Chewing the Phone Archive
What if our smart phone archives are history before they are lost? How can we process memories using a smart phone archive? What do collected recordings of moments from our daily lives reveal about the state of society?Inspired by Anna Spanlang's experimental and feminist filmmaking, theater, film, and media studies students took a semester-long dive into their own smart phone archives. They discussed this archive's connection to community and (pop) culture and studied the subversive potential of smart phone videos. They also questioned to what degree recordings of particular moments not only document such moments, but are also actively involved in their creation.
Out of this examination, the students produced their own experimental, filmic exercises that summarize these complex questions. The films combine travel videos, concert footage, impressions of parties, and artistic interventions with everyday situations. From lively scenes to contemplative shots of nature: Out of the combinations of these multifaceted short videos result new levels of meaning and associative possibilities. An homage to the smart phone archive as a personal diary and time capsule that not only captures essences of a particular time period, but also provides glimpses into a generation’s collective experience. (Katharina Müller / Translation: Ted Fendt)
Aus 4 Tagebüchern Hannah Hiltensperger, Kristin Kritzinger, Hannah Walte. AT 2024, 22 min
Echos of Now Elena Kracker, Ilkyaz Salmanli. AT 2024, 14 min
Denk do moi drüber noch, Aris. Wenn i on deina Stö warad, würd i do moi drüba nochdenkn Aristotelis Goetzlof. AT 2024, 5 min
Zeitlosigkeit Roslana Tsvetanova. AT 2024, 6 min
Date of the public presentation with Anna Spanlang and the filmmakers in attendance (free admission): June 22, 2024, 2 p.m.
