Der Dämon in Berlin
The Demon in Berlin

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Two original formats: Super 8 and video. (Source: László Beke, Miklós Peternák (dir.), Gábor Bódy, 1946-1985, A presentation of his work, Budapest, Mucsarnok, 1987.)

Part of this video was used for INFERMENTAL II. (Source: László Beke, Miklós Peternák (dir.), Gábor Bódy, 1946-1985, A presentation of his work, Budapest, Mucsarnok, 1987.)

This video is the first part of Zur Anthologie der Verführung (The Anthology of Seduction) preceding Either/Or in Chinatown (1984). (Source: László Beke, Miklós Peternák (dir.), Gábor Bódy, 1946-1985, A presentation of his work, Budapest, Mucsarnok, 1987.)

"This videotape comes from Lermontov's epic poem "The Demon"; and is a series of loosely grouped excerpts and pictures that complement each other in a contrapunctual manner. I consider this production as the first part of a continuous work entitled The Anthology of Seduction - which explains the subtitle. In this anthology room must be found for all the gems of European and non-European literature dealing with the theme of seduction: thus among others, Don Giovanni, Faust, a Korean fairy-tale, Kierkegaard's The Diary of a Seducer and Madame Butterfly. Mainly there exists but one story of seduction: that of the interchange of seduced and seducer, and in my mind this story takes place in the Berlin of today. Although parts of the anthology can already be found in the pictures, the text is restricted to Lermontov's Damon. In the last scene of the video for example, where the face of a woman turns into a face of another. (...) (G.B.)" (Source, website, C3)

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Presentation place

- DAAD Galerie, Berlin ouest, 1982 (première mondiale). - Dans l'exposition The Second Link présenté à : Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, 8 juillet - 21 juillet 1983 ; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 18 août - 27 septembre 1983 ; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 9 septembre - 16 octobre 1983 ; A Space, Toronto, 1 octobre - 29 octobre 1983 ; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, 20 novembre 1983 - 15 janvier 1984 ; Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Londres, 16 décembre 1983 - 15 janvier 1984. - Dans l'exposition The Second Link au Japon : Fukuoka Art Museum ; Hara Museum of Contemporary Art ; Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art ; Education and Cultural City of Sapporo ; Hygo Prefectual Museum of Modern Art ; The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 1984. - 1ère Biennale du film et de la vidéo, Rio de Janeiro, 1984. - Forum international du jeune film, Berlin, 1985. - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen [Festival international du court métrage d'Oberhausen], Oberhausen, 1985. - Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne, 1985. - Sydney videofestival, Sydney, 1985. - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (WDR), Cologne, 1985.

Publications and Periodicals which reference the work

- László Beke & Miklós Peternák (eds.), Gábor Bódy, 1946-1985, A presentation of his work, Mucsarnok, Budapest, 1987.

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