In Memory

In his works, Omer Fast examines the mechanisms of personal experience, memory and history. A real event or occurrence often stands at the centre of his investigation, which through interviews and reconstructions is illuminated from various different angles. The layering of narration and representation in these constructions is the outstanding feature of his filmic work. For Fast, narration is not a closed continuum, but a developing product that is constantly changing through repetition and reproduction.

Omer Fast: In Memory can be read as a visual, literary parallel to Fast’s films – and guarantees a unique immersion in a world where the easy shift between documentation, narration, memory, fantasy, reality, and fiction becomes possible.

The texts by Sabine Schaschl, René Zechlin, Hila Peleg & Anselm Franke, Tom Holert and Gideon Lewis-Kraus were carefully and heavily annotated by Omer Fast, and his remarks engage with the critical writing about his work, yet also introduce a fictional layer.

The book was edited by Sabine Schaschl.