Carsten Aschmann

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Carsten Aschmann

Carsten Aschmann (born February 19, 1965 in Hanover ) is a German filmmaker , video artist , author , film editor and film producer .

Life

After graduating from the IGS Roderbruch in Hanover, Carsten Aschmann completed a basic course of German studies and philosophy at the University of Hanover . a. with Manfred Geier , for whom he also worked as a research assistant.

From 1986 to 1989 he was part of the film group "Kreaturen", which shot on Super-8 . The "Kreaturen" were one of the first to show their films in unusual locations and combine their premieres, such as B. the "Perforated Heroes", with performance and live music. Aschmann then studied art and experimental film at the Braunschweig University of Art in the film class with Birgit Hein , Wilhelm Hein and Gerhard Büttenbender. His diploma thesis The reproduction of clichés in film with special consideration of archetypes also became relevant for his film work.

From 1993 to 1997, Aschmann was a founding member of the Hanover Film Workshop Sector 16 . His main topics were workshops on music and sound design in film in collaboration with Irmin Schmidt (Can) , Peter Braatz or Dirk Schaefer. Aschmann was involved in the film culture context at the Nordstadt Film Festival or as an active member of the Lower Saxony Film and Media Office.

His films are shown at film festivals in Germany and abroad and have received several awards, e. B. German Short Film Award (2004), Rom Film Festival / CinemaXXI (2012). Ketamine - Behind the Light won the main prize of the international jury at the short film days in Oberhausen in 2009 . His films were shown at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and the Braunschweig Film Festival . In 2011 he received a grant from the Kunstfonds Bonn Foundation .

He has been writing screenplays since 2005 - primarily feature films. As a video artist, he takes part in art exhibitions. As editor and producer he worked with the machine performance group BBM , with Agnieszka Jurek, Stilluppsteypa and David Lynch .

In 2016 Aschmann had a teaching position at the University of Hanover , Design and Media Department. From 2017 to 2018 he was on the board of the Lower Saxony Film and Media Office.

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In his first Super-8 films ("Uterus in Legoland", "Heulerfreuden", "Rendezvous"), body and sexuality, auto-eroticism and the staging of possible relationships between men and women play a major role. Aschmann has been working continuously on two cycles, the hula stream and the video diaries, since 2004 .

From the foreword to a retrospective by Carsten Aschmann by Prof. Gerhard Büttenbender: "The strong man, the seductive woman, the castrating fury or the holy and unapproachable goddess - the clichés in Aschmann's films are not broken, and this naivete thwarted the reading, that stereotypes can only be overcome through cynicism and irony. Building on this, a point of view is made possible that does not necessarily look for a drama that only too gladly needs the distinction between good and bad, and the corresponding narration. At the same time he makes films, which come from a more documentary point of view. Here he works without a topic and surrenders himself to his spontaneous side. Therefore, it is not surprising that the uncomplicated approach is very liberating , especially in the video diaries . It is finished exactly when the viewer wants the Opportunity for discussion. "

Filmography

Movies

  • 1988 uterus in Legoland
  • 1993 rendezvous
  • 1995 Rooms
  • 1997 p
  • 1998 Full Moon
  • 2002 Family Composer
  • 2004 Trumpet For Love, Hula-Stream I.
  • 2005 RK battery - drums, Hula-Stream II
  • 2006 Kill Time, Hula-Stream III , music: Stilluppsteypa
  • 2007 Nice Movie, Video Diary III
  • 2009 Ketamine - Behind the Light , Video Diary IV
  • 2011 Gas Avalon, Hula-Stream IV , music: Stilluppsteypa
  • 2012 Waterscope Cluster | Transitions | Lines , music: Dieter Moebius
  • 2016 Updating Death
  • 2019 Modus Messiaen
  • 2020 Rotor Absynt

Documentation / cooperation

  • 2000 72 artifacts for BBM Expo - production & editing
  • 2001 Balance - Medienhaus Hannover - camera & editing
  • 2001 Kick Robot technology is a tactic for BBM production & editing
  • 2003 Does That Hurt You? - David Lynch's Dumbland - Production & Editing
  • 2005 Troia Talk Crowd Control (Talk Show) for BBM Production & Editing
  • 2010 My father the forest - by Agnieszka Jurek - production & editing
  • 2012 Linden - a love song - Medienhaus Hannover - editing
  • 2014 Paths to Happiness - by Agnieszka Jurek and Carsten Aschmann - production, direction & editing
  • 2016 Eselsbrücken - by Agnieszka Jurek - camera & technical support

Music videos

  • 1999 The bridge builder - crown of hospitality
  • 2007 There are always wounds - Sankt Otten
  • 2011 Hallelujah, German Angst - Sankt Otten

DVD

  • 2005 "Full Moon" DVD Constantly on the move: Crossover in experimental film and video art from Germany 1995-2004 , Goethe-Institut
  • 2013 "Gas Avalon" DVD Emerging Artists - Experimental Films and Video Art From Germany , curated by AG Kurzfilm and german films

Films about Carsten Aschmann

  • Against the Current - Stand Alone Player # 1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Experiments , website film and history of the Hannover Culture Archive
  2. ^ Film workshop sector 16 eV
  3. ↑ I am for the freedom of the viewer ( memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Film- und Medienbüro Niedersachsen, February 23, 2010
  4. ^ Carsten Aschmann: Awards , IMDb
  5. ↑ Winner 2009 , International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
  6. ^ Reality and Appearance ( Memento from November 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Kulturzentrum Faust , 1999
  7. ^ "Kick-Robot - Technology is Tactics" ( Memento from November 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), artist group BBM
  8. ^ Website Agnieszka Jurek
  9. ↑ Stilluppsteypa , Helen Scarsdale Agency
  10. ↑ Does That Hurt You? (2002) , IMDb
  11. ↑ Lecturer department DM in winter semester 2016/17 , University of Hanover
  12. ^ The Board of Directors , Film and Media Office Lower Saxony
  13. ^ Trumpet for Love , filmportal.de
  14. ↑ Film info: RK battery - drums , german films
  15. ^ Nice Movie , International Film Festival Rotterdam
  16. ^ Gas Avalon ( memo of November 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Brno Short Film Festival
  17. ↑ Prashant Parvatneni: Waterscope: The Poetics of Water , Blog Essential Mystery , December 9, 2012
  18. ↑ Updating Death , hula-offline.de
  19. ↑ Modus Messiaen , IMDb
  20. ↑ Rotor Absynth , nordmedia.de
  21. ↑ My father of the forest , agnieszka-jurek.com
  22. ↑ Ways to happiness , videorauschen.de
  23. ↑ Always on the move , Goethe Institute
  24. ^ Booklet Emerging Artists , AG Kurzfilm
  25. ↑ Against the current , agnieszka-jurek.com
personal data
SURNAME Aschmann, Carsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German filmmaker, video artist, author, film editor and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover