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Retrato de Marta Minujín

Retrato de Marta Minujín

1974 · 16 min · Documentary

"Academia del fracaso" is a speculative aesthetic fact of a polemic nature, as Marta Minujín explains when she talks about her work. Portrayed in this film explaining the functioning of her participatory performance in 1974, the artist extends herself to reflect and talk about some things, many things, that make up the world and its ideas.

Directed by Narcisa Hirsch

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