now:

BAEUME PFLANZEN – BAEUME ABHAUEN
DU WIRST VIELE WEGE GEH‘N, DIE ICH HEUTE SCHON KENNE

video, works on paper

»Truth is produced through repetition«

Hans Stuetzer takes as his theme how human beings, singly and in groups,
create their identities. In particular he adresses the issue of the new
national narrative in Germany since reunification.
The sequence of images move from spurious historical iconography to ritual.

Barbur Gallery Jerusalem
6 Shirizli Street, Nachlaot, Jerusalem
barbur.org

installation shots:

»We are proud of our heritage and excited about our future«
4 screen video projection, 10.33 minute loop, DVD
The footage was shot at four different public christening ceremonies between 2006 and 2010
in the port of the city of Hamburg.

left:

»Eine stille Sommernacht war hingegangen über die Berge, und der Tag wollte kommen.«
(Possible translation: A Still Summer Night Passed over the Mountains - and the Day Wanted to Follow)
slide, photograph of videoset, 2007

right:
»What do I know about Flying«
print, ink, wax and pastel on paper, 2008

»Nun blickt hier unten um Euch her«

(Possible translation: Now look around you down here)
Collage of promotional offset prints, 2010

video stills: