This October, the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles will host the touring exhibition Brilliant Dilletantes – Subculture in Germany in the 1980s.

Curated by Mathilde Weh, (Visual Arts, Goethe-Institut, Munich), this multimedia exhibition presents the most comprehensive survey of German subculture of the 1980’s to date and includes, photos, posters, albums and cassettes, as well videos and an interactive sound station offering samples music from the bands Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft/D.A.F., Der Plan, Die Tödliche Doris, Einstürzende Neubauten, Freiwillig Selbstkontrolle/ F.S.K., Ornament und Verbrechen, and Palais Schaumburg.

Preceding the exhibition’s opening, documentary, experimental, and feature films focusing on this era of artistic freedom will be presented at the Goethe-Institut.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL SCREENINGS ARE FREE OF CHARGE. ALL FILMS ARE IN GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Location

GOETHE-INSTITUT
5750 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Tickets FREE OF CHARGE

Information:

323.525.3388 or http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/los/ver/en14689150v.htm

Berlin Super 80
Germany (BRD), 1978-1984 (2005), 120 min., digital. Dir.: Various including Jörg Buttgereit, Manfred Jelinski, Dieter Hormel & Brigitte Bühler, Klaus Beyer, Rolf S. Wolkenstein.
Music: Various, including Malaria, Einstürzende Neubauten. Die Tödliche Doris, etc.

This 120 minute program presents the selection of experimental and underground short music films that comprise the compilation BERLIN SUPER 80 – Music & Film Underground Berlin (WEST) 1978 – 1984. Described as a snapshot of early 80’s subculture in West Berlin, these films present a small sampling of the creative output by filmmakers in the city’s underground movie scene. In rediscovering the Super 8mm film format as a medium for their creativity, these filmmakers captured West Berlin during this unique period of creative expression. Short films such as Christoph Doering’s 3302 (a taxi ride through Berlin’s underground nightlife), Mein Papi from Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik, Nekromantik 2, German Angst), So war das So36 from Manfred Jelinski (capturing the legendary punk and underground club in Berlin-Kreuzberg during it’s prime as a meeting place for the “dilettante” scene), and Dieter Hormel & Brigitte Bühler’s Geld (an early Music film for the band Malaria!) are accompanied by music from bands including Die Tödliche Doris, Flucht Nach Vorne, Einstürzende Neubauten and others.

Complete Program:
– Brand & Maschmann: E Dopo? -Music: La Loora, (1981), 3 min.
– Christoph Doering: 3302 -Music: Die Unbekannten, Flucht Nach Vorn, MDK, (1979), 14 min.
– Markgraf & Wolkenstein: Hüpfen 82 (1982), 2 min.
– Yana Yo: Sax -Music: A.V. Oertzen (1983), 6 min.
– Maye & Rendschmidt: Ohne Liebe gibt es keinen Tod (1980), 5 min.
– Stiletto Studios: Formel Super VIII (1983), 2 min.
– Walter Gramming: Hammer und Sichel (1978), 5 min.
– Georg Marioth: Morgengesänge (1984), 14 min.
– Hormel/Bühler: Geld -Music: Malaria! (1982), 4 min.
– Notorische Reflexe: Fragment Video -Music: Notorische Reflexe (1983) , 12 min.
– Jörg Buttgereit: Mein Papi -Music: Gundula Schmitz, Max Müller (1981-95) 7 min.
– Die Tödliche Doris: Berliner Küchenmusik -Music: Die Tödliche Doris (1982), 5 min.
– Butzmann & Kiesel: Spanish Fly (1979), 5 min.
– Manfred Jelinski: Exerpts from „So war das SO 36“ -Music: Carambolage, Die Gelbs, Einstürzende Neubauten, Lorenz Lorenz, Malaria (1984) , 12 min.
– Klaus Beyer: Die Glatze -Music: Klaus Beyer (1983) 2 min.
– Markgraf & Wolkenstein: Craex Apart -Music: Craex Apart (1983), 6 min.
– Andrea Hillen: Gelbfieber (1982) 3 min.