SYMBOLIC THREATS
2015 Films
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17m
Poetry or threat? An act of surrender or perhaps art? These were the theories that New York puzzled over last summer. How can one incident be interpreted in so many ways? By means of press reports, Symbolic Threats allows the public at large to express their extreme disparity of interpretation. Inspired by the heated debate over the two „White American Flags“ that suddenly appeared on the towers of New York City’s iconic Brooklyn Bridge, the film asks what kind of societal scope art has in the present day. What happens when threatened freedom reinstates art with the element of danger? Who or what makes it into a threat? Are we safe in the city? What is next?
Direction: Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke, Matthias Wermke
Production: Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke, Matthias Wermke, Mischa Leinkauf
Sound: Alexander Heinze
Original Title: SYMBOLIC THREATS
Original Language: English
Film Production Country: Germany
Website: www.wermke-leinkauf.com
Biography of the Director/s
Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke and Matthias Wermke grew up in Berlin in the 1990s
when they learnt to value and utilise the city’s possibilities. A shared enthusiasm for repurposing urban spaces brought the three together early on. Nowadays, they still focus on the same questions and locations in their work, whether it be as ‘filmmaker‘, ‘curator‘, ‘cultural scientist’ or ‘fine artist‘. They create images and mindscapes, tell stories and dissect events – always in the hope of making the unseen visible and of exploring a place’s fixed meaning and potential use.
Awards Won
Best German Shortfilm - International Short Film Festival Hamburg
Audience Award - International Short Film Festival Hamburg
Audience Award - DocumentaMadrid, Spain
World Sales:
Wermke/Leinkauf
Senefelderstr.26
Berlin, 10437, Germany
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: 00491702444408
Press:
Wermke/Leinkauf
Senefelderstr.26
Berlin, 10437, Germany
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: 00491702444408
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