These classes
also frequently involve a real (if bounded)
element of choice; students need to produce an essay or
documentary film that accomplishes certain academic objectives, but they can choose the topic that interests them.
But surprisingly, while Hartung's video installation does contain
elements of irony, it
also has a kind of poetic and nostalgic sensibility, created through the use of stop - motion animation, lo - fi video techniques, and the audio narrative, taken from the 1973 BBC
documentary of the same name.