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The narrative videos produced by Julian Rosefeldt (b. 1965, Germany; lives in Berlin) often address the ritual aspects of daily life, which express a wish to find meaning in our lives by imposing order on the chaos surrounding us. His works, referring to different sectors in society, stretch the boundaries of engaged art through aesthetics aimed at arousing the viewer’s empathy.
The video on view in the museum is a shortened version made by the artist of his work Asylum, first shown in 2002 as a ninechannel cinematic installation at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. The work’s title has various …