Photographer Ruud Baan shares one of his sources of inspiration
Director: David Lachapelle - Actors: among others.
Length: 84 minutes - Language: English (street slang)
- Subtitles: English
Film Review: "...this ghetto ballet has to be seen to be believed."
Photographer Ruud Baan is currently exhibiting his work in the KunstKerk. At his request we will put a documentary film by David Lachapelle on the big screen: RIZE. Ruud admires this American colleague and sees him as an inspiration. Prior to the film, he will give a tour of his exhibition and provide an introduction to the film.
RIZE from 2005 is an intimate and contemporary portrait of young people in American inner cities. Fashion photographer and clip director David Lachapelle introduces us to the phenomenon of krumping, a hyper-energetic dance form in which combat, clown-mime and African tribal dance meet. At the center of the show is former drug dealer Tommy Johnson. In response to the Rodney King riots in 1992, he creates the character Tommy the Clown to liven up street parties and neighborhood events. Tommy is popular and neighborhood kids join him. The rapidly growing group forms into a kind of family, something they hardly had before. They develop their creative expression, including krumping. Dance battles arise in parking lots, sports halls fill with frenzied crowds. Drug addiction, poverty and gang violence give way to connection and art. With a great sense of color and rhythm, Lachapelle portrays this community and their exhilarating dance.
Tour of the exhibition with Ruud Baan | Kunstkerk | 20:00
Film screening RIZE incl. introduction by Ruud Baan | Filmlounge De Witt | 21:00
Closing: Opportunity for a drink in De Witt's brasserie
The film is 84 minutes long (English subtitles)
Tickets cost €10 and can be ordered online via the Times & Tickets button.
More info about the exhibition can be found HERE