Where I Live
Ilse Aichinger in Film
Tuesday 20 January 2015, 7pm
Austrian Cultural Forum London
Stillness, observing and the absurd are the secrets behind Ilse Aichinger’s poetry, as brought to life in the film Where I Live. The film was shaped by the experience of seeing Vienna through Ilse Aichinger’s eyes. It
can be viewed as a parable for her life in Vienna during the war and post-war years. The film not only features never- before-seen correspondence between Isle and her twin sister Helga Aichinger, it also includes Super-8 footage shot by Aichinger which has
never been shown.
The pictures blend profoundly with Ilse Aichinger’s poetic language, her themes, her existential questions: how does one carry on living, having lost almost one’s entire family to the Holocaust? How does one keep living,
cynical of a world that has, as a daily experience, branded one with a consciousness of loss?
Austria, 2014, German with English subtitles, 81min.
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