INFERMENTAL was the first international magazine on video tape and was initiated in 1980 by the Hungarian filmmaker Gabor B6dy. Between 1982 and 1990, eleven editions were produced with 674 single works by more than 600 artists from 36 countries.

The basic idea of INFERMENTAL was the collecting and archiving of current cultural tendencies on video in order to connect isolated ‘media islands’ with already existing networks. Looking at the editions it becomes clear that these differ considerably in their interpretation of the concept, their selection criteria and the respective form of organisation of the editors. So each edition not only documents a specific period of cultural and artistic creation, but also allows for a very authentic look at the different approaches of the respective editorial group and their views on the world, politics, and work.
On the occasion of transmediale.07, the festival presents an extensive overview of the INFERMENTAL editions. A number of the editions of INFERMENTAL will be presented in excerpts by the individual editors. The first edition will be shown on Wednesday, January 31, in full length, with an introduction by Astrid Heibach.

The INFERMENTAL breakfast will be held simultaneously and opens the series of presentations of the following editions within the festival's programme. The editions can also be viewed in full length in the temporary project library of transmediale.07.

INFERMENTAL 1: BERLIN 1982, 240:00
Editors: Gábor Body, Astrid Fleibach Supervisor: Gusztáv Hámos

Programme 1: THE MIRROR AS MOTIF
Rotraut Pape, Ute Aurand, Astrid Heibach, Gusztáv Hámos, Ákos Birkás, Andrés Szirtes

Programme 2: ANALYSIS OF MASS MEDIA
Didier Bay, Christoph Dreher/Gusztáv Hámos, Ingrid Oppenheim

Programme 3: ARTISTS’ STATEMENTS
Mike Hentz, Padeluun, Marcel Odenbach/Gábor Body, Tony Morgan, Babeth Mondini, Robert Crash/Otto von Ruggins, Zoltán Jancsó, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Raymond Höpflinger, Andreas Coerper

Programme 4: NEW NARRATIVE
Michael Morris/Vincent Trasov, Tabea Blumenschein, Birger Bustorff, Anna Wollrath, Amos Poe/Johanna Heer, Thomas Balzer, Wieland Speck

Programme 5: ARTICULATION OF TIME AND SPACE THROUGH HUMAN MOVEMENT
Ulrike Rosenbach, Klaus von Bruch, Ulrike Pfeiffer Heiner Mühlenbrock/Christine Domkowski, Cornelia Bal- cerowiak, Tony Morgan/Cecile Bauer, Y Sa Lo,
Gábor Body

Programme 6: VOCAL EXPERIMENTS
Joseph Somogyi, Franklin Berger, Mike Hentz, Babeth Mondini, Jon Jost
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