Cha-Cha-Cha, one two, three, - right turn, left turn. The protagonist Daniel rose dancing on a wooded property is highly motivated, lucky (as transmitted in the title) and willing to learn. Cut. The protagonist has a bouquet of flowers in his one hand and tells of his loved one: her name was Martha... This woman is the object of his longing and the spectator believes it is the beginning of a corny soft porno production or a soapy version of a relationship in crisis. Cut. The protagonist speaks of Peggy and how beautiful it was with her. While he leads Martha, in a white dress, to the altar, Peggy wears a black dress and her lips taste of Spanish red wine. Words, which he speaks into the camera. Cut. Now Rose does not continue his kitschy talk of times past, it becomes personal: Honey, he addresses us, Honey I miss you.

In further episodes of the HomeVideoShow he expresses to us, through merciless details, his demonstrations of love through the camera. The more he speaks of himself, the more apparent his loneliness becomes. Behind his desk he tells us of his working hours and that he has so much to do, while doing push-ups on Sunday afternoon he reveals his plan to loose at least 10 pounds in order to be just as beautiful as we are. He sits in its favorite restaurant and shows us his favorite food, he is siting at home on his sofa and shows us that he can also be ill, but whatever he does, he loves and longs.

In the midst of his always somewhat hasty explication (See you soon, Honey) it becomes clear to us that we are the exclusive rescue of his lonely existence, and that we do not even exist. We are fantastic constructions, fiction - just like Daniel Rose. Lucky Daniel Rose reassures us he "believes us in angels". (Suess)

Exhibitions

Daniel Rose In Double Fiction, 1997

Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany

Sanssouci, 1997

Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

time out, 1997

Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany

Art Club Berlin, 1998

Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Oh Vienna, 1998

Tele 5 Bar, Hamburg, Germany

Kasino Club, 1999

Burgtheater/Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz, Wien, Austria

Specifications

23min mono color PAL

Technical protocol

Hi8 (recording); Media 100 (digital editing); Beta SP (master)

Produced together with

Editing: Norbert Pfaffenbichler; Starring: Michael Krassnitzer

Production

Oliver Hangl

Post production

Monoscope Studios Vienna

Copyright

Oliver Hangl

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