A Hole In The Hat
Switzerland, 1991
FILM,
Experimental,
32 min.
- directed by
- Peter Liechti
- Status
- In distribution
The film by Peter Liechti documents the "dedication" of this installation in the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen: Nam June Paik plays the piano to his own audiovisual sculpture, alternately with the free-jazz duo Voice Crack.
"Beuys' Voice - A Hole in the Hat" (1987), which was created for Documenta 8, is an artistic homage to his companion: Joseph Beuys, who had passed away the previous year. In this video installation short sequences of images taken from a mutual performance are shown in staccato-like clips, contrasted with several of the artist's insignia - such as the burning hat - edited with computer-generated sequences. The use of such sequences became exemplary not only for the development of video art, but also for the subsequent MTV and music video generation.
credits
- World Premiere
- 1991
- Original Version
- colour, Digi Beta, 32 min.
- Production
- Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
- Producer
- directed by
- Peter Liechti
- Cinematography
- Peter Guyer
- Editing
- Peter Liechti
- Music
- Nam June Paik
Cast
Nam June Paik
Norbert Möslang
Andy Guhl
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Liechti Filmproduktion GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Liechti Filmproduktion GmbH Distribution