Images of the World and the Inscription of War
Farocki’s intriguing and troubling film explores the processes of visual perception and how they affect our understanding of history and society...
See moreJean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.
See moreSerious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. Filmed at the United States Marine Corps Air Ground...
See moreStill Life
According to Harun Farocki, today's photographers working in advertising are, in a way, continuing the tradition of 17th century Flemish painters...
See moreA Happy Family Life
In Comparison
In Comparison revisits issues explored in the director's 2007 two channel installation Comparison Via a Third. Spanning continents and cultures...
See moreSerious Games 2 – Three Dead
An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. Three Dead depicts a military exercise within a mock...
See moreInterface
Harun Farocki was commissioned by the Lille Museum of Modern Art to produce a video 'about his work'. His creation was an installation for two...
See moreHenry Angst
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. In A Sun With No Shadow, Farocki calls attention to...
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Kinder sind keine Rinder
A New Product
A New Product is a corporate documentary, or, that is, a document of corporate qualities; specifically about what seems to be a small company whose...
See moreWages and Love
A Picture of Sarah Schumann
This Harun Farocki film shows the creation of a picture on which the artist worked for nine weeks. Sarah Schumann lives in Berlin and is a pioneer...
See moreThe Wollands
Horst Wolland is a welder in Berlin who tries to move up the career ladder to better provide for his family. He is on the verge of being promoted...
See moreSingle. A Record is Being Produced
Single is not a theoretical treatise; it just uses clips to show how a single is produced. The song is Time to Love, the singers call themselves...
See moreNothing Ventured
What venture capital or VC for short actually means is explained in the film itself. Banks only lend money against collateral. Those who have none...
See moreLetzte Liebe
Depicts a murky masochistic relationship.
See moreSerious Games 1–4
Harun Farocki: Serious Games I–IV (2009–10) explores the use of virtual reality and gaming technology in U.S. military recruitment, training and...
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