A Crime Against Art

A film based on a mock trial staged at an art fair in Madrid in February 2007 organized by Anton Vidokle and Tirdad Zolghadr. It playfully raises a number of polemical issues in the world of contemporary art: collusion with the "new bourgeoisie," instrumentalization of art and its institutions, the future possibility of artistic agency, as well as other pertinent topics.

Cast

A

Anton Vidokle

Defendant

T

Tirdad Zolgdhar

Defendant

V

Vasif Kortun

Prosecutor

C

Chus Martinez

Prosecutor

C

Charles Esche

Defense Attorney

J

Jan Verwoert

Judge

M

Maria Lind

Expert Witness

Anselm Franke

Expert Witness

S

Setareh Shabazi

Artist

K

Keti Chukrov

Public

B

Barnaby Drabble

Public