Parler
- Date of creation : 1972
- Country : Germany
- Duration : 01:00:00
- Artist - Author : Jochen Gerz
Description
"Sarkis and Jochen Gerz sit facing each other in conversation at a table, each speaking in his own native language (Turkish, German). The video recording is part of the edition entitled Six pieces on language.
[Jochen Gerz:] We sat down at a table, one opposite the other. Sarkis spoke Turkish, his native language, and I spoke German, so we couldn't understand each other. We talked like this for two hours in Sarkis's apartment."
(Source: Volker Rattemeyer & Renate Petzinger (eds.), Jochen Gerz, Performances, Installationen und Arbeiten im öffentlichen Raum, Werkverzeichnis Band 1, Nürnberg, Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 1999, p.36.)
- Types : video performance, video
- Place of production : Atelier Sarkis Zabunyan, Paris
Publications and Periodicals which reference the work
Volker Rattemeyer & Renate Petzinger (eds.), Jochen Gerz, Performances, Installationen und Arbeiten im öffentlichen Raum, Werkverzeichnis Band 1, Nürnberg, Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 1999.