Junkerhaus

Experimental Film United Kingdom 2021

By Karen Russo

"Junkerhaus" is shot in the former residence of architect Karl Junker (1850-1912) who dedicated his life to building his house in Lemgo, Germany. Junker made his house his life’s work, cocooning himself within a maze of elaborate wood carvings which extended over all floors, furniture and into all corners like a spider’s web. Conjuring a mirage of imagined forms with the physical space, the film plays with reflected and projected light to animate, warp and dissolve the heavy wooden surfaces and structures, to produce a fluid environment that offers a new appreciation of Junker’s architecture as mystical and visionary experience.

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Film Info

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Title

Junkerhaus

Original title

Junkerhaus

Crew

Director

Karen Russo

Crew

Henning Stirner (Cinematographer)

Alice Powell (Editor)

Binya Reches (Music)

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Director

Karen Russo

Karen Russo is an artist and filmmaker based in London. Her work is interested in the dividing line between what is accepted as the legitimate expression of culture and civilized existence, and what falls outside of it. She has exhibited widely including Barbican Centre; Hayward Gallery Project Space; Tate Modern; Delfina; Towner, Eastbourne; Athens Biennial; the Israel Museum, Jerusalem and CCA Tel-Aviv. Karen Russo is part of the Film London Jarman Award 2023 shortlist.