Harun Farocki 1944 - 2014

The artist Harun Farocki died on Wednesday at the age of 70.

"We admired him and we loved him and we learnt from him, always." Kodwo Eshun writes about Harun Farocki. I happened to participate in some of Farocki's courses at the Academy in Vienna and receiving the news of his death it is hard to write anything. Farocki's philosophical, political and artistic standpoint, his precise and enlightening films, texts and installations are and will remain alive.

At the moment you can see three of his works in Salzburg: "Schnittstelle/Interface" from 1995 and "I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts" from 2001 at the Museum on the Mönchsberg and "The Silver And The Cross" from 2010 at the Rupertinum.

The museum is reacting to the sad news and will also show "Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges" from 1988 on the Mönchsberg.

Harun Farocki came here to the opening and gave a talk just 4 days before he died.