Das Stück auf dem Land
The Piece in the Country (Failure Piece #2)

Description

The video starts with a title in the form of a notebook sticker, on a green surface, saying “The piece in the country” and then a similar sticker with “failure piece #2”. One can hear birds singing at this point. A black sequence follows, when Dieter Froese says, “when we left for the country, I had decided I would take my video equipment along”. The image then starts with a shot of woods. Afterwards Froese films the surroundings of the house where he is staying, and speaks about the piece he is trying to do, and why he is doing it. The video goes on showing the surroundings, and some inserts of sky, animals and objects while Froese speaks of his motives and ideas for a “piece in the country”. (Source, pdf, 40yearsvideoart.de)

Additional Informations

The work was originally recorded on 1/2'' SONY V-30 open reel, NTSC, using a JVC Portapak two-tube camera and portable color deck. This tape was then edited onto 1⁄2" open reels (Sony V-31 and Sony V-72). In 1980, final editing was done, adding new sounds, using a U-matic Studio JVC 8250

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