Spin
Spin is an experimental film about ‘spinning’ in the field of tension of experimental physics (science) and Sufism (mysticism/Islam). It deals with different concepts of truth and their complexities. It also deals with the conception of body and spirit as instruments to experience and generate wisdom and with the space that emerges between sciences and spirituality. It looks at their borders, the borders of the tangible and perceivable for the human being.
Starting in a salt desert, fictional invisible characters meet, searching for a placing of their being. Poems, interviews with physicists, philosophers, a Sufi sheikha, a semazen (dervish), and fictional dialogues are interwoven with an audiovisual exploration of rotation, examining different forms of doubting, differentiating, and thinking.
With
- Susanne Sachsse (narrator)
- Norman Sieroka
- Ş. Barihüda Tanrikorur
- Cheihka H. Nur Artiran
- Zafer Gürel
- Veli Aksoy
- Helena Eckert
- Karen Barad
Crew
Written and Directed by | Ginan Seidl |
Cinematography | Ray Peter Maletzki |
Editing | Ginan Seidl |
Sound Design | Ginan Seidl |
Sound | Ginan Seidl |
Producers | Ray Peter Maletzki, Stephan Helmut Beier, Ginan Seidl |
Produced by
Rosenpictures Filmproduktion
Ginan Seidl
Additional information
Ginan Seidl
Ginan Seidl, born in 1984 in Berlin, lives and works in Halle (Saale) and Berlin. After she finished her studies of plastic arts in Halle (Saale), Berlin, and Mexico City, she participated in the Professional Media Master Class and Master Class Lab of Werkleitz e.V. in 2012 and 2016. She has won several art awards and had residencies in Istanbul and Mexico. Her work has been shown in international film festivals, exhibitions, and art festivals. She is a member of the collective Rosenpictures.
Filmography
2011 Inverse Geometrie; 10 min. 2012 Rotation; 8 min., Forum Expanded 2013 2013 Ferferak; 5 min. · Subconscious Areas; video installation 2015 Remote City; 20 min. · Boy; 30 min. · Istambul; 20 min. 2017 Spin
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017