Artists

Artist Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica

  • Artist | Harun Farocki and Andrei UjicaHarun Farocki and Andrei Ujica
    Videograms of a Revolution, 1992
    Courtesy the artists

Harun Farocki
Born 1944 in Novy Jicin, Czechoslovakia
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Andrei Unica
Born 1951 in Timisoara, Romania
Lives and works in Berlin and Karlsruhe, Germany

Assembled under the direction of Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica from independent and state video and film sources, Videograms of a Revolution chronicles the Romanian revolution of 1989 – including the fall, attempted flight and Christmas-day execution of President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena. The documentary consists of found-footage, assembled and intercut to gradually reveal the course of history over the ten days of populist revolt. Using the film and video sources to full advantage, the filmmakers present some of the major moments in the story from multiple perspectives – a strategy that subtly interrogates the use of film in recording history.