Imago Mundi - Challenging what is accepted

Producing art, producing a discourse, producing a(n altered) worldview; the movement carried through by Lisl Ponger’s Imago Mundi - Challenging what is accepted comprises a mutual reflection of these three areas, and, more significantly, interventions to effect changes in their position in the constellation. First of all there is the production of art, seven classical art forms to be precise, which the film presents examples of and interweaves. Beginning with a Vanitas still life, "The Knight’s Dream" by Spanish Baroque painter Antonio de Pereda (mid-17th century), music, dance, theatre, literature, photography and film follow, either inspired directly by, or...

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Orig. Title
Imago Mundi - Das Gültige, Sagbare und Machbare verändern
Year
2007
Country
Austria
Duration
37 min
Director
Lisl Ponger
Category
Avantgarde/Arts, Essay
Orig. Language
German, English
Subtitles
English, German, french
Credits
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