The Third Memory

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The Third Memory is a video installation by artist Pierre Huyghe that reconstructs a famous bank robbery by juxtaposing the robber’s own recollections with their cinematic reenactment in the film "Dog Day Afternoon."

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instanceOf contemporary artwork
video installation
basedOn 1972 Chase Manhattan Bank robbery in Brooklyn
Dog Day Afternoon
commissionedBy Centre Georges Pompidou
linked to: Centre Pompidou
countryOfOrigin France
creator Pierre Huyghe
depicts John Wojtowicz
exhibitionVenue Centre Georges Pompidou
linked to: Centre Pompidou

Dia Center for the Arts
Guggenheim Museum
Museum of Modern Art
features John Wojtowicz
filmingLocation New York City
genre conceptual art
installation art
video art
hasPart clips from Dog Day Afternoon
interview footage with John Wojtowicz
reenactment staged by John Wojtowicz
inception 1999
language English
medium two-channel video installation
video
movement relational aesthetics
narrativeFocus the gap between lived experience and cinematic representation
notableWorkOf Pierre Huyghe
partOf Pierre Huyghe’s explorations of fiction and reality
productionCompany Pierre Huyghe Studio
linked to: Pierre Huyghe
runningTime approximately 60 minutes
screeningContext art museum
contemporary art biennial
sound synchronized sound
subject bank robbery
cinema
memory
reenactment
theme authorship and narrative control
construction of historical memory
media influence on perception of events
self-representation
timePeriodDepicted 1970s New York
visualFormat color video
workType two-screen installation

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Pierre Huyghe hasWork The Third Memory
Pierre Huyghe notableWork The Third Memory
Streamside Day relatedWork The Third Memory