“Klaatu barada niktu” , 17’19”,
2002
Klaatu barada nikto
“Apart from unbelievable miracles,
can highly developed technology also
bring about moral redemption?”
The night shots of Klaatu barada nikto were taken on
the 20th and the 21st of May 2002, between the barricades
of
demonstrators, and the impenetrable protective shield
created by the German security forces on the occasion
of the Berlin
visit of US President George W. Bush and his Security
Advisor Condoleezza Rice. Sequences from the science
fiction classic "The
Day the Earth Stood Still" (USA 1951, directed by
Robert Wise) as well as found film-footage, visual material,
and selected sound recordings were also included in the
work.
What the Berlin public – and the president himself – hoped
for and expected was a meaningful encounter and public
speech, which was hindered by no more than the politically
inhospitable atmosphere. The video approaches this
unfulfilled wish to experience the president and his
message in person.
At the same time, its title, Klaatu barada nikto, delivers
the quintessence of George W. Bush’s “Berlin
Address”.
Shahram Entekhabi
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| Born 1957 in Beroujerd/Iran, lives and works
since 1983 in Berlin, 1983 - 2000 works as an independent
architect, since 2001 active in the fields of video art,
photography, installation, and community art. |
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| Education |
| 1979 - 1982 |
studied architecture and Italian language in Perugia
and Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| 1976 - 1979 |
studied graphic-design at the University of Teheran,
Iran |
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| Exhibitions, screenings and festivals |
| 2003 |
Permanent installation of the sculpture „seat“ in
the lounge of the Video-Forums of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein,
Berlin |
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Screening program "Einige Bemerkungen über
den Nutzen wissenschaftlicher und methodologischer Filme" by
Olga Egorova (St. Petersburg), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein,
Berlin |
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Screening program "Different views in and out of
Berlin" on the occassion of the project "In-between
countries", Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte,
Berlin |
| 2002 |
Screening program “Bush Videonight”, open
space, Berlin-Kreuzberg |
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Screening program "Pop - Sound - Video" in
the Städtische Museum Zwickau |
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Video documentary of the work "Berlin Possible/Impossible" by
Tanja Dabo for the exhibition "The Misfits",
Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin |
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"Evolutionäre Zellen" of the group "finger",
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin (Project "Staatrundfahrt") |
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"Stardust Deluxe. Kunstaktionen zur Popkultur",
LisaLounge and Villa Elisabeth, Berlin |
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"The 1st International Kansk Video Festival",
Kansk/Russia |
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