Film evening with Gunter Deller

10.03.2015

A camera is his constant companion on his daily walks through urban landscapes. Gunter Deller collects, orders and transforms these finds into “filmic crystals” and creates his own poetic universe, shaped by the tradition of experimental film and the aesthetic of analog film material. As such it can happen that something glints and flickers deceptively out of building pits or the new ECB building in Frankfurt, snack stands and telephone boxes appear in underwater landscapes, a skydiver lands in Frankfurt city center or a first love ignites in a rear courtyard.

Gunter Deller graduated from the University of the Arts Offenbach specializing in film (under Prof. Helmut Herbst and Urs Breitenstein) and photography (Clemens Mitscher). His final-year project “Schattengrenze” (1999) was awarded the Hessischer Hochschulfilmpreis (Hessen university film prize). He co-manages the Mal Seh’n cinema in Frankfurt/Main and curates programs there particularly focusing on “experimental film”.

Program:
“Eisgrub” (2004, 16 mm, 8 min), “Im Blumengarten” (1999, 16 mm), “Schattengrenze” (1999, 16 mm, 2 min), “Light my fire” (2013, DCP, 9:30 min), “Örtliche Betäubung” (2006/07, 35 mm, 8 min), “Fragile Fossile” (2014, DCP, 12 min)

In addition, eight video art works inspired by paintings and sculptures held at the Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden (Albertinum / Galerie Alte Meister / Galerie Neue Meister) created for the exhibition “Curvature of Events” (Curator Meskerem Assegued, all 2014, DCP, with sound) will be shown:

“Battlefields” (3:30 min), “Bits & Bytes” (3:30 min), “C+M+B=X” (4 min), “Contact High”
(4 min), “Counterpart” (4 min), “Killer Instinct” (5:30 min), “Une Partie de Campagne” (3:30 min), “Winterjune” (5:30 min), Total running time approx. 81 min

Caligari FilmBühne Wiesbaden, Marktplatz 9

6 €, concessions: 5 €