Forever…Forever

Forum Expanded 2026

Over the course of 22 months, Johann Lurf fixed the gaze of a specially developed 65mm camera on a single fragment of the world: the Ottenstein Reservoir. What begins as a quiet observation of nature gradually transforms into a monumental image of cosmic motion. At first, the lake appears familiar – a place suspended between sky and water. But as the exposures grow longer, the dimensions themselves shift: stars begin to draw delicate lines, the sun inscribes bright arcs, the moon traces soft, almost calligraphic diagonals. The water surface becomes a perfect mirror that folds sky and landscape symmetrically into one another – above and below, light and shadow, becoming and fading. Lurf explores the relationship between vision and cosmos: the reservoir turns into a planetary clock whose hands are made of light. Finally, the panorama freezes into diagonal bands of pure light: traces written by sun and moon over many months. A film that does not narrate, but reveals how time and sky intertwine – a harmony of the world that ultimately unfolds with unexpected force. (Martin Reinhart)

by Johann Lurf (Director) Austria / France 2026 Without dialogue 21' Colour World premiere

Crew

Director	Johann Lurf
Cinematography	Johann Lurf
Sound Design	Jung An Tagen
Producer	Johann Lurf

World Sales

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Wien, Austria

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Johann Lurf

Johann Lurf studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, completed an Erasmus semester at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and received his diploma with Harun Farocki in 2009. He was a recipient of the MAK-Schindler scholarship in Los Angeles (2011), Artist in Residence at SAIC Chicago (2015) as well as in Tokyo and Rotterdam (2016) and in Israel (2019), and was awarded a scholarship by the Academy of Arts Berlin. From 2021 to 2024 he was part of the PEEK project at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Lurf’s works have received numerous awards and have been shown in exhibitions, cinematheques and festivals.

Filmography

2005 pan 2007 VERTIGO RUSH 2008 12 Explosionen (12 Explosions) 2009 Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich 140 9 (The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog) 2010 Endeavour 2011 Kreis Wr. Neustadt 2012 Sound Supression · RECONNAISSANCE 2013 Picture Perfect Pyramid 2014 Twelve Tales Told · Embargo 2017 ★ 2019 Cavalcade 2024 Revolving Rounds; co-directed by Christina Jauernik 2026 Forever…Forever; Forum Expanded 2026