Reading Through the Body (Teaser)

What happens if a philosophical text is mirrored in the world of sign language? What happens if thoughts and signs are translated into moving pictures? "Reading Through the Body" is a short ethnographic documentary showing how a woman who is deaf tries to comprehend and embody a text by Friedrich Nietzsche in an experimental setting.
"An accomplished sign language interpreter attempting the impossible becomes a mesmerising piece of performance art, in a film which reminds us that words are not necessary for a profound cinematic experience." FilmBath Festival, UK
Film by Mersolis Schöne
Teaser by Christan Venosa
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Title: Reading Through the Body
Original Title: Körpersprache
Completion Date: May, 2016
Country of Origin: Austria
Author and Director: Mersolis Schöne
Reader and Performer: Lena Schramek
Camera, Cut, Sound Design: Christan Venosa
Assistant Director, Support, Camera Assistant: Emanuel Megersa
Production Assistant, Interviewer: Ronja Thum
Interpreter for Austrian Sign Language: Hanna Boesch
Film Type: Documentary, Short
Film Language: German / English
Original Format: HD, DCP
Running Time: 7 minutes 42 seconds
Special Thanks: Ethnocineca Vienna
Presented by: Moving Thought