Jürgen Wink

The obscure philosopher Georg Hermes almost withdrew from the world to concentrate on his studies, especially Heraclitus, having no relationship since his mother's death. When he wants a new suit for a lecture (actually very minor) about his new book, he meets the sisters Franziska, Breate and Marthe, who run a boutique, share a house and have a lover each. Those invite Georg to dinner, Franziska even on dates. Falling off a boat he gets naked with her, and they become lovers. The girls all take to Hermes and get him to move in, spoiled by all and offered polygamy.

Allemagne 1927, une Garden party entre jeunes aristocrates. C'est l'été. Amour, désir, ivresse les envahissent pour le meilleur comme pour le pire. Ni limite, ni compromis : guidé par la seule quête d'absolu, Günther est entré dans la spirale de la perte des valeurs. Hilde, sa soeur, a épousé la même conduite, allant jusqu'à entretenir une liaison avec Hans, l'amant de Günther. Attisant les jalousies, cette relation va devenir le centre d'un drame orchestré par un Club du suicide. Paul, l'écrivain, en sera le témoin actif précipitant ainsi la tragédie.

The Alter Bahnhof Video Walk was designed for the old train station in Kassel, Germany as part of dOCUMENTA (13). Participants are able to borrow an iPod and headphones from a check-out booth. They are then directed by Cardiff and Miller through the station. An alternate world opens up where reality and fiction meld in a disturbing and uncanny way that has been referred to as “physical cinema”. The participants watch things unfold on the small screen but feel the presence of those events deeply because of being situated in the exact location where the footage was shot. As they follow the moving images (and try to frame them as if they were the camera operator) a strange confusion of realities occurs. In this confusion, the past and present conflate and Cardiff and Miller guide us through a meditation on memory and reveal the poignant moments of being alive and present.