Zwanzig Jahre meines früheren Lebens habe ich ja in der Filmbranche verbracht und dort PR für Kinofilme gemacht, viel für IMAX und viel für die 20th Century Fox, als es sie noch gab, und je nach Filmangebot mit teils größerer oder kleinerer Begeisterung. Eine meiner absoluten Lieblingspersonen aus dieser Zeit ist Knut Elstermann. Knut ist…
The top 5 exhibitions that I haven’t seen but would not like to miss.
1. Spuk! Leif Geiges‘ photographs. Shuffling steps in the attic, a carpet becomes a snake, bread rolls fly through the air like swallows … It’s…
It’s my life: About Olafur Eliasson’s show LIFE at Fondation Beyeler
The pond of the Riehener Fondation Beyeler otherwise corresponds to Monet’s water lily pictures. It is, as it were, the connecting bridge between the museum…
A beach is a beach is a beach: About Jörg Rubbert‘s wonderful beach photography book “Beach Lovers”
Photo books about the sea should be declared a genre of their own. Martin Parr’s „Life’s a Beach“, which reports on the absurdity of beach…
Cut&Paste: About gestalten’s wonderful book THE AGE OF COLLAGE VOL. 3
The art form of collage has always been closely linked to photography. Photography played a role in two ways: on the one hand, photographers and…
Berlinale Generation Kplus: About Venice Atienza’s documentary Last Days at Sea
Again and again the viewer hears the sound of the sea. Like in a meditation, Venice Atienza’s documentary ensures that the young and adult viewers…
Berlinale Competition: About the Iranian drama Ghasideyeh gave sefid (Ballad of a White Cow)
Mina’s life turns upside down when she learns that her husband Babak has been wrongly charged with the crime for which he was executed. The…
Berlinale: SHORT REVIEWS
Berlinale competition: “Természetes fény / Natural Light” by Dénes Nagy 1943. During the Second World War, a long winter lies ahead in the occupied Soviet…
Berlinale Forum: About Ignacio Ceroi’s film Qué será del verano / What Will Summer Bring
— GERMAN VERSION BELOW — A found footage film is a film that consists of found, appropriated film material, i.e. material that the director somehow…