The Cave of Hercules
1990 | 44 min | Icons & Media Art
The story of Hercules is well-known: son of Zeus and Alcmene, hero and god, famous for his twelve labours.
Hans scheib
Films
The painter of the strange country …
1988 | 42 min | Icons & Media Art
A portrait of the artists Cornelia Schleime, Hans-Hendrik Grimmling and Hans Scheib who left the GDR for West Berlin between 1984 and 1985.
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GDR Experimental: Heracles
1984 | 10 min | Icons & Media Art
Together with Lutz Dammbeck, dancer Fine Kwiatkowski explores myths, political systems and their impact on society.
GDR Experimental: Homage to La Sarraz
1981 | 12 min | Icons & Media Art
Sergei Eisenstein, Hans Richter and Luis Buñuel meet at La Sarraz Castle to explore new ways of independent filmmaking.
The Net_A Visit to 'Hakim Bey'
2005 | 35 min | Icons & Media Art
Lutz Dammbeck talks with Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey) about the T.A.Z., Ted Kaczynski, Islam, Marvin Minsky, Cusanus and natural philosophy.
GDR Experimental: REALFilm
1986 | 47 min | Icons & Media Art
REALFilm is Lutz Dammbck's examination of film and filmmaking, a film in real time, a collage in space involving the audience.
Age of the Gods
1993 | 92 min | Documentary
How does a highly talented artist end up in the vicinity of a totalitarian regime? What responsibility does art bear in political systems?
GDR Experimental: First Leipzig Autumn Salon
2006 | 22 min | Icons & Media Art
In a revolutionary act of artistic freedom, a group of artists occupied a trade fair building in Leipzig in 1984.
Duke Ernest
1993 | 43 min | Animation
The great adventure of little Duke Ernst – a powerful examination of power, exile and cultural alienation.
Veronika (vera ikon)
1986 | 11 min | Icons & Media Art
In his short film VERONIKA (VERA IKON) experimental filmmaker Michael Brynntrup takes the biblical prohibition of images literally.
Jesus - The Film
1986 | 127 min | Icons & Media Art
In a Dada-inspired retelling of the New Testament on Super8, 22 filmmakers and Michael Brynntrup explore faith and art in 35 episodes.
Metamorphoses
2013 | 84 min | Documentary
On the river Tetscha in the southern Urals, in the middle of nowhere between Europe and Asia, is the most radioactively contaminated area in the world
The painter of the strange country …
1988 | 42 min | Icons & Media Art
A portrait of the artists Cornelia Schleime, Hans-Hendrik Grimmling and Hans Scheib who left the GDR for West Berlin between 1984 and 1985.
From the West
2016 | 61 min | Documentary
Germany was once a torn country divided into East and West. Post-war architecture keeps the memory of this era alive.