Unspecial Effects

2022 | Video | 5:42 min | UHD | 16:9 | stereo sound




Using the artificial paradises of two botanical gardens in Germany and Portugal, Unspecial Effects reflects on the narrative of catastrophe, its cinematic effects, and selective amnesia.
The world has ended many times, for many people - just not in the romanticized blockbuster way. We celebrate spectacular meteor showers, while the souvenirs of the real apocalypse are displayed in necro-aesthetic building showcases all over Europe.
The glass cathedral towers over a perfectly ordered landscape. Everything is arranged, labeled, obsessively categorized - collaged together over thousands of miles.











Installation views


Trigger Warning: Europe, Eigen+Art Lab, Berlin ©Laila Schubert




Solo, Konsumverein, Braunschweig, DE









Video stills
















Credits

script, DOP, editing, sound
        Laura Leppert


supported & funded by

Stiftung Kunstfonds Neustart Kultur