AnyoneAnywhereAnytime #Tuin (The Garden) from hermelinde hergenhahn on Vimeo.

• synopsis

  with a mixture of compassion and voyeurism

  the artist shows us a view from a balcony in rotterdam into

  the garden below

  the struggle between man and the sea appears here in the private context

  of an old man and his garden

  the necessity to create and therefore design

  every scrap of land

  determines the Dutch landscape

  an outside space becomes an open air interior

  a garden an everyday Mondriaan

  we see the garden developing into a paradisical island

  a stage where the family members play their parts

  amidst the gloomy neglected plots which surround it

   

  the circle is closed when the black dog looks up

  at the camera and a blanket over the railing

   

  hair blown into the frame

  a little dog’s face define the audience as voyeur too

• synopsis

  is the world a stage

  where does staging begin

  where does observing come to an end

  with a minimum of material

  this everyday scene poses a lot of questions

  where are we

  who are they

  whom do we hear

  who sees whom

  meanwhile the children play among the trees

AnyoneAnywhereAnytime #The Others from hermelinde hergenhahn on Vimeo.

• synopsis

  In between those who are old and handicapped

  and those who are young and have very young kids

  this short video casts a colourful impression

  of Hull’s inner city street life

   

  the footage is edited according to people’s appearance

   

  it is caught within two hours on two days during

  day in day out/ hull/uk/2006

Merry-Go-Round from hermelinde hergenhahn on Vimeo.