Films by Vika Kirchenbauer

Germany 2026, 16 min
by Vika Kirchenbauer

At a time when elements of fascisation are becoming ever more apparent, ever more pervasive, artist Vika Kirchenbauer takes a personal look at what is in the air in present-day Germany. This Suffocating Now witnesses the historical present as a condition marked by vectors of violence that have continuously and habitually existed, and puts its focus on the fault lines that have most explicitly exposed the illiberal underbelly of a liberal state and society in recent years: Palestine solidarity as

2021, 16 min
by Vika Kirchenbauer

A return to the village where the director grew up after an absence of over ten years marks the point of departure for this film. It is an attempt at a self-reflexive artistic critique that considers contemporary art from a perspective of class. The film reflects upon the manifold meanings of distance in both its subjective and social senses, as personal circumstance or necessity, but also as a prerequisite for seeing and experiencing, as well as for critical or artistic engagement. Who has the