Section: POLSKIE HORYZONTY: The Female Gaze

Dreie kommen durch die Welt

How Three Men Got On in the World

Jörg Herold, Jörg Witte
Germany, 1990, 17 Min

Inspired by the cult comic series the “Digedags”, Jörg Herold and Jörg Witte made a Super 8 film in late 1989 on the eternal dream of every GDR citizen, namely to travel. The Digedags travelled the world, as well as bearing witness to the more mundane aspects of everyday life such as the preparations for Leipzig's Christmas market, all the while sticking together, be it over a cup of hot chocolate or huddled around the TV screen.

Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin

“Time and again they gathered, sat together. It's strange to think how serious they were, looking back in the knowledge that they would travel together. Times change, they wait. (…) Evening after evening they sat together, watching and observing; they had known each other for such a long time, and spent so many evenings together.“ Waiting for events to unfold, for an unexpected twist, for the future.

One of the friends sets off on a journey and is sadly missed. He returns and they gather, reunited, and wait. KF

Filmformat
DVD | Farbe / colour
Kontakt
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Jörg Herold, Jörg Witte -  

Jörg Herold
– born 1965 in Leipzig, GDR. In his youth he completed a plasterer's apprenticeship and worked as a painter and packer. From 1987 till 1990 he studied painting in Leipzig and Berlin. He today lives and works in Berlin and Rothspalk, devoting his attentions to film and conceptual art in public spaces.

Jörg Witte
– born 1964 in Berlin, GDR. He received professional drama training at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts Berlin from 1986 till 1990. Subsequently, he worked as an actor in Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Germany. He was the director of the Pathos Transport Theater Berlin from 2002-2010.

Movies
Jörg Herold:
BEWURSTSEIN ODER FÜR ALLE IST GESORGT – DER WURSTFILM (1987, short)
DER TRAUM DES BRUDERSCHLAGENDEN LNDIANERS (1988, short)
KÖRPER IM KÖRPER (1989, short)