Aus-Länder

“Aus-Länder” is a film that dwells on the topic of migration in the Nordrhein-Westfalen federal state as a tribute to its historical, vigorous immigration flow that flourished because of its strategic geographical location and its rich topography. Many of the Revier cities were industrial hubs for over a century before the NRW had to gradually shift from a coal and steel nerve center to a service and culture-driven mega region.

Within this magnificent industrial past, Zollverein rises as a symbolic archetype for the resources,
the lifestyle, the people, and the vibrant migration so intrinsically connected to the Ruhr area.

The seed of this project is a brand-new projection technique that relies on projection mapping to fit images into specific surfaces. The script has been developed considering not only each surface but how can they be navigated through moving images. In a nutshell, the film is not only narrated by the sum of its shots but the synchronization of the actions depicted on them in relation to their spatial location.

Projection mapping is a well-known technology that has been explored as a light show tool but has yet to be analyzed as a cinema device. Considering that movies are, in its most primal sense a light projected, it seems like a natural step, however, largely unexplored in a cinematic narrative way
until now. This proposal considers materiality, scale, and the unique film device of Montage to narrate a three-act film that mixes technical gadgets and non-verbal storytelling.