Tilda Swinton @Eye Filmmuseum
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Tilda Swinton - Ongoing // visited on 15-10-2025
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This autumn, Eye presents Tilda Swinton – Ongoing, an exclusive exhibition dedicated to the celebrated Scottish performer, artist, and fashion icon. This unique and personal exhibition centres on Swinton’s creative collaborations. She will showcase new and existing work by eight artistic partners and close friends: Pedro Almodóvar, Luca Guadagnino, Joanna Hogg, Derek Jarman, Jim Jarmusch, Olivier Saillard, Tim Walker and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. This marks the first time that Eye Filmmuseum has devoted such extensive attention to the creative influence of a performer. // info from official webpage
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▲ Probably one of my favourite works was Flat 19. It was done together with her childhood friend and filmmaker Joanna Hogg: a multimedia reconstruction of her 1980s London apartment. They see it as "an exploration of memory, space and personal history". I walked down the hallway and listened to the different stories coming from behind the half-opened doors. When I sat in the empty living room, it smelled of London. I am not sure how that was possible, but it was very, very present for me.
Tilda moved to an apartment near King's Road in London in 1983 and lived there for 15 years. With the reconstruction of the flat, together with Joanna Hog, they created a multi-media installation: a hallway with slightly opened doors and sonic stories from the years when Tilda lived there, told by her mesmerising voice.
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