O! FORTUNA! work in progress I-VI

Work is not the first thing that comes to the mind of the goddess of happiness. Karin Berger´s film begins with gaudy pink letters: O! Fortuna! The subtitle work in progress draws a connection to the topic of work in the documentary filmmaker´s autobiographical piece. The title originates from Carl Orff´s Carmina Burana. The repetitive rhythm of the choir music drives on the images in an old, urban apartment throughout the entire film. More than twenty years of everyday life pass in the film´s twelve minutes. Living room, a balcony as border to the outside, from time to time...