Synopsis
- HANDS ON FASSBINDER #2 Geschichtsbilder
Manfred Hermes: Gravity Beyond Its Cinematographic Mass
In Fassbinder’s work everything is conceived as historical. But what does that mean? Appropriating BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ he inverted it’s temporal sequence and retroactively shaped some of Döblin’s rather inauspicious predecessions. That allowed him a discussion German fascism and the Holocaust through a pre-1933 text. Fassbinder put “Alexanderplatz”’ symbolism to further use in IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS and THE GARBAGE, THE CITY, AND DEATH.
Manfred Hermes is an author and critic based in Berlin. Numerous inquiries on contemporary art and narrative film in magazines, newspapers and catalogues. Single book publications on Ull Hohn and Martin Kippenberger. Recently released and now in its second edition: „Deutschland hysterisieren. Fassbinder, Alexanderplatz“ (b_books 2011).
HANDS ON FASSBINDER.
Diskussionen. Projektionen. Assoziationen.
11.05. – 18.11.2012. Berlin.
www.handsonfassbinder.de
Crew
- Kurator: Handson Fassbinder
- Interviewpartner: Manfred Hermes
