Montag | 18.12.2023 | 19:00 h

Connections: Filmklasse / CHINA

(kuratiert und präsentiert von Hanwen Zhang, BSprojects fellow)

In 1987, the first email sent from China was successfully received by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, titled “First Electronic Mail from China to Germany,” with the same content written in German and English: “Across the Great Wall we can reach every corner in the world,” which marked China’s entry into the global internet and summoned its further integration into an upcoming globalized economy. Named after this metaphorical statement, this program comprises four shorts by HBK Filmklasse alumni (Cai, Ng) and external practitioners (Tang, Wang) with Chinese associations. It aims to shed light on the notion of China and respond to the current geopolitical situation within the context of Germany. (HZ)

 

Filmprogramm (89 min):

"Über die große Mauer erreichen wir alle Ecken der Welt."

Jin Cai - Die Vergrabenen (Diplomfilm)
25:25 min | 2009 | DV | col | sound | OVcn (SUBde)

Wang Tuo - Symptomatic Silence of Complicit Forgetting
26:15 min | 2019 | HD (16:9) | col | sound | OVcn (SUBen)

Tang Han - Pink Mao
22:30 min | 2020 | HD (16:9) | col | sound | OVcn (SUBen)

Jie Jie Ng - Fremde Welten / Fremde Worte (Diplomfilm)
15:30 min | 2015 | HD (16:9) | col | sound | OVcn+en+de (SUBde+en)

 

Hanwen Zhang (*1995) is an artist and filmmaker currently based in Braunschweig. He holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York. As a current fellow of Braunschweig Projects, his previous residencies and fellowships include the Oberhausen Seminar, the Fosun Foundation Art Residency, the BRIClab Video Art Residency, etc. His recent work revolves around the narratives of marginalized individuals and their diaspora or exile in the context of East Asian modern history.

[ www.hanwenzhang.com ]

[ Abbildung oben: aus dem Film „Pink Mao“ von Tang Han ]