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Aljoscha Weskott

Aljoscha Weskott
© Berlinale 2010
Film director, Writer, Actor
Principal country concerned : Column : Theater, Cinema/tv, Literature

Aljoscha Weskott wurde am 14. Juli 1974 in Marburg an der Lahn geboren und lebt seit 1997 als freier Autor und Filmemacher in Berlin. Nach Abschluss seines Studiums der Politikwissenschaft und Kulturwissenschaft war er 2004/05 Gasthörer an der Deutschen Film- und Fernsehakademie in Berlin. Er ist Mitherausgeber der Publikation Fraktur - Gespräche über Erinnerung in der Berliner Republik (2007) sowie von Sun Tropes: Sun City and (Post)-Apartheid Culture in South Africa, das 2009 erschienen ist. Nach den beiden Kurzfilmen Disco Ceremonies (2003), Der unbekannte Liebesliedperformer (2004) und dem mittellangen Howzit! Life in Johannesburg (2008; Koregie: Marietta Kesting) ist Sunny Land (2010) sein erster abendfüllender Film.

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Aljoscha Weskott was born in Marburg an der Lahn on July 14, 1974 and has lived in Berlin as a freelance author and filmmaker since 1997. After completing his studies in political science and cultural studies, he was a guest auditor at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin in 2004/05. He is a co-publisher of the periodical Fraktur - Gespräche über Erinnerung in der Berliner Republik (2007) and Sun Tropes: Sun City and (Post)-Apartheid Culture in South Africa, which appeared in 2009. Sunny Land (2010) is his first feature film.

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Sun Tropes
Sun City and (Post-)Apartheid Culture in South Africa

Price £25.00
ISBN 9783941360044
Pages 292
Binding softback
Illustration illustrated in colour and b&w
Dimensions 180 x 110 mm
Weight 335g

Sun Tropes follows traces of Sun City through South Africa's history from the late 70s until today. The book focuses specifically on the practices of entertainment and popular culture that have become standard by now.

As the African imitation of Las Vegas, Sun City's glittering hotel palaces reflect the desire of lavishness, escapism and the longing for a completely artificial time-space. The book (re-)constructs the mythical location of Sun City on different levels: as a historical and visual case study; through the incorporation of oral history perspectives as a fragmented space of post-Apartheid memory.

English text.

Publisher: Walther Koenig
Authors: Ivan Vladislavic, Leslie Witz, David Goldblatt, Gwen Gill, Kgebetli Moele, Marietta Kesting, Aljoscha Weskott, Lucas Ramalthodi, Jeanne van Eeden, Miranda Strydom, Shahed Saleem, Bridget Kenny
Keywords: Cultural Theory, Popular Culture, South Africa, politics
Editors: Marietta Kesting, Aljoscha Weskott

Filmographie
* After Effect
Darsteller - Deutschland - 2007 - Filmlänge: 75 Min. - Genre: Experimentalfilm

AFTER EFFECT portraitiert ein Milieu junger (Berliner) Kreativer zwischen Kommerz und Kunst und entwickelt hierfür eine sehr eigene Filmsprache mit ästhetischen Entlehnungen bei Videoclips und Videokunst

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