Arthur Jafa in Conversation: Cinema and Visual Arts Unite
Fondazione Prada invites audiences to an intimate Studio event exploring the profound dialogue between cinema and contemporary visual practice, featuring a screening and conversation with the acclaimed artist.
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Fondazione Prada presents an extraordinary evening devoted to the visionary practice of Arthur Jafa, orchestrating a rare convergence of cinema and the visual arts within the hallowed spaces of Cinema Godard. On Saturday, 17 October at 6.15 pm, audiences are cordially invited to participate in a Studio event that promises to illuminate the intricate intersections between these parallel creative disciplines, revealing the profound synergies that animate contemporary artistic discourse.
The programme unfolds with a screening of “Dreams Are Colder Than Death”, a work that exemplifies Jafa’s distinctive approach to moving image and aesthetic experience. Following this immersive introduction, a conversation between the artist and Katia Inozemtseva, Head of the Curatorial Department at Fondazione Prada, will delve deeper into the philosophical and formal questions that underpin his practice, exploring how cinema functions as both medium and metaphor within the broader landscape of visual culture.
Dialogue with the Present Exhibition
This Studio event exists in intimate dialogue with “Helter Skelter: Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince”, an exhibition currently on view at Fondazione Prada’s Venice venue through 23 November 2026. The pairing of these two seminal figures creates a rich curatorial context, inviting viewers to consider how cinema, painting, photography and collage converge within contemporary artistic practice, and how different mediums speak across disciplines to create resonant conversations about image, meaning and cultural expression.
The evening represents the kind of intellectually rigorous yet deeply sensory engagement that defines Fondazione Prada’s approach to contemporary discourse. By bringing together artist, curator and audience within an intimate setting, the institution creates space for the kind of nuanced dialogue that emerges when creative practitioners and thoughtful interlocutors convene around urgent aesthetic questions.
Those wishing to attend are invited to register via the link provided by Fondazione Prada, ensuring access to this exclusive Studio experience that promises to enrich understanding of contemporary artistic practice and the generative possibilities that emerge when different creative disciplines enter into conversation.
Imagery courtesy of Fondazione Prada (@fondazioneprada).