Conceptual Paradise: There is a Place for Sophistication by Stefan Roemer

Conceptual Paradise is a full length documentation on three generations of conceptual artists by Stefan Roemer.

In a three-year film search, artist and author Stefan Roemer with his film team interviewed many prominent international artists. In the intellectual debate before the camera, Stefan Roemer developed a special way of cinematic reflection on the state of international contemporary art.

The film essay, Conceptual Paradise: There is a Place for Sophistication, traces the intellectual movement of the conceptual art with discussions that could arise in the 1960s and today have led to the most relevant issues in contemporary art. The artists talk about their own artistic practices and the socio-historical development of the different conceptual movements. It is clear that there can be no alone valid definition of conceptual art, because the permanent confrontation with her constitutes their art theoretical and philosophical complexity.

Guided interviews for the film Conceptual Paradise:

Artists:
Vito Acconci, art & language (Michael Baldwin, Mel Ramsden), Michael Asher, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Hartmut Bitomsky, Mel Bochner, Gregg Bordowitz, Klaus vom Bruch, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Luis Camnitzer, Jan Dibbets, Mark Dion, Sam Durant, VALIE EXPORT, Stano Filko, Andrea Fraser, Liam Gillick, Dan Graham, Renée Green, Shilpa Gupta, Hans Haacke, Julius Koller, Joseph Kosuth, Sonia Khurana, David Lamelas, Sol LeWitt, Thomas Locher, Marcel Odenbach, Yoko Ono, John Miller, Adrian Piper, Yvonne Rainer, Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha, Martha Rosler, Allan Sekula, Peter Weibel, Lawrence Weiner, Stephen Willats, Heimo Zobernig

Curators and theorists:
Alexander Alberro, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Sabeth Buchmann, Charles Harrison (art & language), Geeta Kapoor, Geert Lovink, Seth victory leaves, Gregor Stemmrich.