In the Beginning There Was Cultural Identity
Horelli Laura
"Ombazu yaKouHerero yazikama okuza kororowa". A studio in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Simon Tjimbawe has chosen this location to answer questions sent by a museum in Braunschweig. The museum is exhibiting Chief Kahimemua’s belt, which will be soon given back to Namibia. Kahimemua was an Ovambanderu leader who was executed by the Germans in 1896. His descendants are related to Tjimbawe’s family.
Production Year
2024
Duration
00:07:56
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Am Anfang war die kulturelle Identität
English Title
In the Beginning There Was Cultural Identity
Production Countries
Finland,Germany
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Laura Horelli (Author), Laura Horelli (Cinematographer), Laura Horelli (Director), Simon Tjimbawe (Director), Laura Horelli (Editor), Laura Horelli (Producer), Laura Horelli (Script), Simon Tjimbawe (Script), Laura Horelli (Sound Design), Simon Tjimbawe (Sound Design), Städtische Museen Braunschweig (Funder)
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Laura Horelli (b. 1976, Helsinki) lives in Berlin and works with experimental documentary video. She is interested in representations and mediations of the past taking on a microhistorical approach. Her works have been exhibited at Venice Biennale (2001, 2009), Manifesta 5, (2004), ARS 11, Kiasma (2001, 2011), Galerie Barbara Weiss (2003, 2007, 2011) and Badischer Kunstverein (2014). She has participated in film festivals like Berlinale Forum Expanded (2017, 2018), ISFF Oberhausen (2018), IndieLisboa (2017), Kasseler Dokfest (2013) and CPH:DOX (2009). In 2011, she received the Hannah Höch Prize for Young Artists.
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