Zum Beispiel Balthasar, 6 Jahre
Artist
Rosemarie Trockel
(Tyskland, född 1952)
Alternate Title
- Till exempel Balthasar, 6 år
- For Example Balthasar, 6 Years Old
Date1996
MediumVideo, color, stereo sound
Dimensions9:15 min
ClassificationMoving Images
Credit LineDonation 2001 from The Friends of Moderna Museet
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2001/271
CollectionsModerna Museets Vänner
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkIt starts with a boy laughing. In slow motion, the camera follows the little boy and a girl, in the company of two dogs, on their walk through a beautiful summer landscape. The boy is dressed as a grown man, in an old-fashioned dark suit, white shirt and hat. He is carrying a suitcase. The girl walks by his side. The young couple wipe each other's tears. Perhaps this is about farewells. The boy is on a voyage - is he heading for the wide world? When the couple stop in the paradisiacal landscape they see a bird holding its prey in its talons, circling high up in the air. Is this a premonition of the darker sides of life?
The road leads to a small village where they both enter a chapel. The boy starts to ring the bell hanging in front of the cross; suddenly he turns into a child again and is clinging to the bell rope. He laughs, like he did at the beginning of the film. As he swings by a rope in gym class in school, is he perhaps dreaming about what life has in store?
As in most of Trockel's films, the soundtrack is essential.
Zum Beispiel Balthasar, 6 Jahre is a beautiful, melancholic parable on life and dreams.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad med blå kulspetspenna på kassettens etikett, Utgåva i blå tusch på kassettens etikett Selected exhibition history Rosemarie Trockel (den 29 september 2018 - den 10 mars 2019) Moderna Museet Malmö Rosemarie Trockel (2001) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Hyllningar - Moderna Museets Vänner 50 år (2003) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Rosemarie Trockel : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 10 februari - 22 april 2001Rosemarie Trockel : Det lika olika : [Moderna Museet Malmö 29/9 2018-3/3 2019]
The road leads to a small village where they both enter a chapel. The boy starts to ring the bell hanging in front of the cross; suddenly he turns into a child again and is clinging to the bell rope. He laughs, like he did at the beginning of the film. As he swings by a rope in gym class in school, is he perhaps dreaming about what life has in store?
As in most of Trockel's films, the soundtrack is essential.
Zum Beispiel Balthasar, 6 Jahre is a beautiful, melancholic parable on life and dreams.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad med blå kulspetspenna på kassettens etikett, Utgåva i blå tusch på kassettens etikett Selected exhibition history Rosemarie Trockel (den 29 september 2018 - den 10 mars 2019) Moderna Museet Malmö Rosemarie Trockel (2001) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Hyllningar - Moderna Museets Vänner 50 år (2003) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Rosemarie Trockel : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 10 februari - 22 april 2001Rosemarie Trockel : Det lika olika : [Moderna Museet Malmö 29/9 2018-3/3 2019]