back and/or forth

Thomas Kutschker / Germany / 2024 / World Premiere / 10 min.

synopsis

The architecture of idyllic landscapes, strange rooms and idealized, even abstracted living spaces combines familiar details with unfamiliar corners and explorations of buildings and the liminal areas in between. Through movements back and forth across these zones, it illuminates memories and possible answers to the question of what home is.

biography

Thomas Kutschker (1963) is a German director, photographer and teacher who regularly presents his works at Ji.hlava IDFF. Most recently, he presented the short essay here in 2023, which was an adaptation of the 360° film Where… (2022), also presented at Jihlava (in 2022 in the Virtual Reality section). Kutschker discusses processes of perception and sensation in relation to transformations in representation and display technologies.