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Rainer Oldendorf
Rainer Oldendorf, Marco, 1957-1997
tirage couleur, 30 x 40cm
collection Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Paris
Born in 1961 in Lüchow (Germany), he lives and works in Paris.
Rainer Oldendorf constructs from exhibition to exhibition a work in the form of a 16 mm feature film entitled Marco, each stage of which is an additional sequence. A film that is gradually built up over time and takes on an unpredictable configuration depending on the following stages. In each place where he is invited to exhibit, he proposes to shoot an additional sequence in which he systematically involves people he has met on the spot who play in their environment. The scenario is based on existing film fragments. It is a film to be followed...
Co-production with the Caisse de Dépôts et Consignations.