Filme von Kurdwin Ayub

The screening dates and further information on the individual films are available via the links in the right column!

In the presence of Kurdwin Ayub.

The emotional landscapes of young women and their relationships with young men are a central theme in Kurdwin Ayub’s miniature videos; a slightly different bed, a different outfit; a different make-up each time. There is frequent singing, too: as a slightly enervating rehearsal situation in ADELE 1, or in HASENZAHN – synchronous but somewhat off-key, which makes it emotionally even more engaging. Ayub employs a welltimed gaze into the camera as a consistent formal gesture that works both as a mirror and means of contact with the outside world. In SCHNEIDEREI and KATZENHIMMEL Ayub focuses on narration, a form of speech that always contains peculiar twists and turns, nicely timed pauses and ironic irritations; rather than promising any depth it scratches on the surface. Ayub’s most recent work, FAMILIENURLAUB (SzENEN 1–17), takes a new direction: She no longer dominates the picture alone but adds the whole family clan. Facets of private self-enactment based on stories of everyday life, containing documentary forms of the political context: It is a balancing act that works surprisingly well. (Dietmar Schwärzler)