GERMANIA WURST

Germania Wurst - German History in a Bite

Alemania. 2008. Color. 11 min. Animación. 35mm.
  • Film Director: Volker Schlecht.
A rapid rundown of German or rather Germanic "national history" – starting with the ancient Roman empire and ending with the German "reunification" and the present day. A sausage hereby is a kind of time line, a connecting element between the scenes and also an ironic national symbol.

Volker Schlecht
Volker was born in 1968 in Germany. After having studied Communication Dessign in the Burg Giebichenstein-University of Art and Design Halle, Volker worked various years as grpahic designer in Prague, Halle on Saale and Berlin. In 2002, he founded Drushba Pankow, a collaboration with the artist Alexandra Kardinar, working as illustrators and graphic designers. Since 2007, he teached illustration at the Berlin technical art college (BTK-FH) and animation workshops at the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden (HfBK).