Keren Cytter
The Date Series, 2004

7 chapters, 48 min 55 sec in total, digital video, b/w + sound

The black and white 'Dates series' of the Israeli artist, Keren Cytter, consists of seven parts and tells us about the thoughts of the author herself in the spring and summer of 2004. Each part is a short history played out by two heroes. The themes of the stories vary from psychological dramas to westerns. This variety of themes is characteristic of Keren Cytter's works in her video works she combines and simultaneously interprets diverse disciplines and styles, starting with documentary films, classical dramas of antiquity, comedies, satires, sitcoms, and ending with soap operas, home cinema and musical theatre.