Solaris preceded by The Working End

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky

1972 / 169min / DCP

Enthralling, haunting, hypnotic, enigmatic, visually stunning, and overwhelmingly emotional, Tarkovsky’s slow sci-fi epic—based on Polish author Stanisław Lem’s 1961 novel of the same name—follows psychologist Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) on a voyage to a space station that’s orbiting the planet Solaris, where he’s been sent to investigate curious hallucinations amongst members of the research team manning it, only, upon arriving, to encounter his late wife, dead ten years, waiting for him… or at least something that looks and acts exactly like her. A singular odyssey into outer and inner space, posing questions about the nature of love and humanity that linger long after its celebrated final shot.

“This July, the New Humans screening series concludes with Solaris (1972), preceded by Kristin Walsh’s The Working End (2025), presented by Walsh herself. Where Solaris explores the invisible psychological forces operating beneath the surface of our perception of reality, Walsh’s abstract metallic structures make visible the usually hidden systems of labor and infrastructure that shape city life. It is in this shared interest in the invisible made visible—alongside an attention to liminality and pacing that creates uncanny moments of tension—that Tarkovsky and Walsh meet. See Walsh’s work, Engine no. 15 , 2025, on view now at the New Museum.”  —Thalia Stefaniuk, series co-curator and New Museum Curatorial Assistant 

Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972, 167 mins)

The Working End (Kristin Walsh, 2024, 2 mins)

Distributor: Janus Films

Introduction by artist Kristin Walsh on Sunday, July 26th

Part of New Museum Presents New Humans