To Ludger Orlok
by Diego Chamy & Vered Nethe
Around February 2007, I became interested in the concept of "broadcast yourself" and the way it was changing our way of conceiving and perceiving the video format. I started to film Vered and myself singing and dancing folk and pop songs in the kitchen of the container-prefabricated house we were living in. In those days, I had plans to make a short visit to Berlin, where I wanted to present my duo performance with the German trumpet player Axel Dörner. I contacted Ludger Orlok, the artistic director of Tanzfabrik, and proposed our work to him. Mr. Orlok asked for a video of this work, but at the time Axel and I didn't have any filmed material. Instead, I decided to send Mr. Orlok footage of Vered and me dancing in our kitchen, presented in a video addressed specifically to him, under the title "To Ludger Orlok". The proposal was rejected.
Sde Warburg, Israel, 2007