Recall and Memory
'That-has-been' is what Barthes has described as photography's defining feature. It always points to something that is no more. One could say photos are souvenirs; photos frequently assume the role of one's own memories. Films on the other hand 'flicker' – as Susan Sonntag noted – and then 'go out' again. They always occur in the here and now. Yet film can also be viewed as a memory container: It safeguards something. This program is comprised of photofilms, in which private, personal histories and world history confront each other.
Le Sphinx / Thierry Knauff / Belgium/France / 1985 / 12 min
Ulysse / Agnès Varda / France / 1982 / 22 min
Die Anprobe, 1938 (The Fitting (1938)) / Franz Winzentsen / Germany / 1985 / 14 min
Album Fleischera (Fleischer's Album) / Janusz Majewski / Poland / 1962 / 16 min
35 Fotos (Bilder aus einem Familienalbum) (35 Photos (Pictures from a Family Album)) / Helke Misselwitz / GDR / 1984/85 / 3 min
Beshin Lug (Beshin Meadow) / Sergei Eisenstein / Soviet Union & USA / 1935/67 / 30 min