Anorexie I

To approach a photo printed by Patrice Kirchhofer is frightening I have long seen in them an agression by negligence With patience I found in them the solution that fancy lab prints could not convey Patrice K manipulates the marks made irrationally entirely by chance When being photocopied an overexposed photo reacts better than a carefully made print It is this image the photocopy that K used for his film His films are characterized by accidental marks And K knows how to relate to one mark rather than another Bernard WEIDMANN RHIZOME HERETIQUE March 3rd 1980