DVD/CATALOGUE: Last Supper / Bigert & Bergström
57 min, Region free, DVD9, PAL, Aspect ratio 16:9 anamorphic
Art / Documentary, English and Swedish subtitles
40 pages booklet included. Bonus material. Produced 2005, 16mm

Pris: 225 SEK inkl frakt inom Sverige
Price: 26 Euro incl shipping to Europe
Price: 27 Euro incl shipping outside Europe

The last supper has been given to prisoners facing the death penalty as long as the punishment has existed. The tradition stems from funeral rites where the deceased person was given food on his deathbed to protect him on his journey to the afterlife. Today, the ritual of giving the last supper to the condemned person has been detached from its origin, and can be perceived to be as absurd as the punishment it accompanies.

Mats Bigert & Lars Bergström's film "Last Supper" focuses on this discrepancy between historical "meaning" and contemporary use of a tradition that has lost its connection with the past. The film mixes documentary material with sculptural installations and animated graphics.
The main character is the former death row chef Brian Price, who reconstructs one of the 200 final meals that he prepared during his time as inmate in Huntsville State Prison, Texas, US.
The film was shot during 2004 in the US, Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Kenya, South Africa and Sweden.

Bigert & Bergström are two Swedish artists based in Stockholm.
They have collaborated since the early 90s and have participated in numerous
art exhibitions around the world. Their main focus is complex installations and film projects where urgent social and scientifically questions are examined from unexpected angles.

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