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6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Beauty and Decay
Film + Discussion | Film & Discussion w/ Photographer Sven Marquardt
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Goethe-Institut LA Project Space, Los Angeles, CA
- Language German w/ English Subtitles | English
- Price Free
Join us, the Villa Aurora, and renowned German photographer and culture icon Sven Marquardt on Friday, January 19th, at the Goethe-Institut for a special screening of filmmaker Annekatrin Hendel's award-winning documentary BEAUTY AND DECAY. A discussion with Sven Marquardt, including a presentation of his work and a reception, will follow the screening.
Admission is free with RSVP below. SCHEDULE:
6:30pm Doors open.
7:00pm Welcome and introductions
7:10pm BEAUTY & DECAY
8:30pm Discussion & Presentation with Sven Marquardt
9:00pm Reception. Light refreshments
9:30pm End of Event
Secure, free Parking is available at Metro/Retail parking structure with rear entrance to the Goethe-Institut located at
674 S. Westlake Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90057
BEAUTY AND DECAY
Germany, 2019, 79 Minutes, digital projection, German with English subtitles
Writer-Director: Annekatrin Hendel, Camera: Martin Farkas, Johann Feindt, Thomas Plenert, Sound: Moritz Springer, Nic Nagel, Frank Bubenzer, Editor: Gudrun Steinbrück, Music: Robert Lippok, Featuring: Sven Marquardt, Dominique (Dome) Hollenstein, Robert Paris, Producer: Annekatrin Hendel, Production: IT WORKS! Medien GmbH.
Annekatrin Hendel’s gentle portrait introduces the soft side of a man that the world knows as Europe’s toughest bouncer. Sven Marquardt does not only guard the door of the infamous techno club Berghain, he’s also a world-class artist. He started his career working as a trained photographer in East Berlin, capturing the distinctive subcultural scene of the city before the fall of the Berlin Wall: erotic, nonchalant, dirty, and existential, powerfully expressive black and white photographs. His works are shot in broad daylight, but radiate nightlife, ecstasy, excess, and darkness. Annekatrin Hendel sits down with the photographer Sven Marquardt and two of his old friends from past punk rock times: Robert Paris und Dominique Hollenstein (Dome). The trio’s light shined brighter than the rest of the vibrant East Berlin bohemia of the 80s.
BEAUTY & DECAY tells the story of three friends whose individual lives are defined by their artistic view of the world, by radicalism, and open-mindedness. It is also a story about the longing for individualism and unconventionality, rebellion, fashion, getting older, love, and friendship in two different ideologies. And, last but not least, it is a Berlin film. Robert Paris’ spectacular photographs of East Berlin in the 80s illustrate the beauty of deserted streets, boarded doors, shotup façades. His works display the unique nature of these lost places. But Sven Marquardt, Dome, and Robert Paris are still here. And so is this film.
(IT WORKS! Medien GmbH)
Sven Marquardt: Born in East Berlin in 1962, Marquardt was a formative part of the emerging Punk, New Wave and artists' scenes of Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg from the mid 1980s. When the Berlin Wall came down, he took a time-out from photography and immersed himself in Berlin's newly developing club scene, eventually making a name for himself as the doorman of the famed nightclub, Berghain. Inspired by the cultural atmosphere of Berlin, Sven returned to photography in the late 1990s with his exhibitions traveling the world. His work has been shown in Berlin, Belgrade, Sydney and New York City, at the invitation of the German Goethe Institut, for magazines including Interview, Sang Bleu, and L'Uomo Vogue, as well as for fashion labels such as Hugo BOSS, Levi’s, ITEM m6, Baldessarini, Liebeskind and most recently, G-Star. Marquardt is represented by and his works are shown courtesy of Galerie Deschler Berlin. marquardt-photography.com
Annekatrin Hendel was born and raised in Berlin, Germany. After completing her studies of design, she worked as a production designer for theater and film. In 2004, Hendel founded IT WORKS! Medien, a film production company responsible for successful films such as SPACE DOGS, THE BRASCH FAMILY, LIVING IN DEMMIN, FASSBINDER, ZONENMÄDCHEN, ANDERSON, VATERLANDSVERRÄTER - ENEMY OF THE STATE, FLAKE. Hendel started directing her own films in 2011 and has won multiple Grimme Awards. She is a member of the board of the German Film Academy and a Villa Aurora Fellow. Hendel lives in Berlin and has two children.
Presented as part of the long-standing cooperation with the Villa Aurora, where Villa Aurora Fellows showcase their projects (past, present, and future) here at the Goethe-Institut.
Admission is free with RSVP below. SCHEDULE:
6:30pm Doors open.
7:00pm Welcome and introductions
7:10pm BEAUTY & DECAY
8:30pm Discussion & Presentation with Sven Marquardt
9:00pm Reception. Light refreshments
9:30pm End of Event
Secure, free Parking is available at Metro/Retail parking structure with rear entrance to the Goethe-Institut located at
674 S. Westlake Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90057
BEAUTY AND DECAY
Germany, 2019, 79 Minutes, digital projection, German with English subtitles
Writer-Director: Annekatrin Hendel, Camera: Martin Farkas, Johann Feindt, Thomas Plenert, Sound: Moritz Springer, Nic Nagel, Frank Bubenzer, Editor: Gudrun Steinbrück, Music: Robert Lippok, Featuring: Sven Marquardt, Dominique (Dome) Hollenstein, Robert Paris, Producer: Annekatrin Hendel, Production: IT WORKS! Medien GmbH.
Annekatrin Hendel’s gentle portrait introduces the soft side of a man that the world knows as Europe’s toughest bouncer. Sven Marquardt does not only guard the door of the infamous techno club Berghain, he’s also a world-class artist. He started his career working as a trained photographer in East Berlin, capturing the distinctive subcultural scene of the city before the fall of the Berlin Wall: erotic, nonchalant, dirty, and existential, powerfully expressive black and white photographs. His works are shot in broad daylight, but radiate nightlife, ecstasy, excess, and darkness. Annekatrin Hendel sits down with the photographer Sven Marquardt and two of his old friends from past punk rock times: Robert Paris und Dominique Hollenstein (Dome). The trio’s light shined brighter than the rest of the vibrant East Berlin bohemia of the 80s.
BEAUTY & DECAY tells the story of three friends whose individual lives are defined by their artistic view of the world, by radicalism, and open-mindedness. It is also a story about the longing for individualism and unconventionality, rebellion, fashion, getting older, love, and friendship in two different ideologies. And, last but not least, it is a Berlin film. Robert Paris’ spectacular photographs of East Berlin in the 80s illustrate the beauty of deserted streets, boarded doors, shotup façades. His works display the unique nature of these lost places. But Sven Marquardt, Dome, and Robert Paris are still here. And so is this film.
(IT WORKS! Medien GmbH)
Sven Marquardt: Born in East Berlin in 1962, Marquardt was a formative part of the emerging Punk, New Wave and artists' scenes of Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg from the mid 1980s. When the Berlin Wall came down, he took a time-out from photography and immersed himself in Berlin's newly developing club scene, eventually making a name for himself as the doorman of the famed nightclub, Berghain. Inspired by the cultural atmosphere of Berlin, Sven returned to photography in the late 1990s with his exhibitions traveling the world. His work has been shown in Berlin, Belgrade, Sydney and New York City, at the invitation of the German Goethe Institut, for magazines including Interview, Sang Bleu, and L'Uomo Vogue, as well as for fashion labels such as Hugo BOSS, Levi’s, ITEM m6, Baldessarini, Liebeskind and most recently, G-Star. Marquardt is represented by and his works are shown courtesy of Galerie Deschler Berlin. marquardt-photography.com
Annekatrin Hendel was born and raised in Berlin, Germany. After completing her studies of design, she worked as a production designer for theater and film. In 2004, Hendel founded IT WORKS! Medien, a film production company responsible for successful films such as SPACE DOGS, THE BRASCH FAMILY, LIVING IN DEMMIN, FASSBINDER, ZONENMÄDCHEN, ANDERSON, VATERLANDSVERRÄTER - ENEMY OF THE STATE, FLAKE. Hendel started directing her own films in 2011 and has won multiple Grimme Awards. She is a member of the board of the German Film Academy and a Villa Aurora Fellow. Hendel lives in Berlin and has two children.
Presented as part of the long-standing cooperation with the Villa Aurora, where Villa Aurora Fellows showcase their projects (past, present, and future) here at the Goethe-Institut.
Location
Goethe-Institut LA Project Space
1901 W. 7th St. Suite AB
Los Angeles, CA 90057
USA
1901 W. 7th St. Suite AB
Los Angeles, CA 90057
USA