PETER IS DEAD (PETER IST TOT)

Peter is dead. Why do humans make puzzles? Does photography conserve memory? What is a good story? Why is one interested in the life of a stranger? How do you read a stranger? This video consists of photographs which the artist found in the garbage bin of his house. The essence of a stranger’s life was thrown away. A fictive biography based on analogue photographs tells the life of Peter, the truck driver and barkeeper from West-Berlin, who could also have been called Klaus or Jürgen. Why were these pictures thrown away? Does Peter not deserve to be remembered? Or do we just want a good story?

TitlePETER IS DEADMediumHD VideoLength15 minCountryNetherlandsYear2012