Premiering in 2021, artist and filmmaker Amalia Ulman’s debut feature film, El Planeta, is a dark comedy shot in her hometown of Gijón in Asturias, Spain. Set just after the devastation of the last financial crisis, the film explores the trials of contemporary poverty, female desire, and the complicated filial relationships between mothers and daughters, about to get evicted. This book documents the time spent in Gijón, including essays, interviews and a pull-out poster by Leomi Leon Sadler & Min Ji Son.
Contributions by:
Fiona Alison Duncan
Dean Kissick
Rob Kulisek
Alice Neale
Leomi Leon Sadler
Min Ji Son
Natasha Stagg
Ale Ulman
Amalia Ulman
Bruno Zhu
Design and additional content by Ilia Ovechkin
Published by Arcadia Missa, with support from Christoph Szalay, Forum Stadtpark and its funding bodies.
Author(s): Fiona Alison Duncan, Dean Kissick, Natasha Stagg, Amalia Ulman, Alice Neale, Ruth Pilston, Rózsa Farkas
Publisher: Arcadia Missa Publishing
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 60
City: London, United Kingdom
7 - Forward
8 - The Town That Becomes a Theater by Dean Kissick, photography by Bruno Zhu
20 - Natasha in Gijón, Natasha Stagg
28 - Director’s Story: Sordid Scandal by Amalia Ulman, photography by Rob Kulisek
29 - Print at Home Keyring Project
30 - Portraits, Min Ji Son
56 - Ale Plays Herself: Interview with Ale Ulman, questions by Fiona Alison Duncan, photography by Alice Neale
60 - Colophon
