Condition Report #12

Film copies are subject to constant change. In the archive, this change is documented in condition reports that are created during the inspection of prints. In this series, filmmaker Juan González shares his personal moments of discovery during his work in the Arsenal archive. The screening at PA58, where the self-organized film lab LaborBerlin is based, brings together films from collaborative projects that have created alternative spaces for independent, non-commercial cinema. Created in different times, the films respond to the dominant feeling of impending collapse. But instead of bowing to it, they create a gesture of a beginning that is always possible. THE FALLEN WORLD (1983) and DAUGHTERS OF CHAOS (1980) by Marjorie Keller, made in the context of the New York Filmmakers' Cooperative; ROHFILM (1968) by Birgit and Wilhelm Hein, founding members of XSCREEN in Cologne; RENATE (1967) by Recha Jungmann, shown at the first Hamburg Filmschau; and SANS LUNE (2017) by Sophie Watzlawick, a member of Labor Berlin. (jg)

Films:
Rohfilm Birgit Hein, Wilhelm Hein BRD 1968 16 mm 22 min.
The Fallen World Marjorie Keller USA 1984 16 mm engl. OV 9 min.
Daughters of Chaos Marjorie Keller USA 1980 16 mm engl. OV 20 min.
Renate Recha Jungmann BRD 1967 16 mm German OV 13 min.
Sans lune Moonless Sophie Watzlawick CH/D 2017 16 mm 12 min.