the month
Spaghetti : une obsession
Comprised of works hand-picked by members of the Vidéographe team, video of the month explores Vidéographe's vast collection and offers insight into the team behind the centre. New month, new video.
Joseph Rozenkopf graduated from the University of Montreal with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and from UQAM with a certificate in museology and art diffusion. At the crossroads of these two disciplines was born an interest in the operations of cultural institutions in Quebec and questions about their practices. It is with the discovery of artist-run centers and Vidéographe that he was able to begin his career within these institutions.
Synopsis
A music video fiction, inspired by a theatre play by Gilbert Turp. It begins as the linear story of a meal which is gradually disrupted by an obsession - that of noodles and that of video.
A word from the team
"I should have been born in Italy, although they don’t have peanut butter or maple syrup."
There is something about Quebecers’ relationship with spaghetti that has always fascinated me. I never would have imagined that spaghetti Bolognese, the famous Spag, which to me is an ordinary, universal dish, could have such culinary significance here. When I found a 1984 film about spaghetti in the collection, I expected it to be a documentary or an anthropological response to my curiosity. Instead, it’s a slightly dark experimental video, which, despite its very 80s music and editing, is totally in keeping with my taste. It has all of the elements of the internet videos I love – absurdity, cats, a very queer energy – and all with a very serious tone. The narrator’s delivery makes me laugh and resonates somehow. It's still not the answer I expected, but it’s satiating nonetheless.
Joseph Rozenkopf
Executive Assistant
