Museum Songspiel: The Netherlands 20XX. Premiere of the film
After a welcome speech by Thomas Peutz, director of SMART Project Space and executive producer, the film is introduced by Dmitry Vilensky of Chto Delat? followed by Q&A. 'Museum Songspiel: The Netherlands 20XX' is a powerfully evocative film, set against the backdrop of the Dutch political scene in the year 20XX, it tells the story of a group of immigrants fleeing deportation by the State authorities. Having escaped transportation, the film follows the immigrants struggle as they seek refuge in the museum, under the assumption that this safe haven is the last bastion of free speech and supports the politically oppressed. When the refugees are discovered a cogent, stimulating conversation develops between the director of the museum, the curator, the artist, a t.v reporter and the museum attendants. The film is an eerie reminder that any system can become monstrous if its masters seal it off from challenge and change and if popular belief in it is blind and fanatical. Free entrance