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Directed by Erwann Lameignère production : Collectif Combo / kamel mennour Extracts from the video Grosse Fatigue (2013, video, color, sound) courtesy the artist, Silex Films and kamel mennour, paris Original music by Joakim. Voice by Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh. Text written in collaboration with Jacob Bromberg Producer: kamel mennour, Paris; with the additional support of Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin, Paris Production: Silex Films Silver Lion - 55th Venice Biennale, 2013 Exhibition view « Grosse Fatigue », kamel mennour, Paris Project conducted as part of the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Program, Washington, D.C. Special thanks to the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum © ADAGP Camille Henrot Screenings in gallery kamel mennour from February 5th to March 22nd, 2014

a potent mix of science, mythology, sex and nature, artist Camille Henrot's 13-minute video piece Grosse Fatigue combines eye-popping imagery with an epic spoken soundtrack mixing scientific history, religious Creation narratives and oral folklore drawn from the Dogon, Inuit and Navajo peoples to tell the story of the creation of the universe. much of the footage was shot as part of Henrot's Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, which gave her special access to the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. to coincide with her new show at Chisenhale Gallery, Tate Modern will be screening a series of recent work (including Grosse Fatigue) followed by a discussion between the artist and Dan Fox, co-editor of Frieze