The video project “Clearing” deals with schizophrenia, viewed from different perspectives. Experiencing, feeling and looking at the disease merge in this project. The multi-faceted representation should enable the viewer to empathize with the disease and with the protagonist‘s perception.
Falk Helmbold experienced schizophrenia due to some cases in the family, while John Otis Kurka suffered a schizophrenic episode himself.
After a long exchange of views about the different perspectives and experiences that came with them, the “Clearing” project was created. The viewer slips into the role of Falk Helmbold as a “silent viewer”, while the viewer experiences the illness at the same time, in place of John Otis Kurka.
The video project “Clearing” deals with schizophrenia, viewed from different perspectives. Experiencing, feeling and looking at the disease merge in this project. The multi-faceted representation should enable the viewer to empathize with the disease and with the protagonist‘s perception.
Falk Helmbold experienced schizophrenia due to some cases in the family, while John Otis Kurka suffered a schizophrenic episode himself.
After a long exchange of views about the different perspectives and experiences that came with them, the “Clearing” project was created. The viewer slips into the role of Falk Helmbold as a “silent viewer”, while the viewer experiences the illness at the same time, in place of John Otis Kurka.