Omer Fast’s video works conflate factual and fictional narratives at the intersection of memory, history, and media. His varied subjects have included the Iraq War, Colonial reenactment, and the film Schindler’s List. The Casting (2007) employs two dual projections to create a complex relationship between the recollections of an American soldier fighting in Iraq (interviewed by the artist) and still-life reenactments of his story. The reality of the interview is subverted as we realize it is actually an audition, folding the layers of representation back upon themselves.
