The Facts
On October 29, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler will discuss their film River of Fundament at Public Records in New York on November 15, 2026. The conversation, moderated by Andy Battaglia, is part of Unsound New York's discourse series and is free for River of Fundament ticket holders. The 2014 film will screen in a three-act, eight-hour presentation at Masonic Hall, jointly presented by New People's Cinema Club and Unsound New York, with live music by Bepler and musicians from the film's cast. It is only the second New York presentation since the film's world premiere.
The Signal
The event extends the life of River of Fundament, a defining work in contemporary moving-image practice that fuses opera, myth, and endurance-based performance. Screening the film in a marathon format with a companion public dialogue underscores the growing institutional appetite for durational and experiential presentations, giving audiences a rare chance to interrogate the project with its creators. Barney's concurrent presence in exhibitions across Europe and Asia, including the Gwangju Biennale and Hamburger Bahnhof, reinforces his continued influence across media.
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- Artists: Matthew Barney, Jonathan Bepler, Katharina Grosse, Thomas Struth, Glenn Brown, Victor Man, Danielle Mckinney, Albert Oehlen, Raymond Hains
- People: Andy Battaglia
- Galleries: Galerie Max Hetzler
- Museums: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Hamburger Bahnhof, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
- Locations: New York, Nuremberg, Gwangju, Berlin, Venice, Paris, Aspen
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