Übertragung (Transmission) 2007

In Übertragung (Transmission) 2007, Harun Farocki records processions and pilgrimages to sites and objects of social, political and religious significance. The attraction and veneration of these monuments reflects a wide range of desires and identifications, from individual memory to spiritual enlightenment and religious practice.

These kinds of collective memories are often memorialised in stone, a material which in turn bears the imprint of time and memory itself and is often visibly marked with the traces of visitors. In emphasising how diverse people across the globe are united in their urge to connect with sites of worship, Farocki highlights the tangled relationship between the healing power of images and our need for objects to mediate the social forces and historic events whose complexities makes them difficult to comprehend.