卢茨·丹姆贝克作品集(1975-1986)

In his pictures, films, collages and installations, the painter and filmmakerLutz Dammbeck seeks a synthesis of expressive means from the genres of film and fine art. His work to date identifies him as one of the key representatives of independent film and media art in the former GDR and as a unique, outstanding phenomenon within modern contemporary art. The 2-disc DVD presents for the first time all his animation films and media works, including an extensive booklet with essays about Lutz Dammbeck's filmic work and a lot of documents about his fight with state authorities as ROM features.
　　* The Moon 1975, 6'
　　* Live! 1987, 10'
　　* The Tailor of Ulm 1979, 14'
　　* Einmart 1981, 15'
　　* The Discovery 1983, 17'
　　* The Flood 1986, 10'
　　* Duke Ernst 1984-93, 45'
　　* Conversation with Lutz Dammbeck - Teil 1 2008, 23'
　　* Metamorphosis I 1979, 7'
　　* Hommage à La Sarraz 1981, 12'
　　* REALFilm 1986-2008, 48'
　　* The Cave of Hercules 1983-90, 45'
　　* Prepation for the media collage REALFilm 1986, 5'
　　* Media collage Hercules 1985, 4'
　　* Conversation with Lutz Dammbeck - Teil 2 2008, 20'
　　On the one hand, Lutz Dammbeck made a number of films in the state's studios of the GDR, but he also worked systematically on the concept of a "parallel cinema", which operated quite independent of all the censors stipulations regarding content and form. These two facets of his work have now been brought together in this publication. Bringing them together in this way reveals mutual permeation, but also indicates above all an emancipative continuity that points beyond the contradiction between state art and subculture. It is only logical, therefore, that the publication also includes films that were begun in the GDR, but only realised after Dammbeck's emigration from Leipzig to Hamburg in 1986. The inclusion of fragments can almost be considered more important; these explode the traditional concept of film. Only by including in the DVD release some rare recordings of his media collages, including test recordings, is it possible to even suppose the intention of Dammbeck's overall concept.
　　The artist began to focus on moving images at an early stage. In 1972, when he completed his course at the "College of Graphic Art and Book Design" in Leipzig, an animation-scenario already represented a part of his diploma piece. Although he worked successfully as a poster designer only a little later (and received several awards for this work), his primary interest was in intermedia working methods. This corresponded to his own impulse to extend the two-dimensionality of the classic panel picture into free space. Filmmaking became a concrete experience when he was able to realise his first filmic work on 35mm; THE Moon m