DGF 194)