The taste of life (Der Geschmack des Lebens)
1979/2019
2 channel videoinstallation
30 min | German with engl. subtitles
on display at Galerie der Künstler from October 10, 2023 (Videodox Festival)
30 min | German with engl. subtitles
on display at Galerie der Künstler from October 10, 2023 (Videodox Festival)
Johanna Seggelke and Carlotta Wachotsch (Co-Directors)
Jan Godde (sounddesign remake)
Harun Farocki (original director)
Johannes Behringer (original sound)
With kind support from Harun Farocki Institut Berlin
Jan Godde (sounddesign remake)
Harun Farocki (original director)
Johannes Behringer (original sound)
With kind support from Harun Farocki Institut Berlin
Is there something about a place that ensures that people move around in it in a similar way, without being aware of the place’s past? In the summer of 1979, Harun Farocki roams the streets of West Berlin with a 16mm camera to capture images that reflect the “taste of life”. He films everyday scenes that happen in this or a similar way every day. Some 40 years later, we discover Farocki’s film, and go in search of its locations. Once seemingly chosen at random, now painstakingly researched.
In the end, we find ourselves in the same place, and the past time seems to vanish into thin air. The remake is not one in the classical sense in that it is not meant to stand without its original, but enters into a dialogue with it. As a 2-channel video installation, we invite you to either to watch one of the two directions, or to discover the parallels in the narrative that chance has created.
A project in cooperation with Antje Ehmann and the Harun Farocki Insitut.
In the end, we find ourselves in the same place, and the past time seems to vanish into thin air. The remake is not one in the classical sense in that it is not meant to stand without its original, but enters into a dialogue with it. As a 2-channel video installation, we invite you to either to watch one of the two directions, or to discover the parallels in the narrative that chance has created.
A project in cooperation with Antje Ehmann and the Harun Farocki Insitut.