BREMEN.- The exhibition is taking place within the scope of the 17th Internationales Bremer Symposium zum Film “Was ist Kino? Auswählen, Aufführen, Erfahren” (What Is Cinema? Select, Present, Experience), in collaboration with the University of Bremen and City 46. The British artist John Smith (*1952 in London) has been making experimental films for about three decades now. With their calculated idiom and ironic playfulness they count among the most important works of the contemporary film avant-garde. They are puzzling, sharp-witted, and above all funny. John Smith challenges us not to take anything we hear or say at face value, and in doing so puts the criteria of fact and fiction to the test. Focus is placed on his creative treatment of sound and image and the lightness and irony with which he creates space for viewers to rethink their own perception. John Smith’s films repeatedly shift between the