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My research project analyses the importance of illusions and the way in which mainstream cinema contributes to the creation of modern myths. I approach this question from a background of continental philosophy and aesthetics, based on theories by Friedrich Nietzsche, Siegfried Kracauer and Gilles Deleuze.

Since the beginnings of cinema theorists and artists discussed the difficult relationship between film and reality, rotating between photographic representation and artistic recreation. The problem, however, is older than the medium itself. Nietzsche already discussed the role of art in the creation of illusions. According to him, illusions, which shaped art as well as mythology and religion, have a significant influence on our life and our perception of the world around us. Later Kracauer and Deleuze asked for a cinema that reinstates our connection with the world.

With the advance of digital cinema these questions obtain a new dimension. The use of Computer Generated Images (CGI) and the nearly endless possibilities of altering and modifying the look of a film, filmmakers are able to create film worlds never seen before. Notions of realism based on photographic referentiality become obsolete. Those creative freedom demands new aesthetic concepts, but film theory still seems to strugge catching up with the fast pace of technological development.

QUALIFICATIONS

• M.A. in Philosophy and Media Studies Philosophy and Media Studies, 

          University of Leipzig

• Undergraduate Studies in Media Studies, Film & TV Studies, Philosophy

          University of Bochum 

Professional

• Freelance Script consultant & copywriter
• 2003 - 2004 Junior Script Editor, U5 film productions, Berlin
• 2003 Assistant Script Editor, Saxonia Media film productions, Leipzig

PUBLICATIONS

• 'Filmosophy by D.Frampton' (Review) In: Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, Volume 5 (2) (2008), London, University of Westminster.
• 'Film as Religion by J.C. Lyden' (Review) In: Communication Research Trends, Volume 27 (2008), No. 1, Santa Clara: University of Santa Clara.
• Kultfil und Zivilisationskritik - Verfall, Untergang und Neubeginn einer Gesellschaft am Beispiel der Mad Max-Trilogie. 2008. Munich: GRIN.
• Der tragische Gott - Über den Begriff des Dionysischen in Nietzsches "Die Geburt der Tragödie". 2001. Munich: GRIN.
• Philosophische Voraussetzungen von Gilles Deleuzes Arbeit über das Kino. 2007. Munich: GRIN
• "Characters create plot" - Lajos Egris "The Art of Dramatic Writing" als Drehbuchtheorie und seine praktische Anwendung am Beispiel von Billy Wilders "Sunset Boulevard". 2007. Munich: GRIN

CONFERENCE PAPERS

• "Illusions for Life" - Beyond Realism, ECREA Conference, Barcelona, Nov. 2008

• “New old worlds” – On the importance of Hollywood’s illusionist realism and its revival in the digital age, NECS Conference, Budapest, Hungary, June 2008

• “Illusions for Life” - Cinema as Religion, International Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Faith, Bangor, Wales, June 2008