Sehtext: Fingergedicht
VALIE EXPORT
Sehtext: Fingergedicht, 1973
"Video-Gedicht"
Video based on the series of photographs of the same title "Sight Poem: Finger Poem", 1969 Video, black and white, silent, 1 min 50 sec Performer: VALIE EXPORT
GF0000233.00.0-1997
Artwork text
Using a “finger signal language” developed by children, VALIE EXPORT writes letter by letter: “ich sage die zeige mit zeichen im zeigen der sage (frei nach Martin Heidegger).” [I say the sign with signals in the sign of the saying (as Martin Heidegger might have said)]. (Sabine Breitwieser)