If all pictures became current, in that they pass by and in doing so, are connectable with one another, whether elegantly or obscenely, through translation or associationhow would it be possible to fasten down a picture? Hito Steyerls light-hearted picture translations are about fastening things in an elegant-obscene way: In Tokyo she is looking for a photo series that she posed for in 1987 as a rope bondage model. While making inquiries with experts and authorities in the bondage arts (which are mainly marketed online nowadays), she found what she was looking for in a magazine archive. The cinematic tension is extremely high just now says the translator while Steyerl looks through photos of herself from her days as a film student.
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Cast
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Hito Steyerl
Herself
Also in
Strike II
Steve Osada
Himself
Also in
Bondage Master Quintet
Stefan Landorf
Asagi Ageha
Herself
Chimuo Nureki
Himself
Also in
Lost Paradise: Riding Habit Harakiri
Matthias T. J. Grimme
Himself
Yutaka Matsumoto
Himself
Kinichi Tanaka
Himself
Andrea Wolf
Self (archive footage)
Hito Steyerl Director · Stefan Landorf Editor
First release January 1, 2007 · Produced in Austria, Germany, Japan · Languages English, German, Japanese
Production
Austria · Germany · Japan
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 1, 2007
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
December 26, 2007 · Theatrical
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