AT 1991 | Director: Ursula Pürrer, Ashley Hans Scheirl, Dietmar Schipek | Cast: Susanna Heilmayr, Ursula Pürrer, Ashley Hans Scheirl, Margarete Neumann, Gabriele Szekatsch, Dietmar Schipek, Anthony Escott, Luise Kubelka | Production: Loop TV-Video Film Production, Wien | Colour | DCP of 16 mm-blow up von Super 8, restored version | 84 min | german OV | Kinothek Asta Nielsen
A city scenario: gutted, destroyed, left to decay. Concrete deserts, urban motorways and urban canyons, condemned houses, dumps, factories in ruins. Endless darkness, rain and war. In the year 2700, the year of the toads, "Asche" was a burnt-out city. Too big for its souls, who banded together in dark cellars, it was an unrestrained wild animal, ready to pee in Death's face at any time...
“A word about FLAMING EARS. A generation ago the film was still small and sweet in Super 8: now it's casually grown-up and digitally fully present, thanks to Asta Nielsen… This film, made in 1991, anticipated ideas that people only later found expressions for: Demonstrate diversity! De-integrate yourselves! Come to terms with the present! Mobilise! (Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, February 2021)
| Acronyms | |
|---|---|
| amer. | American English |
| b/w | Black and white |
| OV | Original version |
| SUB | Subtitles |
| +SUB | electronic live subtitling (below the image) |
| INT | Intertitles |
| Countries | |
|---|---|
| AT | Austria |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany (historic) |
| BLR | Belarus |
| DE | Germany |
| CAN | Canada |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic (historic) |
| EGY | Egypt |
| FR | France |
| GB | Great Britain |
| URY | Uruguay |
| BRA | Brasil |
| SWE | Sweden |
| UKR | Ukraine |
| PL | Poland |
| IDN | Indonesia |
| PRT | Portugal |
| HRV | Croatia |
| ECU | Ecuador |
| HUN | Hungary |
| AUS | Australia |
| IT | Italy |
| MEX | Mexico |
| IND | India |
Followed by a conversation with directors Ursula Pürrer and Ashley Hans Scheirl, together with Karola Gramann
Born in Vienna. Studied Visual Media Design at Universität der Angewandten Kunst in Vienna under Prof. Peter Weibel. Studied Elektroacoustics and Composition at Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna under Prof. Dieter Kaufmann Mag.art. (with honor). Lives in Berlin since 1995, works as film editor since 1996. Directed by (i.a.): GERECHT IST, WAS FALSCH IST (2019, screenplay), BLUEPRINT (2001, experimental feature, 66 min), FLAMING EARS (1992 with Ashley Scheirl+ Dietmar Schipek, 84 min), THE DRIFT OF JUICY (1989, Video, 10 min). Edited by (i.a.): DEMOKRATIE UNTER DRUCK (2019, 92 min, arte, directed by Inga Turczyn+Manuel Gogos), CARTE BLANCHE FÜR PIA MARAIS CARI COMPAGNI (2018, 22 min, arte, directed by Pia Marais), HITLERS HOLLYWOOD (2017, 106 min, arte + Kino, directed by Rüdiger Suchsland).
*1956 in Salzburg. Studied at Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna from 1975-80. In the early 1980s she worked for the weekly evening of performance „Wednesdays at A’s“. 1987 Scheirl starts to live and work in London and among an international scene of queer and transgender artists. In the mid 90s she/he adopts the transgender identity of „Hans“. Graduation as Master of Arts at Central Saint Martins College London in 2003. Beneficiary of the Austrian governmental scholarship in 2006. Chair of „Kontextuelle Malerei“ (contextual painting) at Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna since 2006. Won the city of Vienna’s award for visual arts in 2012. Annual DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship in Berlin in 2018/19. In 2019: Austrian Art Award for Visual Art and attendance of Biennale Lyon together with Jakob Lena Knebl. Also with Knebl, Scheirl will represent Austria at the Venice Biennale in 2022.
