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Harun Farocki
Harun Farocki (*1944 in Nový Jičín, Czechoslovakia, †2014 near Berlin) is considered one of the most important and internationally influential German filmmakers. He was an ethnographer of capitalist lifestyles, which he intellectually dissected and analyzed. Central to his approach and overall work is the investigation of the significance of images, their origins and especially the power structures inscribed in them. In his film Stilleben (Nature morte) (1997) he documents the work of advertising photographers: products are arranged and staged with enormous effort, a dramaturgy is created, needs are invented. Farocki juxtaposes this with the Dutch-Flemish painting of the 16th century, which also began to create splendid pictures in order to create a certain mood, desire and admiration. Just as the paintings are supposed to be reminiscent of evanescence and mortality, the minute view of Farocki’s camera reveals the hypocrisy of the advertising world. Farocki’s œuvre includes more than 100 cinematic works. Furthermore, he was also successful as a lecturer and media theoretician, as well as a video and installation artist.
Most recently, his works have been presented at, among others, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (2017; 2009); Haus der Kunst, Munich (2017); Manifesta, Zurich (2016); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2016; 2014); Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2014); Deichtorhallen Hamburg (2012); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2011); Kunsthaus Bregenz (2010).
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Artistic directors: Marius Babias and Antje Ehmann
Curators: Antonia Alampi, Carles Guerra, Tom Holert, Doreen Mende, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Volker Pantenburg and Stefanie Schulte Strathaus
Harun Farocki (1944-2014) is one of the most important and internationally influential German filmmakers. His oeuvre comprises more than 100 experimental and documentary films, essay, short and feature films. However, his complete oeuvre goes […]
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Harun Farocki. Unregelmäßig, nicht regellos. Texte 1986–2000. Schriften. Band 5
Part of the edition Harun Farocki. Schriften. (edited by Marius Babias, Antje Ehmann, Tom Holert, Doreen Mende, Volker Pantenburg)
In the years between 1986 and 2000, Harun Farocki increasingly organized his cinematic work along the three categories of the observational film, the essay film, and the compilation film. In the mid-1990s, he also created his first installation works […]
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Harun Farocki. Meine Nächte mit den Linken. Texte 1964–1975. Schriften. Band 3
Part of the edition Harun Farocki. Schriften. (edited by Marius Babias, Antje Ehmann, Tom Holert, Doreen Mende, Volker Pantenburg)
Meine Nächte mit den Linken (My nights with the leftists) is the third volume of Harun Farocki’s writings and provides all of Harun Farocki’s published texts from 1964 to 1975 – many of them for the first time […]
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Harun Farocki. Ich habe genug! Texte 1976–1985. Schriften. Band 4
Part of the edition Harun Farocki. Schriften. (edited by Marius Babias, Antje Ehmann, Tom Holert, Doreen Mende, Volker Pantenburg)
As an editor and contributor of Filmkritik, Harun Farocki wrote more than 90 articles for the journal between 1976 and 1985 and shaped its character as a platform for polemic and partisan film thinking. Volume 4 of […]
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Harun Farocki. Zehn, zwanzig, dreißig, vierzig. Fragment einer Autobiografie. Schriften. Band 1
Part of the edition Harun Farocki. Schriften. (edited by Marius Babias, Antje Ehmann, Tom Holert, Doreen Mende, Volker Pantenburg)
Harun Farocki (1944–2014) is one of the most important and internationally influential German filmmakers. His oeuvre comprises more than 100 films and productions: experimental and documentary films; essay, short and feature films. However, his complete works go far beyond […]
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Kaja Silverman / Harun Farocki. Von Godard sprechen. Schriften. Band 2
Part of the edition Harun Farocki. Schriften. (edited by Marius Babias, Antje Ehmann, Tom Holert, Doreen Mende, Volker Pantenburg)
Speaking about Godard presents conversations between Harun Farocki and Kaja Silverman about eight selected films by Godard – Vivre sa vie (1962); Le Mépris (1963); Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy […]
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