This Panel took place during the 30th Hamburg International Short Film Festival. It focuses on the topic of series within an art and short film context.
In cooperation with German Film Institute
This panel isn’t mainly concerned with different manifestations and narrative techniques of popular TV shows, but rather with the formats and principles of serials in the expanded context of audio-visual art and naturally short films. What is the motivation for visual artists and film makers to work in serials, and what is the attraction for viewers and audiences? What kind of new aesthetics as well as economic opportunities and risks do serials create in contrast to singular works? What kind of parallels, inter- sections or differences of serials can be seen in different forms of media and art? And how does the essence of serials, namely repetition and variation, relate to the idea of the unique auratic work of art? The dimension of time is important, too: What are the intervals between parts of a series? And what are the wishes of the artists in relation to the reception of their serials: Should they be watched in intervals or as a continuum?
Panel Members (from left to right):
Dr. Bernhard Gleim, North German Broadcasting Corporation, Managing editor for film, family and serials
Stefanie Plappert, freelance curator, German Film Museum
David Kleingers – Moderation
Thomas Mohr, video artist
Mårten Nilsson, filmmaker
Prof. Dr. Christine Blättler, University of Kiel, Managing director of the Department of Philosophy
Moderation:
David Kleingers – German Film Institute