In Place of Death

Alan Rudolph Marcus

In Place of Death

Film & Visual Culture

Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products

Abstract

In Place of Death is an experimental film that uses an observational cinematic style to investigate the way people interact with an iconic urban site. It explores the spatial relationship and integration of the first SS state concentration camp within the fabric of the picturesque Bavarian town of Dachau, and its larger neighbour Munich. The film focuses firmly on the present as it observes streams of visitors to the camp, now a popular tourist attraction with 800,000 people visiting annually. As exemplified by scenes of couples coming to the camp for a picnic or posing their children in front of the ovens, this is a film about human behavior and the way individuals relate to space and the stature and meaning of place. The film grew out of a video installation project, entitled, Beautiful Dachau (2006), first shown at the TRANS visual culture exhibition in Madison, Wisconsin in Sept. 2006, with screenings at Harvard, Princeton and other universities and conferences in the US and UK. The film forms part of the In Time of Place research project.

Original language	English
Media of output	DVD
Size	30 minutes
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

Dachau
Holocaust
Munich

Access to Document

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/timeofplace/dachau.php

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Paradigmatic Film Practice: In Time of Place to The Director’s Cut
Alan Marcus (Coordinator)
Impact: Cultural Impacts

12 Invited talk
10 Attending/organising a Conference
5 Public Lecture/debate/seminar
2 Attending/organising Workshop, seminar, or course
More
- 1 Visiting Fellow
- 1 TV/Radio programme

Let's Go to Dachau!: the representation of tourism at an iconic site
Alan Rudolph Marcus (Speaker)
18 Oct 2016
Activity: Talk, presentation, public lecture, public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Invited talk
Beautiful Dachau, and screening of 'In Place of Death'
Alan Rudolph Marcus (Speaker)
6 Oct 2015
Activity: Talk, presentation, public lecture, public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Invited talk
Rehabilitation of a Post-Traumatic Space, and screening of 'In Place of Death'
Alan Rudolph Marcus (Speaker)
12 Mar 2014
Activity: Talk, presentation, public lecture, public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Invited talk

Jewish Studies at the University of Aberdeen
Alan Rudolph Marcus
2/01/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Holocaust Memorial Day Screening and Director's Cut Masterclass Discussion of 'In Place of Death' (2008) and 'In the Birch Grove' (2012)
Alan Rudolph Marcus
21/01/13 → 27/01/13
4 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Screening and discussion of 'In Place of Death' at Caltech
Alan Rudolph Marcus
11/01/11
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research

Visiting Fellow, CRASSH, University of Cambridge
Marcus, Alan (Recipient), 1 Jan 2010
Prize: Appointment
Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College
Marcus, Alan (Recipient), 1 Jan 2010
Prize: Election to learned society

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