ERIC BROOKS - VERSUCH EINES PORTRAITS

"Good evening, my name is Eric Brooks, I am a multifaceted personality."

Whether as a painter, photographer or musician, Eric Brooks has no doubts about his own creativity. Essentially, the highest of all arts is that of making business from it. Well, at least that's what Eric Brook thinks. The fact that the self-proclaimed life artist sells software articles in "real life" and is always broke doesn't really matter. He's weird but not a freak. Varnish, leather and pictures of naked women in explicit poses are his passions, the source of his inspiration and a part of his "life art". He dreams of a big breakthrough.

All in all, he's a nice guy, who probably hasn’t had an easy life. And even when he's broke again, he never gives up. After all, his motto is: "Victory or Siberia". He would never undersell himself. He'd rather work at a construction site or depend on social welfare. Eric Brooks is someone who aims to be exciting, who gives the film crew instructions so as to make his staged performance as enthralling as possible. Humour, casualness and gravity meet in this gentle attempt at an unconventional portrait.