DAS BAD DER ELEFANTEN Ein Programm aus der Sammlung von Home Movies, Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia, Bologna Sonntag, 13. November 2011 · 20 Uhr künstlerhaus mousonturm Die Home Movies der Prinzipalin der italienischen Zirkusdynastie Togni und andere erstaunliche, überraschende, ja hinreissende Amateurfilme aus dem Italien der 1950er bis -70er Jahre. Viele dieser Filme lagen über Jahrzehnte vergessen in Kellern, Schränken, Garagen, Schubladen, landeten auf Flohmärkten -. Inzwischen gibt es weltweit ein großes Interesse an den Materialien als historische und gesellschaftliche Dokumente. Für das Kino sind sie immer noch zu entdecken: als Ausdruck von Passionen ihrer Macher, in ihrer eigenen Materialschönheit, in ihren bizarren und bewegenden Momenten. Das Formenspektrum enthält Dokumentarisches, Experimentelles und Spielfilmelemente. In Frankfurter Erstaufführung sind diese Filme aus dem international bedeutenden Archiv zu sehen. Soweit das fragile Material es zulässt, werden die Film in ihren Originalformaten projiziert. Präsentiert von Kinothek Asta Nielsen e.V. in Zusammenarbeit mit reel to real. Zu Gast sind die beiden Kurator_innen vom Home Movies, Karianne Fiorini und Paolo Simoni aus Bologna. Projektion: Gunther Deller Die Kurator_innen zu ihrem Programm A selction from the huge home movies and amateur film collections of the Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia to show a varity of unexpected film materials, for historical, social and aesthetic values, and thus underline the importance of safeguarding this precious visual cultural heritage. Forgotten for decades in basements, closets, drawers and other hidden places, they are now re-surfacing thanks to a long process of recovery from oblivion through restoration and cataloguing. The film programme will focus on different film collections. Extracts from the exciting Circus Togni family movies, with images of family life in a circus setting, beyond sequences of the circus activities and tournée, and other gems related to women productions on different themes and forms. From documentary to experimental and fiction forms. Karianne Fiorini studied at the Department of Music, Art, Cinema and Theater at the University of Bologna. She is a film archivist and for several years she has focused on a research project about film censorship in Italy, Italia Taglia, organized by Cineteca di Bologna. She is one of the founders of Home Movies - National Amateur Film Archive in Italy, focused on safeguarding home movies and amateur film. She is the film collections manager and in charge of the cataloguing department. She is also involved in international projects about the history of the Italian emigrants to the USA through the home movies heritage. In addition she is engaged in the organization of cultural events such as the International Home Movie Day and the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Since ten years Paolo Simoni has focused his activities on archiving, valorising and reworking "private" cinema, organizing cultural, scientific and artistic events. He has promoted experimental and non fiction cinema as a curator for festivals. He is one of the founders of Home Movies - National Amateur Film Archive in Italy and he is the curator of many projects inside the Archive. He also produces and realizes documentaries, visual installations, exhibitions and live performances. Since 2005 he works as a researcher at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where he also coordinates the laboratory of audiovisual production. He is author of articles and essays on amateur cinema and the realationship between audiovisual sources and memory. künstlerhaus mousonturm Waldschmidtstraße 4 60316 Frankfurt am Main www.mousonturm.de Es gelten die Eintrittspreise des mousonturm Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel U4 Merianplatz U6/U7 Zoo Straßenbahn Linie 14, Waldschmidtstraße