Der Mann sei das Haupt der Frau
- Date of creation : 1973
- Country : Germany
- Duration : 00:06:00
- Technical characteristics : Black & white, Sound
- Artist - Author : Ulrike Rosenbach
Description
"The video work was created as a closed-circuit activity in the studio.
It shows the artist's portrait, above which a Christ-like male portrait floats like a Christian icon. In response to the constantly repeating wording "the man is the head of the woman" (New Testament, Paul 1 Cor. II/3), the actor's hand begins to connect and outline both faces with a concentric network of chalk strokes until she own "head" appears in the center of the created grid."
(Source: Gerhard Glüher (ed.), Ulrike Rosenbach : Wege zur Medienkunst 1969 bis 2004, Köln, Wienand, 2005, p.217.)
Additional Informations
Dedicated to Bruno Damattio.
- Type : video
Publications and Periodicals which reference the work
Gerhard Glüher (ed.), Ulrike Rosenbach : Wege zur Medienkunst 1969 bis 2004, Köln, Wienand, 2005.