North American Premiere
Fear of death and interpretations of hell filter through online social bubbles to distill a singular divine message.
Germany
2022
English
Featured in:
MODES 1
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Credits
Producer
NEOZOON
Screenwriter
NEOZOON
Editor
NEOZOON
Director
NEOZOON
NEOZOON is a female art collective founded in 2009 in Berlin and Paris. The film work is based on the principle of collage and deals with sociological questions of the Anthropocene. The de- and recontextualization of found footage and YouTube material is a recurring element. NEOZOON’s work was exhibited at Centre Pompidou in Paris, at Zentrum für Kunst und Medien in Karlsruhe, at Kunst-Werke Berlin, and has been shown at national and international film festivals in Oberhausen, Rotterdam, London, and New York. NEOZOON is a member of the Gallery Climate Coalition and supports the work of Artists4Future.