Video, 360 Minuten, London, 1998
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The Letter
Dear ....
I'd like to invite you to my 'private view'.
1. You decide:
a) the date and the time when the 'private view' takes place - within the given period.
b) the space where to watch/show/present the work.
c) how to set up the work (you need a vhs-vcr and a TV monitor)
d) how the 'private view' should be, if you want to invite other people/friends - people you think are interested in this work and have a party or make it your own/personal 'private view'.
2. Points for your considerations:
is it necessary to check / examine / test the work before you show it to other people? Could it be offensiveß Or could you just take the chance and show the work without previewing it.
3. The work itself:
The cassette contains film N°1-8 (3 hours, the films differ in length) of an ongoing series of films, which I started to produce in may 1997. Up to this date 16 videos were produced.
4. The network:
you are part of a network. There are 50 video cassettes on distribution at the moment. If you enjoyed watching the work and would like me to give it to your friends, send me their addresses and let them become part of the network.
5. Myself
Otto Dietrich; student in Combined Media at Chelsea Collage of Art in London; born in Germany 1970
I met you in .... (place) in .... (date)
Thanks for participation in 'private view'
Best wishes
Otto Dietrich
Letter - 2. page
Participants:
Kevin Atherton - London
Marcel Bennington - New York
Kerstin Bergmann - Stuttgart
Pierre Bismuth - London
Ruth Blench - London
Heinz-Georg Boskamp - Grevenbroich
Henriette Bretton-Meyer - London
Susanne Bürner - Karlsruhe
David Cunningham - London
Andreas Dietrich - Nördlingen
Jeff Edwards - London
Valie Export - Wien
Berta Fischer - Berlin
Ceal Floyer - London
Günther Förg - Areuse
Beate Geissler - Karlsruhe
Dagmar Glausnitzer - London
Hermann Greiner - Silheim
Walter Greiner - Augsburg
Frieder Grindler - Untergroeningen
Boris Groys - Köln
Lydia Hartl - München
Nataly Hocke - Berlin
Charlie Hooker - Brighton
Rainer Joss - Würzburg
Ernst Kahl - Hamburg
Thomas Kratz - Karlsruhe
Sandra Kreidl - Roth
Christin Lahr - Berlin
David Larcher - Köln
Thomas Meyer - Öttingen
Patrizia Müller - Berlin
Annette Nagler - München
Gero Perlitz - Düsseldorf
Peyotl - Paris
Piotre - Roman Haze - Leipzig
Michael Raff - Köln
Gunter Rambow - Frankfurt
Tim o' Riley - London
Oliver Sann - Köln
Christian Schauer - Rottendorf
Corinne Söffker - München
Georgina Starr - London
Michael Steinhöfer - Nördlingen
Thomas Stelzle - Nürnberg
Niklas Svenung - New York
Anna Thew - London
Franka Überschär - Berlin
Sabine Voigt - Belzheim
Rebecca Warren - London
Chris Yetton - London