Infermental
Infermental was the first international video art magazine to be published on video cassettes .
The project was initiated in 1980 by the Hungarian filmmaker Gábor Bódy . Gradually, artists from all over the world joined in with contributions. From 1980 to 1991, more than 1,000 video art works by around 650 international artists from 36 countries were brought together to create a compendium of styles, forms and content of video art from the 1980s . After her husband's suicide in 1985, his wife Veruschka "Vera" Bódy took over the overall coordination until 1991.
The editions are now on permanent loan in the video collection of the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe .
List of compiled editions
- “Infermental I Berlin ” (1981/82), editors: Gábor Bódy, Astrid Heibach , supervision: Gusztáv Hámos ; 37 articles, 8 countries, 4 hours
- “Infermental II Hamburg ” (1983), editors: Oliver Hirschbiegel , Rotraut Pape , supervision: Veruschka Bódy; 77 articles, 15 countries, 6 hours
- “Infermental III Budapest” (1984), editors: László Beke , Péter Forgács , Peter Hutton , Małgorzata Potocka , supervision: Rotraut Pape; 99 articles, 18 countries, 6 hours
- Special edition: " NRW Wuppertal " (1985), editors: Werner Nekes , Egon Bunne , Marcel Odenbach , Ursula Wevers , supervisor: László Beke; 34 articles, 7 countries, 4 hours
- “Infermental IV Lyon ” (1985), editors: Freedom, research and art laboratory “Frigo” ( Gerard Couty ), supervision: Astrid Heibach; 102 articles, 14 countries, 7 hours
- “Infermental VI Vancouver ” (1987), editors: Hank Bull , Veruschka Bódy, supervision: Gerard Couty (“Frigo”); 59 articles, 25 countries, 6 hours
- “Infermental V Rotterdam ” (1986), editors: Leonie Bodeving , Rob Perée , Lydia Schouten , supervision: Egon Bunne; 39 articles, 13 countries, 5 hours
- "Infermental VII Buffalo " (1988), editors: Chris Hill , Tony Conrad , Peter Weibel , supervision: Rotraut Pape; 58 articles, 17 countries, 5 hours
- “Infermental VIII Tokyo ” (1988), editors: Keiko Sei , Alfred Birnbaum , supervision: Mike Hentz , Hank Bull; 73 articles, 15 countries, 5 hours
- “ Infermental 9 Vienna ” (1989), editors: Ilse Gassinger , GRAF + ZYX , supervision: Chris Hill; 45 articles, 15 countries, 5 hours
- “Infermental X Osnabrück / Skopje ” (1991), editors: Heiko Daxl , Evgenija Dimitrieva , supervision: Keiko Sei; 51 articles, 16 countries, 6 hours