Corbijn Sessions #11: „Squaring the Circle“ film screening

Corbijn Sessions at Fotografiska

Corbijn Sessions is a music-focused special program accompanying the entire Anton Corbijn exhibition at Fotografiska. It showcases a mix of large and small, intimate and crowded, intense and vibrant Corbijn experiences, including parties, DJ sets, performances, film screenings, workshops, special tours, and more.

“Squaring the Circle” – Film Night

At the 31 March Corbijn Sessions, you can watch Anton Corbijn’s debut documentary, Squaring the Circle, created about the artist collective Hipgnosis.

Hipgnosis was a legendary British design group that, between the 1960s and 1980s, produced surreal and conceptual album covers, shaping the visual identities of artists such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Genesis.

The screening will take place in Anton Corbijn’s exhibition hall on the 2nd floor of Fotografiska – watching the film surrounded by Corbijn’s works adds a unique dimension to both film and photographic art.

Film: Squaring the Circle
Duration: 1h 41min
Director: Anton Corbijn

The artist collective Hipgnosis, founded in 1967 by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, quickly became one of the world’s most influential and innovative groups in album cover and packaging design.

Just as bands of the late 1960s were exploring new musical directions, Hipgnosis sought new ways to visualize music through design. Their album covers were based on photography, but their approach and use of the medium broke radically with established conventions. Whereas album photos had previously aimed mainly to provide information about the artist, Hipgnosis treated the album as an independent work of art.

Hipgnosis’ international breakthrough came in 1973 with the designs for Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon and Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy. By the mid-1980s, the collective had designed over 400 album covers for some of the world’s most influential artists, who also appear in the film. Squaring the Circle is Anton Corbijn’s debut documentary.

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Anton Corbijn at Fotografiska: 24 January – 30 April

Anton Corbijn’s distinctive style has strongly shaped the visual language of modern music and culture. His major retrospective, Corbijn, Anton, spans five decades of creative work. Each frame in the exhibition features a figure rendered in Corbijn’s signature moody style, someone who is at once familiar and mysterious.

With over 150 works on display, the exhibition offers an authentic and extraordinary glimpse into a world inhabited by icons like Depeche Mode, David Bowie, U2, Patti Smith, and many others—artists who have left their mark, and whose mark Corbijn has captured.

The experience is enhanced by a powerful video room featuring Corbijn’s videography and iconic music videos that have influenced generations. Corbijn’s legacy in music and visual culture is undeniable, and this exhibition celebrates that enduring impact.