Julian Rosefeldt: Layers of Reality
Julian Rosefeldt’s retrospective “Nothing is Original” at C/O Berlin shows thirty years of film and video installations that question how cinematic, political, and cultural narratives are constructed.
Using familiar genres like westerns, news broadcasts, and soap operas, Julian Rosefeldt breaks down visual stereotypes and reassembles them to expose their underlying ideologies. The exhibition also includes behind-the-scenes materials and storyboards that reveal his working process.
The Swap, 2015
American Night, 2008/2009
The Ship of Fools, 2007
The Soundmaker, 2004
Drawing from Jim Jarmusch’s idea that meaning lies not in the source of inspiration but in its transformation, the show highlights how Julian Rosefeldt often borrows and reshapes existing material. Another focus is the tension between fiction and documentary. The artist explores the mechanisms behind storytelling, tracing how film shapes collective memory and cultural myths.
Detonation Deutschland, 1999. In collaboration with Piero Steinle
The Shift, 2008
Stunned Man, 2004
The exhibition “Nothing is Original” is on view at C/O Berlin, Germany, until September 16.
