Jovana Reisinger is an artist, film maker and writer. The way she tells stories in her films is very unique. Also humorous. It is about women’s rights and the coexistence of people. Jovana Reisinger developed an installation for the church of the Kunsthalle. Some of her older films will be shown there. Also, the church itself will become the setting for her video series Men in Trouble. Six of the videos will be shot in the church. It is a series of conversations. The conversations are funny and tragic at the same time. They will take place during the exhibition’s run time. The audience is invited to visit the shootings. The conversations are about the following questions: What is masculine? What is feminine? What makes a person beautiful? Who holds the power? Who is excluded? Why doesn’t everyone have the same rights? Jovana Reisinger films these videos with the actress Julia Riedler. And also with the actors and actresses of the Spielclub of the theatre of Osnabrück. The new videos will be shown on our website from 13/01/2021. They will also be shown at the Cinema Arthouse in Osnabrück.
Visitors can participate as an audience in the live-shootings on the following dates:*
- Sun, 11/10/2020, 10:00–12:00, 13:00–15:00, 16:00–18:00
- Sun, 29/11/2020, 10:00–12:00, 13:00–15:00, 16:00–18:00
With: Ludwig Abraham (Composition), Sophia Grüdelbach (Theater educator), Anna Lena von Helldorff (Graphic), Katharina Merten (Camera), Lilli-Rose Pongratz (Camera), Katharina Pia Schütz (Set Design), Lucia Schütz (Stylist), Mirko Schütz (Animation), Elke von Sivers (Costume design)
Jovana Reisinger (* 1980 in Munich, DE) lives and works in Munich. After her graduation in communication design at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, she studied Screenplay at the University of Television and Film Munich, where she will also receive a diploma in Film and Television Documentary. For her debut novel Still Halten, which was published in 2017 by Verbrecher Verlag and which won the Bayern 2-Wortspiele prize in 2018, she was granted a residency at the Literary Colloquium Berlin, as well as a residency by the Goethe Institute China in 2019. She shot multiple short films, which were shown at exhibitions and festivals; amongst others, they were exhibited at Goethe Institute Paris (2020), in yi: project space Beijing (2019), KV — Verein für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (2019), Kunstverein Munich (2018), and at the International Shortfilm Festival Oberhausen (2017, 2019). Her short film pretty boyz don’t die won the ZONTA prize at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (2017), and pretty girls don’t lie won the Starter film prize of Munich (2018). Her second novel will be published in 2021 at Verbrecher Verlag as well.
The exhibition by Jovana Reisinger is supported by the Niedersächsische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, the Stiftung Niedersachsen, the OLB-Stiftung and the Freund:innen der Kunsthalle. The installation was realized with the kind support of Gering Gerüstbau. The film shoots are realized in cooperation with the Theater Osnabrück and the Cinema Arthouse.
*The film set by Jovana Reisinger is not barrier-free.