Marcel Odenbach

In cooperation with Kunsthalle Wien, mumok cinema presents two new film works by the German artist Marcel Odenbach, whose solo exhibition Beweis zu nichts (Proof of Nothing) is currently showing at Kunsthalle Wien. The two works Ein Bild vom Bild machen (Taking a picture of the picture) and Fishing is not done on Tuesdays explore similar themes to the works in the exhibition, and stand for the artist’s own intensive investigation of the past and of memory. Odenbach is in particular interested in German postwar history and the vestiges and echoes of National Socialism right up to the present. His films address themes like dealing with past, genocide, and the consequences of colonialism. He goes beyond the European context and looks at diverse cultures and political constellations. His own biography and the stories of the lives of others are important motifs in his work, which presents his case both aesthetically and politically.