FILMS
Götterfunken
a film by Bettina WitteVeen
2018, HD Video, 16min08sec
Bettina WitteVeen's poetic film weaves dance sequences into a narrative structure about the cosmic dance of life and insights into the origin of the universe. She recorded these scenes over a period of ten years, in Bhutan, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Cuba, and the United States of America.
The film was part of her Installation “Götterfunken Feuertrunken Der Erlkönig: Whiteout” in 2018.
From September 2024 to February 2025, the film was shown in the exhibition “Dance Worlds” at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany.
Concept, Camera & Sound: Bettina WitteVeen
Production & Editing: Henriette Isenhardt
Sound Editing: Rico Mahel
Sound Mixing: Manuel Vogt
Motion Graphics: Eric Thußbas
The ErlKing - Altar for Shiva
a film by Bettina WitteVeen
2010, HD Video, Loop 36min58sec
That wind in the alder trees. These storm binding branches. Those windswept arms. Was that treetop splitted? And suddenly that pulsing red...
Goethe’s lyric “Der Erlkönig” is the departure point for Bettina WitteVeen’s poetic and atmospheric short film. The film unfolds a paysage moralisé of historic, philosophical and spiritual messages held firmly together at the roots by the allegorical graft WitteVeen made between “Der Erlkönig” and the narrative of Hindu God Shiva, the Cosmic Dancer and Lord of Destruction, purifier of Karma and deity of both Agni (Fire) and Indra (Sleep).
The film was nominated for the “Prize of New Writings“ and „The Discovery Award“ at the Cutlog Paris - Artist Film Festival in 2013.
Concept, Camera & Sound: Bettina WitteVeen
Production & Editing: Philip Reinhold
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