1969 · 16mm film transferred to digital video, 29 min; sound: Kraftwerk; edition of 7 plus 3 AP

Life-Death

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Mitte · Berlin

About the work

Shot on 16mm film in West Berlin in 1969 and shown at documenta 5 in 1972, Life–Death abandons linear narrative for a sequence of portraits, body studies and staged scenes. Sieverding, Stephan Runge, Holger Bombusch and Othello appear in shifting, androgynous roles, while a soundtrack improvised by Kraftwerk in 1972 lends the film a trance-like aura. Transferred to digital video (1969/2024); variable dimensions.