19 December 2009 - 8:00pm

Peter Friedl is an artist who lives and works in situ. His artistic practice highlights political awareness, permanent displacement, narratology, and the reinvention of genres left over from the history of modernism. He has participated in documenta X (1997) and documenta 12 (2007). Solo exhibitions include the retrospective survey “Work 1964–2006,” Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Miami Art Central, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille (2006–07), and “Working,” Kunsthalle Basel (200.  » read more

4 December 2009 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

How could "Death of Empedokles", a film from 1986 based on the drama by German poet Friedrich Hölderlin, be envisioned in the year 2009? Filmmaker Robert Bramkamp will talk about formats and will question forms of mediation and a possible rediscovery of the unique quality which is present in the "kinematographic material". The digital presence of a new copy made from the first reel of the Hamburger version is a starting point but will not only lead to questions of distribution but also black holes.  » read more

5 December 2009 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

An archive presents what is behind the creation of a film. How to translate such a structure into an environment that is online?