Omer Fast

February 20, 2006





*Name: Omer Fast

*Are there any additional names used to describe this project: No

*Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: I work with digital video in a pretty traditional way: I either shoot the footage myself or collect it from ready made sources, depending on what the project requires. I think that sampling, cutting and remixing are all pretty much standard fare for any artist or musician working today.

*Location: I live and work in Berlin (Germany).

*Original Location: Jerusalem (Israel)

*What is your creative/artistic background: I studied art in the States and have been working as an artist since finishing my studies in 2000.

*Born: I was born in Jerusalem in 1972.

*Philosophy: Video is still a relatively new medium to work in so it feels like there's some freedom still to move around and try out new things, at least within an institutional art context. It is also a medium that is immediately connectable to film, to television and to reality, so it seems both contemporary and natural, at least at the present.

*Web address: I've no website