"Eichsfeld: Landscape, Ideology, and Boredom"
by Jenny Perlin and Trebor Scholz
The Project
We propose to create a digital video investigating the connections between the personal and the social in relation to the implosion of the Socialist republics in Europe.
Trebor Scholz served as a border guard between the two Germanys between 1988 to the 26 October, 1989. Ten days before the Wall came down, Scholz completed his compulsory military service.
Perlin and Scholz propose to make a video shedding light on the differences between the public perceptions of a border guard's role, and the day to day experience of patrolling this unique landscape.
This video would be specifically designed for presentation at the Eurovision events.
We would be delighted to have the opportunity to make this work for Eurovision.
The Artists
Trebor Scholz is an East-German born interdisciplinary artist and curator currently living in New York City. He has lectured and exhibited internationally. He studied for an MFA at the Slade School of Art in London and graduated from the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program in New York. Scholz is also a professor of Contemporary Art and Theory at the University of Arizona.
Jenny Perlin is a U.S.-born filmmaker currently living in New York City. Her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S and abroad. She completed her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and graduated from the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program in New York. Perlin currently teaches film and theory at Sarah Lawrence College in New York.
