Munich Revisited

Munich Revisited is a hypothetic retrospection from another state of mind in the future into the present. Memories are re-appearing and condensing to short scenes of Munich in Year 2015.

A long avenue can be seen. There is an angry crowd in the foreground, tractors drive by, smoke rises. A demonstration of milk producers against Bavarian and German federal politicians. Cattle breeding is part of the strong „historical“ collective self-image of the Bavarians.

The sound is a distinctive composition of Jarboe, who used the original soundtrack of the footage as part of the music.

The complex video material is abstracted in the vector graphic. Human perception simplifies and structures the visual impressions. It creates individual associations and shapes among the elements of an image. The continuous flow between the different states of abstraction generates a strong suction effect.