Notes
1
As reported by Antje Ehmann, Farocki wanted to begin this text, which seemed too prosaic to him, “with a documentary observational furor.” We follow Antje’s suggestion of preceding it with an entry from Farocki’s diary. —Trans.
2
Cameraman Ingo Kratisch explains that this is a Panasonic AG-HPX 250, which was first used to shoot Farocki’s Sauerbruch Hutton Architects (2013). —Trans.
3
Farocki’s formulation is somewhat unclear. To clarify, one could say that the camera continuously films and stores up to three seconds of HD video while in standby mode. These short cycles of footage are replaced by newly generated pre-recorded footage and are only saved if a shot is recorded.—Trans.
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