Vengeance, 2022, HD, single-channel video projection, 12:27 Min, 16:9, (loop), color, sound, dimensions variable.
Revenge, 2022, HD, three-channel video projection, 12:12 Min, 16:9, (loop), color, sound, dimensions variable. Jewish Museum Frankfurt
Photocredits: Norbert Miguletz.
Many narratives in popular culture fantasize about a figure with superpowers fighting on the side of the downtrodden and exacting vengeance on their tormentors for them. Quite often, either this figure or the downtrodden are marked as Jewish in comics, movies, books and internet series as well as in the lyrics of some popular songs. Many of these portrayals, such as X-Men, the movie Inglourious Basterds and the Amazon series Hunters have become icons in pop culture. In the video installation, The Videowork takes up these icons and transports them into present-day Berlin in the form of a re-enactment. However, not all the figures are presented as we know them from the original.
Maincast: Daniel Kahn, Alexandra Sinelnikova, Aaron Smith
Supporting Cast:Jasmine Bakalarz, Nicola Galliner, Oliver Doron Hoffmann, Leon Kahane, Sonia Knop, Atalya Laufer, Shlomo Pozner, Alexandra Sinelnikova, Natalia Sinelnikova
Director and Screenplay: Daniel Laufer
Camera: Robert Schulzmann, Daniel Laufer
Filmditor: Daniel Laufer
Sound: Frank Bubenzer, Tom Schön
Mastering: Alex Stolze
Music: Markus Hinz, Volker Zander
With support of: Fluentum- Contemporary Time-based Art, Berlin
Commission/ Production: Jewish Museum Frankfurt