Gabriele Stötzer

Kaputt

Volker Schlecht, Alexander Lahl

Gabriele Stötzer, Birgit Willschütz

An animated documentary short about the central prison for women in the former GDR, based on interviews with former prisoners.

... hab ich euch nicht glänzend amüsiert?

Gabriele Stötzer

Veitstanz/Feixtanz

Gabriele Stötzer

Historically, the phenomenon of St Vitus’ Dance (Veitstanz) first appeared in the Middle Ages, when groups of adults and children danced in public until they lost consciousness. In 1988, 13 women and men attempted to revisit the power of this ancient ritual in Erfurt. Dancing at sites of their own choosing, each one developed, without any music, their own movement which they then repeated to the point of ecstasy.

Spuren des Performativen

Thomas Claus

Daniel Sambo-Richter, Tohm di Roes

GDR August 31, 1985, Klubhaus in Coswig/Dresden - "Intermedia I - Farbraum/Klangbild"- the event was the first and, as it turned out, the last exhibition by the subculture in East Germany, in which over 40 visual artists and twice as many musicians, performers and super 8 film photographers participated. About 1,200 visitors travelled from all over the GDR to witness a six hour programme on both evenings. It remains unclear to this day how many informers working for the Stasi were among them.