Kino Nights is program series at Page Not Found, tailored to present the works by the artists, whose practice encompasses film or video productions as well as publishing. Film, video and other moving images are screened alongside a carefully curated selection of publications and other printed matter by the artist. The diversity of practices of the contributors often escapes disciplinary categorization, therefore makes this series particularly layered and immersive.

For this session of Kino Night taking place during Hoogtij #75 on December 1, it is our honour to screen “Self-Portrait at the Auto-da-Fé” (2013) by BRUD/Aditya Mandayam alongside a compilation of printed matter around the artist’s practice.

Aditya Mandayam, also known as BRUD (1983-2019) was an Indian artist, filmmaker, writer and musician. Combining avant-garde performance with his studies in Carnatic classical singing, Mandayam’s operatic oeuvre was a gesamtkunstwerk of sculpture, theater, cinema, music, light, text, sound, and image. Mandayam co-run the tape label MUTO focusing on experimental approaches to surround sound. A former resident of the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, Mandayam had exhibited widely, including CAC, Vilnius, MHKA, Antwerp, kim?, Riga, Art in General, New York, Schloss Solitude, National Museum of Bolivia, National Gallery, Zimbabwe, XII Baltic Triennial, Kunstverein Münich, and FUTURA, Prague.

We kindly thank Galerie Van Gelder as well as Stroom Den Haag for supporting this event!

Hoogtij #75 is taking place on December 1, from 19:00 until 23:00, free entrance.

Image credit: BRUD/Aditya Mandayam, still from “Self-Portrait at the Auto-da-Fé” (2013), courtesy of the artist and Galerie van Gelder.