One video installation, in a larger exhibition about the Holocaust at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, is distressing a few leaders of the Jewish community. The artwork in question, a short film called Berek, translates to “Game of Tag,” and was created by Polish filmmaker Artur Żmijewski in 1999. (Żmijewski should not to be confused with the actor of the same name.)
Here’s 51 seconds of the 3:50-long video, which is the most complete version I was able to find available outside of the museum itself. Note that the naked participants don’t begin to play tag until the final three seconds. (And here are more screenshot-type stills from the installation.)
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