Lacerated, torn to pieces, shredded, slashed, mutilated. Infected, burned, gangrened, purulent. That is how human flesh appears in ninety-five shots from ninety-five movies and TV series: from Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell’s classic drama Black Narcissus (1947) to an unexpected footage from the popular show Mad Men (2012).
Biography
film director
Christoph Girardet
Christoph Girardet (Langenhagen, Germany, 1966) studied fine arts at the Braunschweig School of Art. He started producing video installations in 1989 and started his collaboration with Matthias Müller in 1999. Solo exhibitions of his work have taken place at institutions such as the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna and the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York. He now lives and works in Hannover.
FILMOGRAFIA
Christoph Girardet:
Schwertkampf (cm, 1991), Fieberrot (cm, 1993), Release (cm, 1997), Scratch (cm, 2001), Absence (cm, 2002), Nero (cm, 2006).
Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller:
Manual (cm, 2002), Beacon (cm, 2002), 10 - Uma série de 4 curta metragens (2002), Play (cm, 2003), Mirror (cm, 2003), Kristall (cm, 2006), Contre-jour (cm, 2008), Maybe Siam (cm, 2009), Meteor (cm, 2013), Cut (cm, 2013).
Matthias Müller
Matthias Müller (Bielefeld, Germany, 1961) studied Arts and German Literature at the Bielefeld University. He has been guest professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt and since 2003 he is professor for Experimental Film at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. As a curator, he organized several avant-garde film events, such as the Found Footage Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Matthias Müller:
Home Stories (cm, 1990), Sleepy Heaven (cm, 1993), Vacancy (cm, 1998), Phantom (cm, 2001), Album (cm, 2004).
Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller:
Manual (cm, 2002), Beacon (cm, 2002), 10 - Uma série de 4 curta metragens (2002), Play (cm, 2003), Mirror (cm, 2003), Kristall (cm, 2006), Contre-jour (cm, 2008), Maybe Siam (cm, 2009), Meteor (cm, 2013), Cut (cm, 2013).Declaration
film director
“The body as a wound that never heals.”
Cast
& Credits
Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller