When My Mother's Brother Was Born, It Smelled Like Wild Pear Blossom in Front of the Brown-Burnt Sill

WHEN MY MOTHER'S BROTHER WAS BORN, IT SMELLED LIKE WILD PEAR BLOSSOM IN FRONT OF THE BROWN-BURNT SILL

1.0

1992

4 min.

Original Title

Als der Bruder meiner Mutter geboren wurde, duftete es nach wilden Birnenblüten vor dem braungebrannten Sims

Overview

The video drifts between reason and dream and, like the installation, floats between earth and sky. Rist tries to give answers to such questions as ‘How much of what you see and hear comes from outside and how much is constructed by your brain? Why does your hair grow out of your head as if your skull was a cornfield?’.