Anton in the shadow
Director Julia Kowalski
Countries France
Duration 52 min
Synopsis
Anton, a polish worker with wide-ranging, but unspecialized skills, works for Erwin Wurm, a contemporary Austrian artist of international renown. Erwin imagines his artworks, while Anton assures their physical and technical construction. Anton’s life is divided between his work in the world of contemporary Viennese art and his modest cottage in the south of Poland. His life tells an unusual story of exile.
Anton, a polish worker with wide-ranging, but unspecialized skills, works for Erwin Wurm, a contemporary Austrian artist of international renown. Erwin imagines his artworks, while Anton assures their physical and technical construction. Anton’s life is divided between his work in the world of contemporary Viennese art and his modest cottage in the south of Poland. His life tells an unusual story of exile.