I don’t think that would be relevant to share or describe bits of Omer Fast’s film installations. The disconcerting and powerful experience of his work comes from the journey from one space to another, from one video to another, from one story to another. He blurs the frontier between fiction and reality and plays with anachronism but he always trusts the visitors’ intelligence, our ability to question the production and the reception of images or information. Everyone has a story to tell in Omer Fast’s movies, even the visitor. I’ve often been annoyed and surprised by bad layouts in famous museums in Amsterdam. I was so pleased that NIMk’s building and space were interacting so well with the installations and added a compelling layer of dramaturgy. No video, just a picture of a splendid scene.
Nostalgia, The Casting, De Grote Boodschap by Omer Fast, at NIMk, Amsterdam, until 23 July.
