Harun Farocki
(B.1944, Nový Jicin (Neutitschein), Czechoslovakia // D.Berlin, 2014)11.05.15
Harun Farocki
Harun Farocki receives Special Mention from the Jury of the 56th International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale (2015).
All the World’s Futures presents Atlas of Harun Farocki’s Filmography and Labour in a Single Shot (in collaboration with Antje Ehmann) as part of the 56th International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale (2015), curated by Okwui Enwezor. We are especially pleased to announce that he has received Special Mention from the Jury of the International Exhibition at the awards ceremony on Saturday, May 9th.
Atlas of Harun Farocki’s Filmography is an anthology of the work of the late artist and filmmaker Harun Farocki. The presentation comprises Farocki’s complete films (totaling at 86), which have been restored and are presented in chronological order on separate screens; blank screens signify films that have been lost or not yet digitized. Over the course of the exhibition, newly discovered and converted films will be added to the presentation. Every day, a different film from Farocki’s distinguished body of work is continuously screened in the screening space. The daily films have been presented. In addition to the complete films, the anthology includes Farocki’s notebooks and issues of the magazine Filmkritik, of which he was the editor from 1974 until 1984. The ongoing restoration and subtitling of Harun Farocki’s complete films has been made possible by the generous support of the Goethe-Institut.
One of the focuses of this year's International Exhibition is a recognition of the divisions, wounds, injustices, and anxieties of today's world. Labour in a Single Shot, a project curated by Harun Farocki and Antje Ehmann, is a collaborative response by both artists to these problems. Labour in a Single Shot consists of a series of workshops conducted between 2011-2015 in 15 cities in five different continents worldwide. It presents itself like an encyclopedia of working conditions around the world in the 21st century. The result of these workshops were 400 microfilms, each with a maximum duration of two minutes, based on the classic film, Workings Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) by Auguste and Louis Lumière. In each city labour is depicted via many different professions, but in the majority of these cases labour is hidden behind closed doors. Sometimes labour is not only invisible, but also unimaginable. Labour in a Single Shot aims to investigate this labour which becomes invisible, with the intention of opening the spectator's eyes.
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Atlas of Harun Farocki's Filmography at the 56th International Exhobition of the Venice Biennale.
Panoramic view of the exhibition: Atlas of Harun Farocki's Filmography.
Panoramic view of the exhibition: Atlas of Harun Farocki's Filmography.
Detail of Farocki's filmography. Blank screens signify films that have been lost or not yet digitized.
Installation of issues of the magazine Filmkritik, of which Farocki was the editor from 1974 until 1984.
Installation of Farocki's notebooks.
The exhibition Labour in a Single Shot at the 56th International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.
Panoramic view of the exhibition: Labour in a Single Shot.
Panoramic view of the exhibition: Labour in a Single Shot.
Close-up of one of the installation channels.
Close-up of one of the installation channels.