In the video installation overexposed/underexposed Mila Zhluktenko and Daniel Asadi Faezi investigate eight locations in different parts of Munich that are imbued with the experience of terrorist violence. These are places where people were killed, injured, or traumatized. Some of the crimes have become well known far beyond the city limits, others still do not have a permanent place in the collective memory. In some cases, the crimes are still being investigated while people continue to struggle to have the victims properly remembered. Every act of terrorism has its own complex history, and yet they are all connected. A network of lines—some of them invisible—also links these events with the Nazi past.
overexposed/underexposed brings together all these events into a single space where visitors can pause to reflect. How can a city arrive at a collective confrontation with such terrorist attacks? How can the victims be remembered? The camera captures each of the eight locations in turn at the time the crime was committed. The result is a continuous narrative that follows the progression of a day, conjuring up past events. The installation takes the exhibition Munich and National Socialism as its starting point and adds a new aesthetic experience to it. At the same time the project should be understood as a memorial in film dedicated to the memory of the victims of the attacks.

Credits

directors, writers, producers, editors | Daniel Asadi Faezi & Mila Zhluktenko

cinematographer | Tobias Blickle

sound recordist & dramaturgical consultant | Kristina Kilian
camera assistant | Johanna Seggelke

color grading | Nicholas Coleman – OASYS Digital

title design | Paul Rutrecht
translation | Isabelle Heinemann

filmstock | Kodak
s
can | Yves Dujardin
set design | Sarah Autenrieth & Kristina Kilian
programming & projection | Dominik Schatz
Technical supervision | Joseph Köttl

scientific advisor | Dr. Ulla-Britta Vollhardt

project consultant and curator | Dr. Anke Hoffsten