Posts Tagged '2007'
Where ever you look
Presentation of the 2007 status of the entire travel-research-project The moose on the ice (2004-2007), part of the exhibition “Wo man hinschaut”. At the project space Stedefreund drawings, photographies, video-, audio- and text works, and the installation “Moose” were shown.
Where ever you look
Presentation of the 2007 status of the entire travel-research-project The moose on the ice (2004-2007), part of the exhibition “Wo man hinschaut”. At the project space Stedefreund drawings, photographies, video-, audio- and text works, and the installation “Moose” were shown.
The Samovar | video
In my family a samovar plays a significant role: it was a wedding gift by my great-grandparents to their son Oskar and his wife Edith in the 1920s. On their ride to the celebration they forgot it in the train.
The Samovar | video
In my family a samovar plays a significant role: it was a wedding gift by my great-grandparents to their son Oskar and his wife Edith in the 1920s. On their ride to the celebration they forgot it in the train.
Part III – Neutral Zone | photo
Email by Dr. Ley, Memorial Site of Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen, May 2006: Dear Ms Ammon, (…) I can well imagine that it must be quite difficult to learn that a member of one’s own family was a concentration camp guard.
Part III – Neutral Zone | photo
Email by Dr. Ley, Memorial Site of Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen, May 2006: Dear Ms Ammon, (…) I can well imagine that it must be quite difficult to learn that a member of one’s own family was a concentration camp guard.
Part III – Neutral Zone | video
Video, silent. The camera moves along the “Neutral Zone”, the guard way between electric fence and the outer wall of KZ Sachsenhausen. My grandfather’s brother patrolled there, too. No one in the family wanted to have known about this.
Part III – Neutral Zone | video
Video, silent. The camera moves along the “Neutral Zone”, the guard way between electric fence and the outer wall of KZ Sachsenhausen. My grandfather’s brother patrolled there, too. No one in the family wanted to have known about this.
Witkiewicz
In 1986 I went to Poland for the first time. While trying to invest the inevitable compulsory exchange in somewhat meaningful, I discoverd the photo book “Przeciw Nicości” (Against Nothingness) with works of the impressive polish artist Witkiewicz in Kraków.
Witkiewicz
In 1986 I went to Poland for the first time. While trying to invest the inevitable compulsory exchange in somewhat meaningful, I discoverd the photo book “Przeciw Nicości” (Against Nothingness) with works of the impressive polish artist Witkiewicz in Kraków.
Machorka
Sound piece produced for the exhibition poliflur 0101 in an abandoned greenhouse. There were wild growing tobacco plant – remainders of expired EU-subsidies for cultivating tobacco. Machorka is a negative term which is no longer used for (Russian) Tobacco. poliflur0101,
Machorka
Sound piece produced for the exhibition poliflur 0101 in an abandoned greenhouse. There were wild growing tobacco plant – remainders of expired EU-subsidies for cultivating tobacco. Machorka is a negative term which is no longer used for (Russian) Tobacco. poliflur0101,
Part II – Second Travel
I learned that my uncle has disappeared from Vilnius since July 2000. At that time he met two German tourists. He decided to ride back to Germany with them in their vehicle. He has never shown up anywhere until today.
Part II – Second Travel
I learned that my uncle has disappeared from Vilnius since July 2000. At that time he met two German tourists. He decided to ride back to Germany with them in their vehicle. He has never shown up anywhere until today.
Part III – The Conversation
New Jersey. Talking with my grandfather’s in law while looking at old photographs. For the first time he mentions that my grandfather’s brother has been a member of the Waffen-SS. He still remembers unexpected details. I recorded our dialogue.
Part III – The Conversation
New Jersey. Talking with my grandfather’s in law while looking at old photographs. For the first time he mentions that my grandfather’s brother has been a member of the Waffen-SS. He still remembers unexpected details. I recorded our dialogue.