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Der Nebel (The Fog)
by Sophie Hamacher
2009, 11’11”
Original Format: SD
Presented at Lo schermo dell’arte 2013 in occasion of the Screening Program at Villa Romana
The film is part of VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images – 2nd edition
In this intimate narrative, which takes as its premise the Little Ice Age at the end of the 18th century, the film Der Nebel extends the genre of found-footage-film to question its own clarity. Examining the act of seeing as an act of transmission, the film merges footage from Youtube with an extended shot of a ferry ride through the fog.
The fog, a metaphor for capitalism, remains ultimately opaque, revolving around obscure allusions to the world’s financial crash.
Sophie Hamacher (Germania, 1980). Artist and filmmaker from Berlin, she has studied at the Universität der Künste Berlin and she has followed the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. She has directed and written projects ranging in genres from full-length documentary to art videos and experimental films. Her work has been presented at international festivals and exhibitions in Cairo, London, Berlin and New York. Awards include Best Documentary Big Muddy Film Festival and Director’s Citation Black Maria Film and Video Festival in 2013, Meisterschülerpreis des Präsidenten (MFA prize) of the University of the Arts in Berlin in 2010. Her film “Directing Dissent” was nominated for the Free Speech Award in 2013.
Sophie Hamacher was awarded with the scholarship offered by the Deutsches Institut Florenz.
Sophie Hamacher was awarded with the scholarship offered by the Deutsches Institut Florenz.