A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 1, 1973
Original Title:
Berlinfieber – Wolf Vostell
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 12
In 1973, Wolf Vostell, an artist associated with Fluxus, made a happening in which participants were required to perform a series of ritual, obsessive actions, such as “go to the trunk of your vehicle, there open and close the trunk 750 times and 375 times put a white plate in it and take it out 375 times.” Described by Ottinger as a documentation of what Vostell called “dé-coll/age-happening”, the film is an illustration of her creative method, a surrealist act, a separate work of art, and a strange object. She would later describe her method as “fragments of reality assembled in an unusual manner”.
Director:
Ulrike Ottinger
Director of Photography:
Ulrike Ottinger
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