Filme / Videos:
state architecture, film and video program, color and B&W, 105 Min., A 1997/1998
State Personnel , Video, 4 parts each 10 Min., color and B&W, 1997
»Staatsarchitektur«
[state architecture] is a film and video program dealing with the question
of im/migration and racism in Western societies. The program is a visual critique
of Western Europe’s restrictive im/migration policy and of the ways
the media partake of this policy. »Staatsarchitektur« [state architecture]
comprises 11 contributions — discussing the topic from the position
of the minority (i. e.
the legalized immigrant with citizenship), or from the position of the majority
(i. e. the white western citizen). »Staatsarchitektur« [state
architecture] raises the question of one’s own position as a cultural
producer in one’s country, about one’s involve¬ment in the
racist structure of one’s »home« country/society.
contributions:
• Ohneland
[Landless] by Hatice Ayten, 1995, 7’
• StaatsPersonal [State Personnel] part 1 by Klub Zwei, 1997, 10’
• Gekommen bin ich der Arbeit wegen [I came because of work] by Goran
Rebic, 1987, 23’
• Gülüzar by Hatice Ayten, 1994, 6’
• StaatsPersonal part 2 by Klub Zwei, 1997, 12’
• Material from Achtung Staatsgrenze by Sabine Derflinger and Bernhard
Pötscher, 1996, 13’
• StaatsPersonal part 3 by Klub Zwei, 1997, 14’
• Land des Lächelns [Land of Smile] by Hito Steyerl, 1996, 7’
• StaatsPersonal part 4 by Klub Zwei, 1997, 12’