Torso

Theresa Büchner

Torso, Büchner’s debut novella, tells of Tessa, a young editing assistant as she lands her first major assignment – a documentary on the legendary filmmaker Peter Beck and the 1968 protest movement in West Germany. When newly digitised footage reveals the shocking possibility that Beck may have staged his best friend’s death as a moment of police violence to further his own career, Tessa sets out to expose the truth. But to do so she must reckon with Ute Beck, orchestrator of her husband’s copious public appearances and fierce defender of his fame and legacy. As the two women face off, one question remains: is the evidence real, or is Tessa using it to propel her own rise?

 

 

Theresa Büchner’s work focuses on storytelling devices, exploring how images construct and constitute reality, shape social identity, and assert claims of truth. Making use of visual and verbal narrative tools she precisely selects motifs from her surroundings to form narratives which evoke the poetic attraction of the everyday.

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