ORGANISM / Germany

Animated painting | 1:00 min / loop | 4:3 vertical format | HD | mute | 2018

ORGANISM / Germany, film still
ORGANISM / Germany, film still
ORGANISM / Germany, film still
ORGANISM / Germany, film still
ORGANISM / Germany, film still
ORGANISM / Germany, film still

This work is one approach to explore what the term „Germany“ means. Therefor Simona Koch has researched it´s roots, the changes of it´s shape during the hundreds of years and transformed this into a chronological animation.
But where to begin? The decision was taken for the year 962 with the imperial coronation of Otto I. and formation of the Holy Roman Empire. Now one can observe how the organism is permanently in motion, changing shape and name – until, in the end, it becomes the Germany we know today. These changes mostly come along with war and also with migration, displacement and dispossession. So what is German and who are the Germans?