Films
DIE GEBOTENE INFRASTRUKTUR / THE REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE (2023) - 2K Stereo, 17 min
A new development area, designed around a large central lawn. A radio tower, a pharmacy, a supermarket, a café.
There are workspaces and training rooms available too, and small trees have been planted along the path.
Despite all the amenities, this precisely designed place seems to be missing something. But what could that be? Perhaps an answer can be found in the forest at the city's edge.
The Required Infrastructure is a meditation on architecture and landscape; a film about the sense of alienation and the quest for a spiritual home.
Cinematography: Sebastian Kubelka
Creative Consultant: Luise Etzel
a film by Simon Essl
MUMOK ARTWORK INTERVIEW SERIES (2021-2023, running) - HD Stereo, 34 films à ~4 min (Editor)Despite all the amenities, this precisely designed place seems to be missing something. But what could that be? Perhaps an answer can be found in the forest at the city's edge.
The Required Infrastructure is a meditation on architecture and landscape; a film about the sense of alienation and the quest for a spiritual home.
Cinematography: Sebastian Kubelka
Creative Consultant: Luise Etzel
a film by Simon Essl
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7 STAGES OF GRIEF (2023) - HD Stereo, no spoken language, 13 min - youtube
REISEN (2023) - 2K Surround, german, 30 min (Sound Design) – fak
TAGEBUCHFILME / DIARY FILMS (2022) - HD Stereo, 25 films
KW 50 22 |
KW 49 Pied |
KW 48 Wild |
KW 47 Slow |
KW 46 Zen |
KW 45 Hawaii |
KW 44 Stube |
KW 43 Roll |
KW 42 Schau |
KW 41 Walden |
KW 40 Ader |
KW 39 Selten |
KW 38 Rad |
KW 37 Feld |
KW 36 Janus |
KW 35 Lieb |
KW 33 Satt |
KW 32 Welk |
KW 30 Rind |
KW 29 Schleif |
KW 28 Musch |
KW 27 Rondo |
KW 26 Rück |
KW 25 Wind |
ZUR SICHERHEIT / FOR SAFETY (2021) - HD Stereo, german with english subtitles, 23 min - vimeo
WASSO (2021) - 2K Stereo, english / german, 37 min (Editor) – fak
UNS FRIERT NICHT / WE ARE NOT COLD (2020) - HD Stereo, no spoken language, 25 min - vimeo
TOGETHER NOW! THE AUSTRIAN SOUNDCLOUD (2020) - HD Stereo, 14 min (Co-Editor) – mdw
OLYAN DOLGOK / THINGS LIKE (2020) - 2K Surround, hungarian, 30 min (Editor) – diagonale
KÖNIGSGARNELEN 1+1 GRATIS / KING PRAWNS 1+1 FREE (2019) - HD Stereo, 16 min - vimeo
TAGEBUCHFILME / DIARY FILMS (2015-2019) - 4K Stereo, 33 films à ~10 min - youtube
ELIAS (2019) - 2K Surround, german / english, 13 min (Editor) - fak
VERKAUFT / SOLD (2018) - HD Stereo, german, 11 min - vimeo
VIVA ARTE (2017) - 4K Stereo, 14 min - vimeo
EISBÄREN / POLAR BEARS (2017) - 4K Stereo, german, 20 min - vimeo
IN INDONESIEN (2017) - 4K Stereo, 5 min - vimeo
MAYBE, MARRAKESH (2017) - 4K Stereo, 3 min - vimeo
ZKRSCHHH (2016) - HD Stereo, 4 min - vimeo
LUNZER LUFT / LUNZ AIR (2016) - HD Stereo, 3 min - vimeo
SLOW GRAZ (2016) - HD Stereo, 3 min - vimeo
KUNST IST UNSERE LEIDENSCHAFT / ART IS OUR PASSION (2016) - 4K Stereo, 7 min - vimeo
ESSL MUSEUM EXHIBITION FILMS (2014-2016) - HD Stereo, 28 films, various lengths
WIEN RADELN / VIENNA BICYCLE (2015) - HD Stereo, 5 min - vimeo
NACHTSCHWIMMER - MEIN WEG HEIM / NIGHT SWIMMER - MY WAY HOME (2014) - HD Stereo, german, 30 min - vimeo
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FILMSCHNITT ALS KÜNSTLERISCHER PROZESS (2022) - German, 1 1/2 Pages - erschienen im MDW Magazin Dez22/Jan23
FILM EDITING AS AN ARTISTIC PROCESS (2022) - English, 1 1/2 Pages - published in MDW Magazine Dec22/Jan23
DER KÜNSTLERISCHE PROZESS (2021) - German, 20 Pages - Thesis
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