Film screening
The Silver and the Cross
Farocki's film "The Silver and the Cross" takes a close look at Gaspar de Berrío's painting "Depiction of the Cerro Rico and the Imperial City of Potosí" (1758, Oil on canvas, 262 x 181 cm). Despite its intricate details, the painting leaves the arduous work of silver mining almost unarticulated. The mills for separating silver, in which the indigenous peoples extract the precious metal with the help of mercury, are located on the outskirts of the city and at the edge of the picture, with the workers visible only as dark lines.
Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author and lecturer. Born on 9 January 1944, he made numerous films and installations over the course of his career that are characterised by a critical examination of the power of images.
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