Bildsabotage

Cinema, whether analog or digital, historical or brand new, is undeniably part of social reality. It is as political, as conservative, as progressive as those who shape the films, the venues, and ultimately the film industry itself. To approach cinema critically today, we therefore need to look at its films and images that already exist. This can mean altering the images, placing them in a new context or even sabotaging them.

In the Bildsabotage workshop, we therefore invite you to join us in questioning internationally popular images of US cinema in a hands-on way. We want to take a closer look at blockbuster films of the past decades by looking at their trailers on analogue film reels, by playing with them, editing them, and changing their form. With scratching tools, paint, and adhesive tape we want to probe and poke, to scrutinize and dissect. Using this found film material, completely new short films will ultimately be created. No previous knowledge of analog film is required to participate in the workshop. (DV + SSS)

Workshop times:
Saturday, 22 June    11:00 - 17:00 (Lunch included)
Sunday, 23 June       11:00 - 17:00 (Lunch included)
Saturday, 13 July      16:00 - 22:00 (Lunch included)
Sunday, 14 July        11:00 - 17:00 (Lunch included)

Location:
SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA
Lindower Str. 20/22/Haus C
13347 Berlin

Workshop will be held in English.
The number of participants is limited to 15 people, participation on all days is mandatory.
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Dennis Vetter works as a film critic, editor (text and film), moderator, curator, and film programmer. He is a co-founder and artistic co-director of the Berlin Critics’ Week and Advisory Board Member of the German Film Critics Association (VdFk) with published writing in more than 30 magazines and newspapers.

Svenja Simone Schulte works as a filmmaker and film educator. In film education, she is interested in questioning normativity and discrimination. In addition to conducting film workshops, she teaches courses at the University of Hildesheim in order to explore the practice of critical film education in schools.

Funded by the Berliner Projektfonds Kulturelle Bildung