Changes in political system produce images, words, and sounds. Not just the “currency union” or “German Reunification” in 1990, but also the financial crisis in Argentina in 2001 mark systemic interventions at a macro-political level, whereby the regulatory role of the start is taken on by the mechanisms of the deregulated market. The Harun Farocki Institute presents HARD SELLING(Harun Farocki) on the one hand, conversations with an Adidas travelling salesman in Brandenburg in 1990 which describe the transition from East Germany to a market capitalist system by way of sport and leisure items; on the other, material from Alice Creischer and Andreas Siekmann stemming from their time in Buenos Aires in 2001. They show the protests that accompanied the financial crisis in Argentina. While one state disappears here, there the economy is being denationalized. Visual strategies enter into a relationship of tension with systemic crises and uncompleted protests. With guests A. Creischer und A. Siekmann (dm) (20.11.)
Unfortunately Alice Creischer and Andreas Siekmann cannot be present, as announced in the Arsenal program. We will organize an event with them at a later stage. Instead, we will show material in connection with "Hard Selling."
Lecture by Jakub Stadnik (Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny (FINA), Warschau) in English language:
Digitization and restoration of optical sound on nitrate films. Revealing the authentic aesthetics of the film sound
Dwie Joasie The Two Joans Mieczyslaw Krawicz
Poland 1935 DCP OV/EnS 95 min
Werkstattbericht von Julia Wallmüller (Deutsche Kinemathek): Originalkompositionen als Herausforderung und Chance bei der Restaurierung von Stummfilmen am Beispiel von Lupu Picks „Sylvester“.
15.00: Werkstattbericht von Julia Wallmüller (Deutsche Kinemathek) : Historische Tonfassungen von Stummfilmen am Beispiel der Experimentalfilme von Hans Richter
*Dass ein gutes Deutschland blühe Joop Huiskens
GDR 1959 DCP 70 min
Werkstattbericht von Katrin Abromeit (Filmmuseum Potsdam), Josephine Diecke (Universität Zürich): Auf den Spuren der Magnetband-Erzeugnisse aus Wolfen
*Der fliegende Holländer Joachim Herz
GDR 1964 DCP 98 min
Sound/Film/Experiment
Ballet mécanique Fernand Léger/Dudley Murphy F 1924 DCP 15 min
Trade Tattoo Len Lye UK 1937 DCP 5 min
*Castro Street Bruce Baillie USA 1966 16 mm 10 min
Dresden Dynamo Lis Rhodes UK 1971 Digital file 5 min
Locomotive Matthias Müller und Christoph Girardet D 2008 Digital file 21 min
*Coming Attractions Peter Tscherkassky Austria 2015 35 mm 25 min
A Movie by Jen Proctor Jen Proctor USA 2010 Digital file 12 min
Yeo-sajang / A Female Boss Han Hyeong-mo
Republic of Korea 1959 35 mm OV/EnS 104 min