Podium,
video installation, 7 channels, each 20 to 88 min, HD colour, stereo,
including the film 'Podium', 50 min, HD colour, stereo, de/en with subtitles
with Melanie Brazzell, Sharon Dodua Otoo, Leonhard Fuest, Evelyn Hayn, Christian Schütze, Vassilis Tsianos
What does the speech of an expert mean, a speech that has great influence? What happens when an expert speaks about others? Is expertise about others possible at all? Who is trusted to be an expert, who is not? And who profits from the idea of expertise? Can expertise get lost? Is the position of the expert necessarily superior, even or although they are criticizing power relations? Is the belief in expertise and the figure of the expert thus rather problematic or helpful?
The film PODIUM shows a panel discussion with six participants who have, however, never met on the podium. Instead of a conversation with each other the discussants were invited after each other. A video-technical layering enables and at the same time forces a speaking about the other. The fixed hierarchy between the speakers determines and thus shows superiority which is usually covered and hidden in conversations.
The invited speakers were Melanie Brazzell, Sharon Dodua Otoo, Leonhard Fuest, Evelyn Hayn, Christian Schütze and Vassilis Tsianos, all of them dealing with power relations and language, as well as discrimination in language – in academia or activist contexts. Facing a setting in which they have to talk about others – not only as a content matter, but also on a superior visual layer – they reflect very differently on their own positions, privileges and linguistic devices. Last but not least, the figure of the expert itself is called into question.
trailer (german)
with
Christian Schütze
Vassilis Tsianos
Leonhard Fuest
Melanie Brazzell
Sharon Dodua Otoo
Evelyn Hayn
concept, production, directing, editing
Franzis Kabisch
director of photography
Heiko Volkmer
Sound and Sound Design
Davi Rodriguez de Lima
assistance
Badrieh Wanli
Funded by Gerriets, Freundeskreis der HfbK e.V. and with my pocket money
Podium,
video installation, 7 channels, each 20 to 88 min, HD colour, stereo,
including the film 'Podium', 50 min, HD colour, stereo, de/en with subtitles
What does the speech of an expert mean, a speech that has great influence? What happens when an expert speaks about others? Is expertise about others possible at all? Who is trusted to be an expert, who is not? And who profits from the idea of expertise? Can expertise get lost? Is the position of the expert necessarily superior, even or although they are criticizing power relations? Is the belief in expertise and the figure of the expert thus rather problematic or helpful?
The film PODIUM shows a panel discussion with six participants who have, however, never met on the podium. Instead of a conversation with each other the discussants were invited after each other. A video-technical layering enables and at the same time forces a speaking about the other. The fixed hierarchy between the speakers determines and thus shows superiority which is usually covered and hidden in conversations.
The invited speakers were Melanie Brazzell, Sharon Dodua Otoo, Leonhard Fuest, Evelyn Hayn, Christian Schütze and Vassilis Tsianos, all of them dealing with power relations and language, as well as discrimination in language – in academia or activist contexts. Facing a setting in which they have to talk about others – not only as a content matter, but also on a superior visual layer – they reflect very differently on their own positions, privileges and linguistic devices. Last but not least, the figure of the expert itself is called into question.
trailer (german)
with
Christian Schütze
Vassilis Tsianos
Leonhard Fuest
Melanie Brazzell
Sharon Dodua Otoo
Evelyn Hayn
concept, production, directing, editing
Franzis Kabisch
director of photography
Heiko Volkmer
Sound and Sound Design
Davi Rodriguez de Lima
assistance
Badrieh Wanli
Funded by Gerriets, Freundeskreis der HfbK e.V. and with my pocket money