恩斯特‧米茲卡 Ernst Mitzka 1969, 05:59mins

簡介/Synopsis

從1920年代開始娃雷斯卡‧基爾特就是一位知名，且非傳統的舞者與演員。在當時她的演出已經具有60年代表演藝術之特質。1969年當錄像機還是完全非常新的產品的時候，恩斯特‧米茲卡成功地說服了娃雷斯卡‧基爾特，在錄影機前表演兩場作品。娃雷斯卡‧基爾特直接看著錄影機，在短短的幾分鐘之內，她生動的臉部表情道出了人生的開始與結束：新生兒、死亡。
這部錄像作品之前從未放映過。直到今天，拍攝完成40年之後，才又被發現並修復。

From the 1920s onwards, Valeska Gert (1892–1978) was a famous, albeit unconventional, dancer and actress. Her appearances on stage anticipated crucial qualities of the performance art of the 1960s. In 1969 – at a time when video recordings still were a real novelty– the artist Ernst Mitzka was able to talk her into performing two pieces in front of the video camera. Valeska Gert faces the camera and in the space of only a few minutes her mimic reflects the beginning and the end of life: Das Baby, der Tod – The Baby, Death.
However, the videos were never shown. Only now, almost 40 years after recording, they re-emerged and were restored.