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written & directed by Maja Gehrig 24
During a PowerPoint presentation, statistical diagrams are breaking free from the strait-jacket of their coordinates. A trip into the sensual world of statistics begins. Pie charts are melting, arrow diagrams twisting, scatter plots, bar graphs and stock market curves join in a collective climax.
WORLD SALES: Miyu Distribution, Arles www.miyu.fr WORLD PREMIERE: DOK Leipzig 2019
SWITZERLAND Animation, 7 min., 2019 ANIMATION TECHNIQUE: 2D Computer animation ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Without dialogue PRODUCTION: Langfilm / Bernard Lang AG, Freienstein / SRF PRODUCER: Olivier Zobrist
MAJA GEHRIG * 1978 in Zurich. Maja Gehrig studied at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) as well as Animation at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU). From 2006 to 2011 she worked as curator of installations and performances at ARM (Artspace Rondeel Maastricht) and founded her own production company Gehrig Trick & Sohn in 2011. Her award-winning shorts LUST TO DUST (2009) and QUEEN BUM (2015) became festival hits. AVERAGE HAPPINESS premiered at DOK Leipzig.