The Statics - Engineering Memory Bridges (Die Statik der Eselsbrücken)
1990 | 20 min | Icons & Media Art
"A superb biography - a pseudo-scientific collection of curiosities with puns turning artistic somersaults."
Michael brynntrup
Films
Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)
2004 | 8 min | Icons & Media Art
"An outstanding piece by Michael Brynntrup that captures the violence and tenderness, alongside the dominance and submission, that is found in a single, intimate embrace." (tip Berlin) Technically precise and with his characteristic visual proficiency Michael Brynntrup leads us in BLUE BOX BLUES through one of his perception experiments. He contrasts the spontaneous impression made by a sensual and vibrant photograph showing a lesbian couple in a tender embrace, with a lengthy, meticulous staging ...
Ipanema lip-synch
2003 | 3 min | Icons & Media Art
IPANEMA LIP SYNC is a queer karaoke video short from Berlin filmmaking icon Michael Brynntrup.
E.K.G. Expositus (the public and the artistic media)
2004 | 101 min | Biography
A hospital in Berlin-Neukölln at midnight. A patient is being admitted. TV journalists are on the scene. The beginning of a story that tells itself.
Narcissus and Echo
1989 | 14 min | Icons & Media Art
Long seemed invalid the Prophet's word, / But honored it was, by the outcome at last: / How odd the madness, how strange a death! (Ovid, Metamorphoses) NARCISSUS AND ECHO, a short film by Michael Brynntrup, is a “delightfully mannered game of deception, honored by the German Film Critics Association as the best experimental film of 1990. A highlight of camp aesthetic.” (Rundbrief Film) The director describes NARCISSUS AND ECHO as a film in the form of a riddle, a special kind of entertainment film ...
Face It! (Cast Your Self™)
2007 | 4 min | Icons & Media Art
A short film by Berlin-based film icon Michael Brynntrup full of photographs collected from personal profiles in gay chat rooms on the internet.
Herzsofort.Setzung II (autogene Manipulationen)
1996 | 7 min | Icons & Media Art
Michael Brynntrup investigates artwork in the age of artificial reproducibility by means of transmedial self-portraits.
Love, Jealousy and Revenge (Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache)
1991 | 7 min | Icons & Media Art
This short film by Michael Brynntrup, is "a spontaneous, kitschy, unerring, and spicy parable about mutual understanding featuring the world famous underground star BeV Stroganov." (Jury Filmfest Dresden) You know that every film has its own language...
Unpublished! - A Bonus Track
2006 | 3 min | Icons & Media Art
UNPUBLISHED!- A BONUS TRACK is a bonus interview from the Michael Brynntrup film THE OVO, which appeared on the special edition DVD 'Berlinale Rolle 2', published by tip-magazin.
AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll
1996 | 16 min | Biography
Two years before his death, the HIV-positive Baldiga reviews his life, in selected episodes.
Achtung - Respect (concentration chair)
2002 | 13 min | Icons & Media Art
A look back at body modifications in the early 2000s.
Homo Erectus
1989 | 76 min | Icons & Media Art
An amusing journey through the Berlin Drag-Queen scene of the 80s in five short films by Michael Brynntrup.
NY 'NY 'n why not
1999 | 4 min | Icons & Media Art
WALK / DON'T WALK / WALK. The rhythm of the nineties. A musical stroll along Christopher Street.
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.
Sudden and Unexpected - A Déjà-Revue (Plötzlich und unerwartet )
1993 | 30 min | Icons & Media Art
Udo Kier walks a black-humored, fine line between avant-garde and trash, which is tantamount to an act of unleashing.
All You Can Eat
1993 | 5 min | Icons & Media Art
This short film "takes the ‘cum-shot’ to new heights with a montage of some of the wildest, orgasmic, facial expressions." (Boys On Film #6)
The Ovo (Ovo - the Video)
2005 | 17 min | Icons & Media Art
THE OVO (OVO - THE VIDEO) is a short film by Berlin film artist and icon Michael Brynntrup. "It's not about how a drag queen moves, it's about what she sets in motion." (Ovo Maltine) “The Ovo is a documentary about Christoph Josten, better known as the Polit-queer and AIDS activist Ovo Maltine. Excerpts from talk shows, footage of demonstrations and personal interviews paint a portrait of a fascinating personality.” (Queer Film Festival Rostock, July 2010)
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.
E.C.G.1.0.1 (a self-portrait in broadcast and artistic media)
2004 | 24 min | Icons & Media Art
Michael Brynntrup, in his unmistakable style, was already anticipating developments in the media in the early 2000s.
Gender Agenda
1999 | 76 min | Icons & Media Art
GENDER AGENDA is a compilation of eight queer short films by Berlin experimental filmmaking icon Michael Brynntrup.
Recommended for you
Herzsofort.Setzung II (autogene Manipulationen)
1996 | 7 min | Icons & Media Art
Michael Brynntrup investigates artwork in the age of artificial reproducibility by means of transmedial self-portraits.
Homo Erectus
1989 | 76 min | Icons & Media Art
An amusing journey through the Berlin Drag-Queen scene of the 80s in five short films by Michael Brynntrup.
E.K.G. Expositus (the public and the artistic media)
2004 | 101 min | Biography
A hospital in Berlin-Neukölln at midnight. A patient is being admitted. TV journalists are on the scene. The beginning of a story that tells itself.
NY 'NY 'n why not
1999 | 4 min | Icons & Media Art
WALK / DON'T WALK / WALK. The rhythm of the nineties. A musical stroll along Christopher Street.
Achtung - Respect (concentration chair)
2002 | 13 min | Icons & Media Art
A look back at body modifications in the early 2000s.
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.
Love, Jealousy and Revenge (Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache)
1991 | 7 min | Icons & Media Art
This short film by Michael Brynntrup, is "a spontaneous, kitschy, unerring, and spicy parable about mutual understanding featuring the world famous underground star BeV Stroganov." (Jury Filmfest Dresden) You know that every film has its own language...
Sudden and Unexpected - A Déjà-Revue (Plötzlich und unerwartet )
1993 | 30 min | Icons & Media Art
Udo Kier walks a black-humored, fine line between avant-garde and trash, which is tantamount to an act of unleashing.
Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)
2004 | 8 min | Icons & Media Art
"An outstanding piece by Michael Brynntrup that captures the violence and tenderness, alongside the dominance and submission, that is found in a single, intimate embrace." (tip Berlin) Technically precise and with his characteristic visual proficiency Michael Brynntrup leads us in BLUE BOX BLUES through one of his perception experiments. He contrasts the spontaneous impression made by a sensual and vibrant photograph showing a lesbian couple in a tender embrace, with a lengthy, meticulous staging ...
All You Can Eat
1993 | 5 min | Icons & Media Art
This short film "takes the ‘cum-shot’ to new heights with a montage of some of the wildest, orgasmic, facial expressions." (Boys On Film #6)
AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll
1996 | 16 min | Biography
Two years before his death, the HIV-positive Baldiga reviews his life, in selected episodes.