How did peacocks, originally from India, end up on an island in Berlin in the 19th century, and hippopotamuses, a century later, on the banks of a river in Colombia? Their lives there appear to be “happy and free”. Decolonial fable that turns them into wild icons, bearing witness to the whims of the powerful.
Johannes Förster, Elkin Calderón Guevara
DE, CO 2024 | German Premiere
28 min | German, Spanish
Johannes Förster
Born 1985, lives and works in Berlin. His topic: The individual in the Anthropocene.
Films
Controlled Burn 2023
Elkin Calderón Guevara
Born 1975 in Bogotá, Colombia, lives in Berlin and often works collectively.
Films
Ekobio 2021 | Hippos in gravitas 2023
Credits
B: E. Calderón Guevara | DOP: J. Förster | E: J. Förster, E. Calderón Guevara | M: Denise Onen | P+Sales: J. Förster