Harun Farocki

(B.1944, Nový Jicin (Neutitschein), Czechoslovakia // D.Berlin, 2014)

Transmission, 2007

43 min., video, single channel, color, sound, Ed. 2/3
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Transmission documents the forms of behavior and ritualized hand movements that people adopt when coming into contact with statues or memorials. It complies with a vocabulary of gestures in a series of different memorial and everyday customs. The attention is drawn away from the objects of veneration themselves so the viewer can pay attention to their usage, as well as to the traditions and techniques of giving and experiencing meaning.

 

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View of the exhibition during the LOOP Festival , Àngels Barcelona Gallery, 2008