Titles by Marcel Odenbach
- (Srecan Susret) Die gluckliche Begegnung
- As if Memories Could Deceive Me
- Dans la vision peripherique du temoin (In the peripheral vision of the witness)
- Die Distanz zwischen mir und meinen Verlusten
- Die Einen den Anderen
- Ich mache die Schmerzprobe (I do the Pain Test)
- Sich selbst bei Laune halten (To Stay in a Good Mood)
- Standig auf dem Sprung Sein
- Stehen ist Nichtumfallen (Standing is not Falling Down)
- Vorurteile (oder die Not macht Erfinderisch)
Dans la vision peripherique du temoin (In the peripheral vision of the witness)
Shot on location at Versailles and in Paris, Dans la vision peripherique du temoin unfolds as a provocative inquiry into the psychological and cultural apparatus of vision — seeing and being seen, voyeurism and narcissism, the gaze and the self. The screen is divided into three vertical panels, creating a formal composition of simultaneous imagery. Collapsing public and private vision, Odenbach presents a costume drama in the palace at Versailles, views of everyday Parisian life, a philosophical dialogue between a young and an old man, urban architecture, Hollywood film scenes. Within the triptych, the artist himself is seen running through lanes of traffic. This work was originally produced as a three-channel, multi-media installation for the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
With: Jean-Pierre Daroussin, Claude-Antoine Leroy. Camera: Marcel Odenbach. Script: Michele Perbet. Music: Bach, Gershwin, Liszt, Simply Red, Bob Moses. Sound: Nicolas Joly. A production of Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National d'Art Moderne.
