What happens if we miss the last opportunity to escape an unstoppable train and we only just realize, where we are, when we hit the wall? The short film "ZUG008" is the final piece from the Homework mentorship by Ellen Wolf. It reveals the experience of pull and pressure on the human body and mind, inspired by the light installation of space designer Yoraco Gonzalez. We follow the protagonist on a thin line between spiritual devotion and unavoidable surrender. A play with forces of gravity and the power of imagination to withstand and transform energies as we put our mind to it. Dedicated to all people feeling burned out and seeing red. The sky is still blue.
Space Design: Designer and artist. Yoraco González, born in 1972, received his architectural education in Caracas, Venezuela. He has lived and worked in Berlin since 1995. In 2000, he began his own design studio in Berlin, focusing on spatial design, unique design objects and interiors. Yoraco’s approach to design is focused on creating inhabitable atmospheres with a unique character. To achieve this goal, he adopts concepts of sustainable design by combining contemporary and found materials. Further, he recontextualizes existing elements of spaces. Employing his artisanal woodworking and other technical skills, he does not create cold or generic design. Rather, he tailors spaces to specific persons and their preferences.
Dancer & Creative Producer: Dance artist and creative producer, Ellen Wolf, born in 1994 in the alps of Switzerland, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Design Management in Lucerne (2019) after she worked as a professional dancer on hip hop theatre tours around the UK. Her artistic career continued in Switzerland during her studies with Helena Kate Amor as the dance and design duo „Moving Mountains“. Together the two creatives performed in venues like Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London as part of the Open Art Surgery by Breakin’ Convention, the UNESCO World Heritage Bauhaus School of Design and the Planetarium of Lucerne with Robot Koch’s World Tour „Sphere“. Ellen is currently based in Berlin where she focuses on combining film and dance to explore new ways of storytelling. Furthermore, she was part of Germany’s biggest international dance festival „Tanz Im August“ this summer and premiered her first dance film at „Tanzfestival Winthertur“ in November 2020.
What happens if we miss the last opportunity to escape an unstoppable train and we only just realize, where we are, when we hit the wall? The short film "ZUG008" is the final piece from the Homework mentorship by Ellen Wolf. It reveals the experience of pull and pressure on the human body and mind, inspired by the light installation of space designer Yoraco Gonzalez. We follow the protagonist on a thin line between spiritual devotion and unavoidable surrender. A play with forces of gravity and the power of imagination to withstand and transform energies as we put our mind to it. Dedicated to all people feeling burned out and seeing red. The sky is still blue.
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