the visit, 16.11.2003


“the visit 16.11.2003”, video-art, 5’26”

The last piece of three videos which seem to create a whole…

The meditative and melancholic mood which started with “Cipram 20mg” (2002); moved to “Mourning”(2003) with the feelings of death, loneliness and especially longing.

In both of these videos, the images seem to repeat themselves, and the work needs a specific attention as a whole. There is a stable shot, a stable color in both of them.

Just like a moving photograph…

“Cipram 20mg” is grey; “Mourning”is red…
There is a fairy tale that has to be listened in “Cipram”; and a letter that has to be read in “Mourning”…
“The Visit”, as a continuation of these two videos, is again about the ‘loss’ and the ‘death’…

This time the color is white …

Again, a stable shot and a movement on its own…
And in this movement, photos which have to be seen…
The photos of the one I have lost… The photos of my father…

This video was shot on his first birthday without him , on November 16th 2003…