A R C H I V E1 9 9 4  
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  Ann-Katrin Schaffner
Niemals
  Germany 1994
Videotape, 4:23, colour, mono
A young woman undresses and dances in front of a mirror. The camera/viewer is a fly on the wall. The picture is coarse-grained yet subtle like Picasso-blue. The woman's movements grow wilder, ecstatic almost. She pivots like a dervish, catching occasional glimpses of her 'self' in the mirror. Her circular movement makes a sound, as if an angel beats its wings. Then she calms down, folds her hands in front of her face and seems to pray. She kneels down and slowly disappears out of the mirror reflection. What remains is the soft suggestion of watery sounds.

Erik Quint

With thanks to: Peter Henning, Production: DFFB