Harun Farocki 哈倫‧法洛基

Harun Farocki (1944–2014, Germany) is celebrated for his early essay films, observational documentaries, and late-career multichannel video installations examining technologies of simulation and surveillance. His simultaneously analytical and poetic approach to his main subjects—labour, industry, and production, and the power of image-making in contemporary media and society—has been widely discussed and cited. With regards to the overwhelming surplus of images in our times, the artist, writer, and teacher stated: ‘[The world] does not need images, but images which are used differently’.