Escape Velocity
During his research for a filmic piece, Marian Mayland (*1988 in Bocholt) works with the different extents of inheritance. RuhrResidence leads Mayland back to his former place of residence in Hamburg’s Horn district. Horn is known as one of the poorer districts of Hamburg and is situated in a triangle of high and freeways. There, Mayland looks at the unplanned plant growth along the highways and the district’s flower shops. This, partly biographical, piece touches on a wide array of topics: genetics and the psyche, family histories and class, depression and gender.
–> Marian Mayland’s Website
für die ruhr residence habe ich mich beworben mit einem konzept über unterschiedliche formen von vererbung über botanik, dispositionen zu psychischen erkrankungen, amtsgerichtsbesuche das motivationsschreiben war relativ spezifisch, vielleicht auch genau weil meine eigene vorstellung…