Institute of Contemporary Arts

Here Is Always Somewhere Else

"Superb!" The Telegraph
"Not to be missed." Los Angeles Times
"A remarkable film." MOMA

Here Is Always Somewhere Else tracks Dutch artist Bas Jan Ader's emergence in the radical art scene of the 60s, through the work of artists Chris Burden, Tacita Dean, Rodney Graham, Marcel Broodthaers, Ger van Elk, Pipilotti Rist and many others. Using rare archival footage and breakthrough interviews with Ader's contemporaries and the new generation of artists he inspired, the documentary follows Ader all the way to his final recorded moments, when he climbed into a 12 foot sailboat in the US to set sail for Europe alone, claiming that the voyage would take him three months if he chose to use the sail, and six months if he decided to let the current take him. As the story is recounted through the eyes of fellow Dutchman Rene Daalder, the documentary becomes a sweeping overview of contemporary art films as well as an epic saga of the transformative powers of the ocean.

Dir Rene Daalder, 2007, USA, 78 mins

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