Two-channel video installation
black and white and color, sound, 24 min 28 sec (loop)
Dimensions variable, projection areas approx. 150 x 200 cm each
Director: Harun Farocki
Photography: Ingo Kratisch, Leo Borchard
Produced by: Musée d'art Moderne de Villeneuve d' Ascq, Harun Farocki Filmproduktion
Harun Farocki was commissioned by the Musée d'art Moderne de Villeneuve d'Ascq/Lille to produce a video on his own work for the exhibition The World after Photography. Reflecting on his on work, it examines what it means to work with existing images rather than producing new ones. The title plays on the double meaning of "Schnitt" (cut), which refers both to Farocki’s work-place, the editing table, as well as the "human-machine-interface" where a person operates a computer using a keyboard and a mouse.
(Sabine Breitwieser)
Quotes from following films and video tapes:
Videogramme einer Revolution (mit Andrei Ujica), BRD 1992, 107 min
Nicht löschbares Feuer, BRD 1968/69, 22 min
Ein Bild, BRD 1983, 25 min
Arbeiter verlassen die Fabrik, BRD 1995, 38 min
Zwischen zwei Kriegen, BRD 1978, 83 min
Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges, BRD 1988, 74 min
