Burkhard von Harder at German historical museum Berlin

FROM THE END OF DUALITY TO THE END OF THE POST-TOTALITARIAN DREAM
THE SCAR PROJECT / DAS NARBE PROJEKT or Approaching the Family

by BURKHARD VON HARDER

EXPERIMENTAL POETIC SINGLE SHOT DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECT IN TWO PARTS

Part I: NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN, 78 min

Part II: NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY, 960 min

BERLIN - 2009 (I) +++ BERLIN - 2010 (I) +++ BERLIN - 2010 (I) +++ NEW YORK - 2010 (I) +++ PARIS - 2012 (II - SEGM. 2) +++ NEW YORK - 2013 (I) +++ BEIJING/北京 - 2014 (I) +++ BEIJING/北京 - 2014 (II) +++ ROTTERDAM - 2015 (I+II) +++ BERLIN - 2015 (I+II) +++ BARCELONA - 2015 (II) +++ BERLIN - 2019 (I) +++ BERLIN - 2019 (TRIPTYCHON) +++ SHANGHAI/上海 (I) - 2020 +++ SHANGHAI/上海 (II) - 2021 +++ 59. LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA (II - (Installation : The Projectionist) 2022 +++

News:

2022:

Burkhard von Harder - Die Narbe | The Scar - LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
59. BIENNALE DI VENEZIA (I)
"The Times of the Chimeras"
(NFT-CRYPTO-GROUP-SHOW)
https://www.timesofchimeras.io/en
Kurator: Sandro Orlandi Stagl

Burkhard von Harder
THE PROJECTIONIST
(Installation of 8 small-scale cinemas, 200 x 300 cm)

From THE END OF DUALITY / NO END OF DUALITY to the end of the post-totalitarian dream
The original NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY AS PALIMPSEST

REVISED AND REPLENISHED AS INSTALLATION (930 min) /
UEBERARBEITET UND ERGAENZT ALS INSTALLATION (930 min)

LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA (II)
APR 23 - NOV 27, 2022 - CAMEROON PAVILION

2021:

THE END OF DUALITY / NO END OF DUALITY: THE SCAR PROJECT | DAS NARBE PROJEKT
Film distribution for Scandinavia

as Video on demand :
film på farta / The Scar | Die Narbe

film på farta - Film distribution for Scandinavia as video on demand: Die Narbe | The Scar

MUBI / The Scar | Die Narbe

MUBI - Watch hand-picked cinema: Die Narbe | The Scar

Opening: AUG 07, 2019 - 6pm :
NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN TRIPTYCHON Filmpremiere

Opening hours: AUG 07 - 15, 2019
Daily, 12am – 08pm.

at Potsdamer Platz

For the opening of BERLIN-BERLIN-PASSAGES FILMINSTALLATION CLB BERLIN will present the premiere of
NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN by Burkhard von Harder in a new version as a triptych with the recording of
the live sound performance of FM Einheit, which took place in 2015 as part of March music at the Kraftwerk.

Special Guest: Mariette Rissenbeek, new director of Berlinale.

5 Minute Segment Triptychon NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN from Burkhard von Harder on Vimeo.

Location: Potsdamer Platz
Renzo Piano Atrium Tower
Eichhornstraße 3
10785 Berlin

Archive:

May 2015

NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY as part of the LOOP FESTIVAL BARCELONA

NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY as part of
LOOP FESTIVAL BARCELONA -
May 28 - June 6, 2015
Location: La Capella de Santa Àgata / Placa del Reide / Barcelona






For the first time in 70 years a larger art installation in Chapel of Santa Ágata (1302) at Placa del Rei in Barcelona
with the outstanding altarpiece by Jaume Huguet from the fifteenth century.

Review:

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Loop Festival Barcelona - Review Time out Barcelona Time Out Barcelona: Loop 2015 - Narbe Deutschland [spanish]



March 2015


DIE NARBE | Part 2 SCAR GERMANY - The Long Now - Berliner Festspiele - Burkhard von Harder

DURATIONAL CINEMA:

NARBE DEUTSCHLAND and NARBE BERLIN as part of
MärzMusik Festival for Time Issues Berliner Festspiele:

THE LONG NOW @ KRAFTWERK BERLIN
3/28 - 3/29, 2015, get the programm [as pdf]

NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY as part of the THE LONG NOW @ KRAFTWERK BERLIN

"The Long Now" ist ein Ort der andauernden Gegenwart, ein Raum, in dem sich Zeit selbst entfalten und das Zeitgefühl unbekannte Wege gehen und sich verlieren kann. - Berno Odo Polzer, Curator



29.03. | 04:00 - 20:00 | Floor 4
BURKHARD VON HARDER
NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY (2009–2014)
Experimental Single Shot Documentary Film Project
Improvisationen:
Anna Clementi, Stimme | vocals
Ulrike Brand, Cello
Elena Kakaliagou, Horn
Hilary Jefferey, Posaune | trombone
Duration: 16 hours
29.03. | 18:30 - 20:00 | Floor 8
BURKHARD VON HARDER
NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN (2009)
Live Sound Performance by FM Einheit

Reviews:

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - film på farta / Norway film på farta / Norway

Einarweissbescheid - The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder Einarweissbescheid

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - Het Sublieme in 2015 by Floris Solleveld Het Sublieme in 2015 [text by Floris Solleveld, Historiker und Philosophet Subieme in 2015 [dutch]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - His Voice His Voice [czech]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - Review Juno Plus - Berlin Atonal: The Long Now Juno PLUS: Berlin Atonal - The Long Now [english]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - Review Night Out @ Berlin Night Out @ Berlin [german]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - Review Der Freitag - Kultur Eine kurze Nacht im Kraftwerk [german]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - Review Der Freitag - Kultur Magazin für elektronische Musik & Clubkultur: Review 'The Long Now' [german]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - Review Gonzo - Kultur Muziek.Kunst.Meer[dutch]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - Review Local Suicide - post reflections The long now at Berlin Kraftwerk post reflections [english]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - Review Der Freitag - Kultur Review 'The Long Now' [english]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - DJbroadcast Review 'The Long Now' [english]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - Review Der Freitag - Kultur Bachtrack: Ort der andauernden Gegenwart [german]

The Long Now - Burkhard von Harder - Berliner Festspiele - Review Neue Musik Zeitung

Neue Musikzeitung online:
'MaerzMusik eröffnet mit „Liquid Room" und gibt Freiheit über Raum und Zeit' [german]


January 2015:

IFFR 44th International Film Festival Rotterdam 1/21-2/1/2015

NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY as part of the 24/7 Project | IFFR | International Film Festival Rotterdam

NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY as part of SIGNALS: 24/7 | IFFR | International Film Festival Rotterdam:
NARBE DEUTSCHLAND and NARBE BERLIN in SIGNALS 24/7 - following Jonathan Crary's "24/7 - Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep"
NARBE DEUTSCHLAND 1/22-1/28 from 11am-11pm as hotel room installation at the Nhow Rotterdam
NARBE BERLIN: 1/23, 14:00, Lantaren Venster Cinema

NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY as part of the 24/7 Project | IFFR | International Film Festival Rotterdam - cover daily tiger #6

DAILY TIGER #6
IFFR, Feb. 27, 2015,
Cover: NARBE DEUTSCHLAND,
Hotelsuite in Rem Kohlhaas' De Rotterdam

FILMKRANT #373, Festival Issue 2/2015

NRC Handelsblad 1/28/2015

January 04, 05 and 07, 2015:
NARBE DEUTSCHLAND footage in Tannbach Trilogy ('TANNBACH - Schicksal eines Dorfes'),
in german tv [ZDF] - 'TANNBACH - Schicksal eines Dorfes' at YouTube
Article Focus Magazine [german]

October 2014:

World Premiere - Part II:
NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY, 960 min, 2014

Opening:

October 25, 2014, Beijing / China (10/25 - 12/7 2014)

BEING 3 Gallery -

No.3 Plastic Factory Cultural Park, 129# Nangao Rd., Chaoyang Dist., Beijing

Exhibition Preface [pdf | english]


Movie poster DIE NARBE | Part 2 SCAR GERMANY - Beijing 2014 - Cover
Burkhard von Harder & Ai Weiwei | Beijing 2014

Ai Weiwei, Burkhard von Harder, Mianbu/curator, Beijing 2014

'Strong work - congratulations!'

Ai Weiwei

'This movie is completely like poetry'

Li Xianting, Chinese Contemporary Art Critic, Initiator/Supporter/Promoter of contemporary Art in China following the Cultural Revolution and organizer of the Beijing Independent Film Festival

'An unbelievable project for peace got off the ground.'

Irms Duschl, Artist

'Breathtaking!'

Andrew Robb, Minister of Trade and Investment, Australia

'Das da bisher noch keiner drauf gekommen ist.'

Spiegel Magazin

'Freedom is the biggest good!'

Hans-Georg Lohe, Kulturdezernent der Stadt Duesseldorf

'A film for the 22nd century'

Chinese Buddhist Visitor





Reviews - NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY:

Artron Net, Oct. 25, 2014: 'Scars of the past' [chinese / 中文]

Global Times of China, Oct. 21, 2014: 'Scars of the past' [english]

Wallpost, Oct. 25, 2014 [chinese / 中文]

DCW // Deutsch Chinesische Welt - page 9 [chinese / 中文]



SCREENING DATES -
Part I: NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN

April 15 - 23, 2014:
Screening at Film Fest Week in Beijing - 20 Years of Beijing-Berlin City Partnership 2014

2013 & earlier:

August 2013:
Screening as part of the annual Open Day events of the Federal Ministery of Science and Education (Scharoun Saal), Berlin

November 2013:
Screening as part of the QUADflix Select program in Greenwich Village

October 3, 2009 – January, 2011:
Over 2000 screenings in the permanent exhibition (2100 years of German History), German Historical Museum (DHM), Berlin [50.000 visitors/month]

November 13, 2010:
Screening at Zero Film Festival, New York

August 21.- October 5, 2010:
Screening as part of the annual Open Day events of the Federal Ministery of Science and Education (Scharoun Saal), Berlin

Part I: NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN

Synopsis:

NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN: is a film dealing with the former division of the city of Berlin into East Berlin, the capital of the GDR, and West Berlin, a symbol for Western freedom of thought and movement. The Berlin Wall was carved into the landscape in 1961 and fell in a peaceful revolution in 1989. More than twenty years after the eradication of the German divide, The Scar features the total length of the approximately 160 km-long former Death-Strip isolating West Berlin within the East German State: this heavily guarded zone, between 70 and 500 meters wide, running the length of the Wall, reinforced the "antifascist protection bulwark". Filmmaker and visual artist Burkhard von Harder has enlisted the aid of a helicopter and pilot to follow the precise course of the former dividing line. Starting and ending at Schönefeld airport, this real time film document shows the "Scar" still in the process of healing. The attempt to find the "path" is akin to the attempt to recall permanently the past as part of the struggle of contemporary German society to comprehend its history. The land itself carries invisible traces of what has been written on the ground. It is the retracing of the trace that is the intent of this film. By doing so, Burkhard von Harder seeks to create a meditation on the past and perform an act of cinematic healing.

conception, production, direction: Burkhard von Harder
photography: Evert Cloetens
editing: Alex Beyer
original soundtrack: FM Einheit
(add. compositions by Klaus Wiese (1942-2009)
consulting: Helen Adkins
helicopter operation: Air Service Berlin

DIE NARBE | THE SCAR - PART I: WESTBERLIN (WEST) - Poster Cover

78 Minutes, 2009

20 years after the Fall: mapping the entire 156 km of the remains of the former wall from above. Persisting uninterrupted aerial views of the snowcovered city on a grey day in January 2009.

original soundtrack:

FM Einheit

and

Klaus Wiese

reduxed 2013: letterboxed with subtitles [english / chinese / 中文]

(full image revealed by downscrolling)

Trailer @ vimeo

Slideshow





Reviews : NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN:

Tom Doody - Blog, Nov. 28, 2013 :'Twisted Practice'

The Hollywood Reporter, Nov. 22, 2013: 'Numbing art project'

The New York Times, Nov. 21, 2013: 'Extravagant Gesture'

The Village Voice, Nov. 20, 2013: 'Bold mission'

La Repubblica Firenze, Oct. 4, 2013 'Un Omaggio alla Citta'

Lotterliebe, Berlin Blog, Feb. 8, 2013 'Fascinating Film'


Write a review at Metacritic.com


Part II: NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY

Synopsis:

As part of the Iron Curtain that ran from the Black Sea to Finland with an overall length of approx. 8500 km, the inner german border was splitting the country itself.
The camera is following this line as close as possible, sometimes getting lost. The aim is to produce one single uninterrupted movement - in its entire length the film may have as few as 50 cuts (alone due to the need of refueling the helicopter).
Slowly the camera follows the line below through the four seasons in the course of more than three years: what appeared to be a line proofs to be a cycle that morphs into a spiral, indicating change.
Slow film - slow music:
Important to the integrity of the work is its mesmerizing soundtrack, matching 16 hours of constant image flow with 16 hours of drone music, composed and performed by the late Klaus Wiese (1942-2009). A brief historic voice recording by Otto von Bismarck is referencing the time span of a 100 years (1889-1989), setting the tone, other than that the installation is envisioned as empty canvas the viewer is invited to fill him/herself.

Movie poster DIE NARBE | Part 2 SCAR GERMANY - Beijing 2014 - Cover

NARBE DEUTSCHLAND | SCAR GERMANY, 960 minutes, 2009-2014

A 16 hour journey through the physical landscape and ideological boundary that once divided the world, mapping the complete length of the former Iron Curtain (1378 km) - a visual and transforming journey that in its best moments can remind you of a Barnett Newman painting in motion - continuous 16 hour soundtrack by Klaus Wiese (1942-2009)

with funding by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg


View the trailer in the background by downscrolling or at vimeo:

Trailer

Narbe II (100 minutes version)

First segments of NARBE DEUTSCHLAND were screened at Palais de Tokyo in 2012 during Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid and in Jinan, China in 2013.

The world premiere took place in october 2014 in Beijing / China.

Screening dates & reviews




NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN to buy:


NARBE BERLIN | SCAR BERLIN


as Blu-ray [english / chinese / 中文 subtitles ] / revised edition @:

die Narbe | The Scar movie dvd blu-rayavailable at Amazon