MR. HYSTERIA

HENRY VIII's WIVES 2D  ICONIC MOMENTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY        PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION ORDINANCE PHOTOGRAPH        THE FEAR OF DEATH        LIGHT WITHOUT SHADOW (THE POSTER)        RELIGIOSE LEADERS 3D  BREAKING STEP        LIGHT WITHOUT SHADOW        POPULISM        FANTOM        THE DESERT BEAUTIFUL 4D  MR. HYSTERIA        SPIRAL BETTY        THE LOWEST NOTE OF AN ORGAN = THE LENGHT OF A FINGERNAIL GROWN SINCE 1730 = 8HZ        VILLA JELMINI        MACHBARKEIT        GREEN STICK FRACTURE        THE DESERT BEAUTIFUL        DO YOU REMEMBER THIS HOUSE AT ALL?        FABRIKA DA POLVERA 5D  TATLIN's TOWER AND THE WORLD

3 CHANNELS / 5:30

FILMED ON LOCATION AT - THE BERLIN STOCK EXCHANGE, - A MATERNITY WARD, CHARITÉ BERLIN - A POLICE STATION IN VILNIUS (LT) - A NEWSPAPER'S ARCHIVE IN BERLIN EACH PERSON DEPICTED IN THE FILM IS SOMEHOW AT HOME AT THESE LOCATIONS, AS HE/SHE WORKS THERE OR HAS SOME OTHER LINK TO THE PLACE. NONE OF THESE HELPFUL VOLUNTEERSARE ACTORS OR PURSUES ACTING AS A PASTIME. THEY WERE ASKED TO SPEAK ALOUD A TEST WE PROMPTED THEM AS THE CAMERAS WERE ROLLING. THE TEXT WAS COMPOSED OF SNIPPETS OF INTERVIEWS WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET OF STRANGERS, WHO HAD TO FULFIL ONE CONDITION: HAVING BEEN EYEWITNESS TO AN EVENT OF MASS HYSTERIA. NEXT TO REPORTING THEIR MEMORIES WE ASKED THEM TO DESCRIBE A NOOSE, A WAD OF NOTES AND SOME ANALOGUE BLACK/WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.