HAPPENINGS (TV Edit)
Video, multi-part, 9.50 min in total
Based on the piece of work:
Artists who left the frame by accident
Anna Frei, Barbara Preisig, 2010
Narrator: Christian Melchert


The piece of work consists of eleven short messages which each announce the death of an artist, caused by or because of their art. These true incidents, which were discovered through research in newspapers, blogs and archives, are being told in a clinical voice that oscillates between the voice of a narrator and a news reporter while a black screen can be seen. People were made anonymous and a time classification is only possible through the image and sound editing that reminds one of old recordings. This allows the observer to perceive the messages more clearly as “news” and lends the piece of work a documentary character. The piece of work will be broadcasted on the Austrian arts tv canal Okto.tv at the beginning of 2011.





HAPPENINGS (Radio Edit)