{"id":9072,"date":"2021-04-24T15:57:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=9072"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:05:53","slug":"for-me-making-films-is-the-most-important-part-of-my-art-work-gilbert-bruning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=9072","title":{"rendered":"” For me making films is the most important part of my art work. ” – Gilbert Br\u00fcning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eclusive interview with Gilbert Gilbert Br\u00fcning – Filmmaker & Artist<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gilbert Br\u00fcning was born on 13.10.1973 in Berlin-Kaulsdorf. His father was a pastor in the village church in Berlin-Kaulsdorf. His mother worked for years as an artist for the church community of Berlin-Kaulsdorf. She designed posters for the parish. In 1995 he graduated from Max-Reinhardt Gymnasium in Berlin-Hellersdorf. In the same year he began cultural
studies at the University of Viadrina in Frankfurt\/Oder (Germany).
From 1998-99 he studied political science at the Jagiellonen University in Krakow from 1999- 2000 communication sciences at the University of Buenos Aires. In 2003 he graduated from Viadrina with a degree in cultural studies. From 2003-2004 he travelled through Southeast Asia. Many of his artistic inspirations have been inspired by these important experiences
in foreign countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: How\nlong have you been making films?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\nearly as 1994 at my high school we were allowed to produce a professional short\nfilm about the Hellersdorf district where our grammar school was at that time –\nthe Max Reinhardt grammar school, as far as I know the film was called,\n\u201cImpressions from the ass of the world\u201d It was shown at some places in the city\ndistrict with some applause. Little did I know that I would one day make real\nfilms. In 1995 I began to study cultural studies at the European University\nViadrina in Frankfurt \/ Oder. During this time I also studied and worked in\nEngland for a few years and my studies mainly dealt with the intercultural\nexchange between Germany and Poland. In 2006, after successfully completing my\ndiploma, I made a feature documentary about the magic of the Polish city of\nKrakow. In the film I try to bring my practical knowledge to the German-Polish cultural\nexchange and to process and to integrate in into my artistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: What film\nwas your directorial debut?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My\nfilm about Krakow was my directorial debut. The film is called \u201cKrakow – Magic\nof a City\u201d. I received the Palme d\u2019Or at the Mexico International Film Festival\n2009 and the Honorable Mention Award at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival\n2009. In my logline for this film it says: Krakow is a medieval Polish city\nwith a magical mythology that surrounds it and lives in the hearts of its\npeople. A young German man seeks this magic by talking to the people\nof Krakow. Through his eyes, the enchantment of Krakow is both\nvisible and invisible simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: What is\nyour recent film about?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film is about the artist group \u201cBr\u00fcckenKunst\u201d. \u201cBr\u00fcckenkunst\u201d is a group of unknown artists who have been trying to gain a greater acceptance in society for 7 years with small, inexpensive exhibitions, and art stands. I’ ve been trying in vain for years as an abstract painter to be accepted by society through my art and film work. For me making films is the most important part of my art work. I myself have been a member of the group since 2013. After joining the group I have made a short film every year about the work and annual exhibitions of our group, some of which were then shown at a few selected film festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NY Glam: How did\nyou go about casting for the film?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now I only do documentaries; that’s why I don’t do auditions. However, I also often look for interesting interview partners and that is often not so easy. Moreover, I accompany the artist group in their work with the camera, and then I film the construction and dismantling of the exhibitions. Sometimes I film the painting exhibitions and anything interesting that is happening there while we are opening the exhibitions. Last year on the day our exhibition opened, the miners’ festival in R\u00fcdersdorf took place at the same time, which of course I filmed. The exhibition was held in the attic of a building called & quote; Bollenbinderhaus”, in which our exhibition of \u201cBr\u00fcckenKunst 2019\u201d was shown on the roof, it was originally the home of a miner. The miner himself lived one floor below this attic. So chance also plays a very important role in my films. I spontaneously film what is happening in life, and then cut the right film at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: What\nwas the most important lesson you had to learn that has had a positive effect\non your film? How did that lesson happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nthe unrecognized artists, simple art has now become a struggle of pure\nexistence, because the unknown artists are hardly, or even not at all accepted\nby society. The art of unknown artists is shown little, maybe no respect at\nall. Confronted with this harsh reality, the non- acceptance of our art is the\nfirst painful insight and the most important lesson I have gained through my\nartistic work and through making my films about this group, \u201cBr\u00fcckenKunst\u201d. In\nmy films I try to show about how it feels to be an unknown artist in such an\nindustrialized society. This is a very important aspect that makes my film\nabout \u201cBr\u00fcckenKunst 2019\u201d sovaluable\nand really interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: What\nrole have Filmfestivals played in your life so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first film about Krakow received two film awards. I am of course very grateful for that. Many of my films, especially my short films, have since been shown at film festivals around the world. In the past I often went to some festivals in person. The short film corner at the Cannes Film Festival has shown my films 6 times so far. Unfortunately, I haven’ t really made any new contacts that have helped me in my work so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: Is it\nharder to get started or to keep going?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nme I find it harder to keep going, but I want to finish a thing that I have\nstarted. Starting something without finishing it is just not good. Sometimes it\ncan happen that circumstances force you to leave something that has already\nstarted, but it also feels bad to finish a film and also realize that it will\nunfortunately not make it to a wider audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: What\nwas the particular thing that you had to conquer to do either?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\nis very difficult to endure the marginalization of our art in today&#39;s\nmodern and industrialized society. It is a damn hard experience to endure the\nlack of social acceptance by an arrogant, pretentious society towards the\nunrecognized and poor artists. But first you must endure this in order to\novercome it. Society laughs at an unrecognized artist who is then deliberately misunderstood\nand ridiculed because the industrialized society has other interests and also refuses\nto support an unknown artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: Tell us\na bit about the other films you\u00b4ve made and your other projects?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last few years since my film about Krakow, I made short documentaries. Because I lived in Thailand for a year from 2003-2004, I also made a short film in 2009 about a Thai Buddhist temple \u201cWat Buddhavihara\u201d in Berlin. In this film I tried to convey a little bit of the Thai-Buddhist way of life and also something about the perspective of a Thai living in Berlin. My films reflect my university studies which had to do with cultural influences and the different views that people have when they\u00b4re from another country other than your own. In addition I have an 80-minute concert film made about the violinist Olga Pak; and I made also
a film about the visit of & quot; the little giantess & quot; to Berlin in 2010. These were giant, handmade puppets which seemed to be walking through Berlin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    NY Glam: What\nare you thinking about doing next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201eB\u00e9same\nMucho &amp; the East Side Gallery Berlin\u201c is a short Music Documentary film\nwhich shows the fascination of tourists in front of the art work at the East\nSide Gallery in Berlin. Now I am planning to make a longer documentary film\nabout the East Side Gallery. This is going to be a real short. The only problem\nis, at the moment that because of the Corona situation there are no tourists\nany more in Berlin. So I don\u00b4t know yet what\u00b4s going to happen. Coincidence\nwill be again very important. I hope that in summer there will be some tourists\nagain in Berlin. Then I can make interviews with them and ask them about art\nand the broken Berlin Wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    NY Glam: How has\nyour style evolved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The first films I made were very slow and rather contemplative. They were thoughtful and not very action-packed. That was the way at the beginning I wanted to make films, because this form seemed to me to be the most sensible way of thinking about cultural, social or political differences. However, this also earned me a lot of criticism. Often I heard that my films are not exciting and for this reason they are not real films. People also told me that there was no common thread running through the story from the beginning to the end of my films. So I\u2019ve tried to improve that over the years and I\u2019ve also made my films faster, incorporating faster cuts. I think this made my films better in some ways, but they are also a little less thoughtful and contemplative.

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    NY Glam: What\nhas been your personal key to success?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I\ndo not have a key to success. Why Festivals select my films and show them I\ncannot say. I think they like them because the directors of these festivals can\nsee and feel that as a filmmaker I am seriously interested in showing some\nproblems that rarely are seen in films. Perhaps they also can see that there is\na red thread in the storyline of my films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    NY Glam: Where\ndoes your studio want to go from here?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I do not really have my own studio. I am a freelance independent filmmaker and a painter who produces documentary films on a very low-budget level. Normally all of my films are self-financed and I do not have any sponsor at all. My company is my one room Single apartment in Berlin \u2013 on Karl-Marx-Allee which I also use as a studio to make my paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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