Berlin Fever

Overview

In 1973, Wolf Vostell, an artist associated with Fluxus, made a happening in which participants were required to perform a series of ritual, obsessive actions, such as “go to the trunk of your vehicle, there open and close the trunk 750 times and 375 times put a white plate in it and take it out 375 times.” Described by Ottinger as a documentation of what Vostell called “dé-coll/age-happening”, the film is an illustration of her creative method, a surrealist act, a separate work of art, and a strange object. She would later describe her method as “fragments of reality assembled in an unusual manner”.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 1, 1973

Original language

English

Cast

Wolf Vostell

Director

Ulrike Ottinger

Cinematography

Ulrike Ottinger

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0069779