Harun Farocki
(B.1944, Nový Jicin (Neutitschein), Czechoslovakia // D.Berlin, 2014)- Parallel I-IV, 2014
- War Tropes, 2011
- The Silver and the Cross, 2010
- Serious Games, 2010
- Transmission, 2007
- Deep Play, 2007
- Vergleich über ein Drittes / Comparison via a Third, 2007
- Zur Bauweise des Films bei Griffith's Film / On Construction of Griffith's Films, 2006
- Arbeiter verlassen die Fabrik in elf Jahrzehnten / Workers Leaving the Factory in Eleven Decades, 2006
- Hörstationen / Listening Stations, 2006
- Synchronisation / Dubbing, 2006
- Aufstellung / In Formation, 2005
- Gegen-Musik / Counter-Music, 2005
- Drei Montagen / Three Assembles, 2005
- Ausweg / A way, 2005
- Serie: Auge / Machine, Eye / Machine III, 2003
- Serie: Auge / Machine, Eye / Machine II, 2001
- Serie: Auge / Machine, Eye / Machine I, 2000
- The Expression of Hands, 1997
- Workers Leaving the Factory, 1995
- A Day in the Life of a Consumer, 1993
- Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet at Work on Franz Kafka's, 1983
- An Image, 1983
- Some problems of anti-authoritarian and anti-imperialist urban warfare in the case of West Berlin or: Their Newspapers, 1968
- The Words of the Chairman, 1967
- Two Paths / Zwei Wege, 1966
Serie: Auge / Machine, Eye / Machine I, 2000
2 channels video installation, 23 min, beta sp color
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The film is centered on the images of the Gulf War which caused worldwide sensation in 1991. According to a theory put forward by the philosopher Klaus Theweleit, in the shots taken from projectiles homing in on their targets, bomb and reporter were identical. At the same time, it was impossible to distinguish between the photographed and the (computer) simulated images. The loss of the 'genuine picture' means that the eye no longer has a role as historical witness. It has been said that what was brought into play in the Gulf War was not new weaponry but rather a new policy on images. In this way the basis for electronic warfare was created. Harun Farocki explores here the question of how military image technologies find their way into civilian life.
