ULRIKE OTTINGER
director, photographer, artist

* June 6, 1942
in Konstanz, Germany

FAMOUS FILMS (selection)
Exil Shanghai (1997)
China. Die Künste - der Alltag (1985)
Bildnis einer Trinkerin (1979)

• BENEDIKT SCHIEFER
  on SOUND
• BEKI PROBST
  on SUCCESS
• JAMES BENNING
  on TIME
• JAN KRÜGER
  on DESIRE
• ANGELINA MACCARONE
  on EYES
• ULRIKE OTTINGER
  on PLACES
• ARTHUR COHN
  on PRODUCING
• CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
  on LOOKS
• MARIN KARMITZ
  on COLLECTING
• CHRISTINE VACHON
  on HEROES
• CHRISTOPH HOCHHÄUSLER
  on ARCHITECTURE
• WIELAND SPECK
  on FESTIVALS
• XAVIER DOLAN
  on IMAGINATION
• CAM ARCHER
  on STILLNESS
• HAPPY NEW YEAR
  CINEPHILE NEW YEAR GREETINGS
• TOM TYKWER
  on CHANCE
• Special Issue #1
  FILM and LITERATURE
• "JOE" WEERASETHAKUL
  on MEMORY
• NIKI REISER
  on COMPOSING
• SHIRIN NESHAT
  on ART and POWER
• HARRIS SAVIDES
  on BEAUTY
• PETER PRZYGODDA
  on EDITING
• JESSICA HAUSNER
  on IMAGES and MEANING
• DOMINIK GRAF
  on TELEVISION
• ANGELA SCHANELEC
  on SPACES
• ANDRES VEIEL
  on DOCUMENTARIES
• MICHAEL HANEKE
  on VIOLENCE
• AGNÈS VARDA
  on POETRY
• HARUN FAROCKI
  on MATERIAL
• DANI LEVY
  on HUMOUR
• WIM WENDERS
  on PHOTOGRAPHY
• CATHERINE BREILLAT
  on INTIMACY
• ANDREAS DRESEN
  on AUTHENTICITY
• ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
  on SEX
• CHRISTIAN PETZOLD
  on COMMUNICATION
• MIKE LEIGH
  on THEATRE
• JONATHAN CAOUETTE
  on CINEPHILIA
• MICHAEL ALTHEN
  on REMEMBERING
• BRUCE LA BRUCE
  on PERVERSION
• KEN LOACH
  on POLITICAL CINEMA

Ulrike Ottinger on places

From the very beginning of her carreer, Ulrike Ottinger worked with various artistic mediums, including photography, visual art, installations and of course film. She combines in her work the interest in understanding cultures and societies with a very strong artistic vision. In our interview she talked about the relationship between history, places and pictures.

Ulrike Ottinger über Orte

Photographie, Installationen, Malerei, Filme: Bereits von Beginn ihrer Karriere an arbeitete Ulrike Ottinger mit verschiedenen Kunstformen. In ihrem Werk kombiniert sie den Drang unterschiedliche Kulturen und Gesellschaften zu verstehen mit einer ausgeprägten künstlerischen Idee. Wir sprachen mit Ulrike Otinger über die Verbindung aus Geschichte, Orten und Bildern.

Zu dem Essay: Schau-Plätze