"Fatigue Society - Byung-Chul Han in Seoul / Berlin" HDV, 61min, engl. subtitles
- Premiere: CCCB Barcelona, Museum for contemporary Art / Culture, 09.02. Spain 2015
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury 2015, Preis der Ökumenischen Jury Achtung Berlin Festival
- Special Mention Film Art Price / Besondere Auszeichnung für das Gesamtkunstwerk Filmkunstpreis,
Festival des deutschen Films 2015 Germany
Festivals / Sceenings:
- Achtung Berlin Festival April 2015 / Berlin Germany
- Festival des deutschen Films, Wettbewerb / Competition, June 2015, Ludwigshafen Germany
- Ruhrtriennale 19. August, 2015 Bochum Festival Centre, Germany 2015
- 13. Festival Signes de Nuit internationales Filmfestival Zeichen der Nacht, Jan. 2016 Berlin
- Filmmuseum München, Hörfilmtage München mit Audiodescription, 18-20 März 2016
- Korean Film Archive, screening 22./ 24. April 2016, Seoul South Korea 2016
- Kleisthaus Berlin 13. July 2016
- SeMA int. Media City Biennale, within a screening curated by Henk Slager Seoul Korea,2016
- Filmmuseum München 22. January 2017
- Kittredge Art Gallery, University of Puget Sound USA March 2017
- Nottingham Contemporary, July Nottingham UK 2017
- Karlstorkino Heidelberg, 8. Oktober 2017
- Kaaitheater Brussels, 18. December 2017
- THH Friedensau, Dezember 2018
Regie/ Idee, Kamera, Schnitt, Zeichnung, Animation: Isabella Gresser // Sprecher: Byung-Chul Han
Beschreibung: Der essayistische Dokumentarfilm über den deutschen Philosophen Byung-Chul Han umkreist das Phänomen der Müdigkeit und seine Syptome. Seine gesellschaftskritischen Thesen aus „Müdigkeitsgesellschaft“ und „Transparenzgesellschaft“ tragen heute wesentlich zum Verständnis unserer Gesellschaft im Zeitalter von Selbstausbeutung, Neoliberalismus und Überwachung bei. Isabella Gresser begleitete Byung-Chul Han in seine Heimatstadt Seoul und an persönliche Orte in Berlin. Das Motiv des Wanderers durchzieht die visuelle Collage aus filmischen, fotografischen und gezeichneten Beobachtungen. Der über mehrere Jahre entstandene Film macht auf besondere Weise, den kaum in der Öffentlichkeit und Medien auftretenden, sehr zurückgezogen lebenden Philosophen fassbar und wirft die Frage auf wie wir heute leben wollen.
Description:
The essay film about the German philosopher Byung-Chul Han encircles the phenomenon of fatigue in our capitalistic societies and its associated symptoms such as depression and burnout. It raises the question of how we want to live today, and what we can oppose to the pressure of an achievement-oriented digital society. When in 2011 the book Fatigue Society appeared, it had the finger on the pulse in Europe and South Korea. Now his society-critical theses contribute quite substantially to the understanding of our society in the age of self-exploitation, neoliberalism and surveillance.
The visual artist Isabella Gresser from Berlin accompanied Byung-Chul Han for several years in his hometown Seoul. Fictional, experimental and documentary parts have been composed into a hybrid film which gives a unique insight into the thinking of this very present philosopher, who hardly appears in the media and the public.
idea/camera/editing: Isabella Gresser
contact: isa.gress@gmx.de
CV:
Isabella Gresser is a visual artist living in Berlin. She studied with Marina Abramovic at the HBK Braunschweig and at the Free Class Berlin UDK. Her multilayered videos, in which distinctions between analog and digital technologies are foregrounded, encompass found-footage, drawings and photographs combined with literature. Main subjects in recent years have been Western and Eastern cultures, as well as sociology and philosophy referring to global tiredness and "Fatigue societies". She has been awarded residencies in Asian countries and her videos have screened at many international art and film festivals.
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