Window Projections | Every day from sunset to 02:00 AM.
"Record Archive on Videotape " by Claus Böhmler

n.b.k. Video-Forum | Window Projections

Tue, 01/02/2024 -
Sun, 01/07/2024
Goethe-Institut Montreal

The Goethe-Institut Montreal, in cooperation with the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), presents a screening programme of 20 video works from n.b.k Video-Forum’s extensive video art collection, curated by Anna Lena Seiser (Head of Collection n.b.k. Video-Forum).

The individual films will be shown for a week at a time sunset to 2:00 a.m. on the display windows of the Goethe-Institut at 1626 Boul. St-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, H2X 2T1, Canada and can be viewed on an indoor screen during the Goethe-Institut's opening hours:

Record Archive on Videotape  

Claus Böhmler 
1987 
03:04:00  
Collection Video-Forum, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)  

Produced in 1987, Record Archive on Videotape shows a single camera shot of a record player in operation, on which the artist plays various records in their entirety over a period of 184 minutes. The audio recordings are briefly interrupted by the intervention of the artist’s hand as he changes the record. We hear a colorful mix of musical, ethnological, political, and natural history recordings, which sometimes cite other media forms, such as the soundtrack from the Hitchcock classic Psycho and recordings of the The Ed Sullivan Show, a former television variety show in the United States. The video works like a guide through an open journey of associations and ideas, which reveal myriad influences and sensory approaches to spaces of memory in a manner that is both simple and poignant. 
 
Claus Böhmler (*1939 in Heilbronn, †2017 in Hamburg) created an exuberant body of work in over 50 years of artistic activity. Böhmler worked across different media, especially with drawings, which he often animated as videos. He also worked with language, electronic media, and installations. Böhmler’s work exudes a sense of experimentation and humor and can be considered part of the Fluxus movement. From 1974 to 2005, Böhmler was a professor of fine arts at Hochschule für Bildende (HFBK) in Hamburg.