BAUHAUS IN BAVARIA
Film - Virtual Worlds Filmfest 2019

BAUHAUS IN BAVARIA

Directed by Stefan Göppel

Info

Director: Stefan Göppel
Section: Virtual Worlds
Country: Germany
Year: 2019
Language: German, English
18+ (no age rating)

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BAUHAUS IN BAVARIA

The "Bauhaus in Bavaria" experience is a personal journey through time to the last buildings of Bauhaus icon Walter Gropius: the Rosenthal factory am Rothbühl in Selb and the Glass Cathedral in Amberg, Bavaria. This VR experience presents previously unpublished photos and sketches from the archives of Harvard and Rosenthal. It was shot in Amberg, Selb, and Boston with the use of cable cams, drones, and elaborate animation. This VR documentary is also a story of spiritual kinship between Gropius and porcelain manufacturer Philip Rosenthal. Together they wanted to build new factories that put people, not design, first. This VR experience gives viewers a sense of how the design was developed. The story is told as an essay based on the memories of Gropius's contemporary and collaborator, Alex Cvijanovic, who conveys the mood of the time, explains why Gropius and Rosenthal brought flamingos to Selb, and reveals why a lost bet is to blame for Gropius having to design a Bauhaus-style pigsty.

This VR experience is part of the Competition section of VIRTUAL WORLDS, duration 12 minutes.

Please book a time slot for this VR Experience here: https://www.guestoo.de/virtualworlds2019.

The Virtual Worlds Exhibition takes place at the Isarforum, Ludwigsbrücke, 80538 Munich and will be open for the public:
2nd of July:  01:00 pm - 09:00 pm
3rd of July:  10:00 am - 09:00 pm
4th of July: 10:00 am - 07:00 pm

You will find more info at: http://VirtualWorlds-Munich.de

Meet the director

Stefan Göppel

Credits

Screenplay: Andrea Zimmermann, Stefan Göppel
Director of Photography: Kevin Fuchs
Composer: Andrej Melita
Sound: Martin Rieger
Producer: Florian Laucke
Production Company: Schwarzbild Medienproduktion GmbH