La Colonia
[Marcus Rees Roberts] various series of prints and his
short films are evidence that the connections between
drawing, sequential significance, narrative pictorial content
and anti-narrative formalist strategies are at the heart of
his work
Edward Winters: Marcus Rees Roberts; extract from a
new text to be published by Pratt Contemporary Art, 2007.
Letters to a Man
These lines, written about the suicide of Walter Benjamin, were the starting
point of Letters to a Man at the Border – a room in Portbou. This short film
is a meditation on the last night Walter Benjamin spent in his hotel room in
the border town of Portbou in September 1940. Presented with an artist’s
book in an edition of 50, signed and numbered by the artist.
Letters to a Man at the Border – a room in Portbou, 2006
Artist’s film on DVD, 12 minutes 46 seconds
Book: 22cm x 15cm (83/4 x 57/8 in)