ÁLBUM
LARISSA KRAMPERT & BJÖRN SCHMITT
28 DE MARZO. 20:00H
C. CORRAL DE CANTOS 4. MADRID
For their presentation at Esquejes Larissa Krampert and Björn Schmitt have put together a program of Super 8 and 16mm works, which they will present in person.
LINGUA IGNOTA
2025, Larissa Krampert/Björn Schmitt, 14 Min, Super 8, Silent + sep. Sound
During her lifetime 12th-century abbess and mystic Hildegard von Bingen invented a secret language, the lingua ignota, which purpose remains unclear up until today. Taking the idea of visions as a starting point for playing with the filmic image and montage, Lingua Ignota connects a research into the different facets of Hildegard von Bingen’s life - music, plants, language - with an audio-visual diary. Collecting images at Disibodenberg, a former monastery where Hildegard used to live, visiting friends on a Danish Island and seasons changing - the principle of an unknown language connects the images and dictates their order, seeking correspondences between different spaces and temporalities. (lk/bs)
ALBUM (work in progress)
2025, Larissa Krampert/Björn Schmitt, 21 Min, 16mm, Silent + sep. Sound
Album combines four portraits of places and people filmed over the course of one year: A New Year shows a few days spent in a small hut near the German Czech border. The rhythm of the days dictates the rhythm of the film - making a fire, looking out of the window, spending time together at the table. La Grotta documents a peculiar state of relaxed concentration on a spring day by the sea, solving crossword puzzles with friends and panning shots along the rock formations. Late Summer is a portrait of our friends Heide and Karola, who recently moved into a new apartment. From the stairwell to their rooms, light, objects and colors reveal the idiosyncrasies and experiences of two shared lives. In the fall we visited Ewelina, Nuno and Helena in Portugal, Mãozinha is an immediate and gentle expression of these days together: falling leaves in the park, small hands and large objects, the setting sun paints the clouds in different shades. (lk/bs)
28 DE MARZO. 20:00H
C. CORRAL DE CANTOS 4. MADRID
For their presentation at Esquejes Larissa Krampert and Björn Schmitt have put together a program of Super 8 and 16mm works, which they will present in person.
LINGUA IGNOTA
2025, Larissa Krampert/Björn Schmitt, 14 Min, Super 8, Silent + sep. Sound
During her lifetime 12th-century abbess and mystic Hildegard von Bingen invented a secret language, the lingua ignota, which purpose remains unclear up until today. Taking the idea of visions as a starting point for playing with the filmic image and montage, Lingua Ignota connects a research into the different facets of Hildegard von Bingen’s life - music, plants, language - with an audio-visual diary. Collecting images at Disibodenberg, a former monastery where Hildegard used to live, visiting friends on a Danish Island and seasons changing - the principle of an unknown language connects the images and dictates their order, seeking correspondences between different spaces and temporalities. (lk/bs)
ALBUM (work in progress)
2025, Larissa Krampert/Björn Schmitt, 21 Min, 16mm, Silent + sep. Sound
Album combines four portraits of places and people filmed over the course of one year: A New Year shows a few days spent in a small hut near the German Czech border. The rhythm of the days dictates the rhythm of the film - making a fire, looking out of the window, spending time together at the table. La Grotta documents a peculiar state of relaxed concentration on a spring day by the sea, solving crossword puzzles with friends and panning shots along the rock formations. Late Summer is a portrait of our friends Heide and Karola, who recently moved into a new apartment. From the stairwell to their rooms, light, objects and colors reveal the idiosyncrasies and experiences of two shared lives. In the fall we visited Ewelina, Nuno and Helena in Portugal, Mãozinha is an immediate and gentle expression of these days together: falling leaves in the park, small hands and large objects, the setting sun paints the clouds in different shades. (lk/bs)
LARISSA KRAMPERT
& BJÖRN SCHMITT
Larissa Krampert and Björn Schmitt came to filmmaking via the detour of showing films - together with Martin Klein they’re responsible for the programming of exf f. festival in Frankfurt, Germany. Touched by the generous and intimate experience of sharing handmade films with a community, they began to work with Super 8 and 16mm film material themselves.
& BJÖRN SCHMITT
Larissa Krampert and Björn Schmitt came to filmmaking via the detour of showing films - together with Martin Klein they’re responsible for the programming of exf f. festival in Frankfurt, Germany. Touched by the generous and intimate experience of sharing handmade films with a community, they began to work with Super 8 and 16mm film material themselves.