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Hito Steyerl, DE
Hito Steyerl, November (2004) (still). DV, single channel, sound. 25 min. Image CC 4.0 © Manifesta 5/Hito Steyerl. Courtesy the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York; Esther Schipper, Berlin.
Short film screened at Museo San Telmo.
This film by German artist Hito Steyerl was based on the life of her friend Andrea Wolf, who, prior to her assassination as a suspected Kurdish terrorist in 1998, was accused of being a member of the Red Army faction in Germany. Using Wolf’s biography, the film questioned the concept of “terrorism” by reflecting on the roles of perpetrator and victim. The film became an elegy to a deceased friend, as well as a commentary on the defunct ideologies of revolution.