blot out
installation

projection, videostill series

videostill:
source: german federal archives / functional-motor stimulus and paralysis conditions in war participants and their healing through suggestion in hypnosis, produced by the royal image and film office bufa in berlin / reference: 56403

like shell shock, blot out addresses the trauma of war neurosis, with a particular focus on the use of chemical warfare. a projection and an accompanying photo series – overlaid with chemical formulas – present historical film fragments.