Color Test: The Red Flag

Gerd Conradt films men carrying a red flag in a relay race through Berlin, to hoist it on the balcony of the current Mayor’s seat. A cinematic experiment based on Eadweard Muybridge, Andy Warhol and New American Cinema. A study in men, movements and a symbol. This is the 7th part of this series of film exercises. The other 6 parts were staged by Harun Farocki (Part 1),Carlos Bustamante (Part 2),Helke Sander (Part 3),Holger Meins (Part 4),Wolfgang Petersen (Part 5),Philip Werner Sauber (Part 6).