Rosemarie Trockel

Palm Springs resident and film and art legend Udo Kier is "arteholic". He lives, breathes and makes art and at times he is even a living art piece. In this playful docu-fiction, we follow Udo on a road trip through famous museums in Frankfurt, Cologne, Paris, Copenhagen and Berlin, and eavesdrop as he chats with artists including Marcel Odenbach, Rosemarie Trockel, Jonathan Meese and Tobias Rehberger and filmmakers such as Nicolette Krebitz and Lars von Trier.

A flow of ironic monster-men whose costumes refer to the world of childhood. Drawing is superimposed on the video, turning the filming into a fascinating animation.

In Yvonne, the namesake baby and other friends wear hand-knitted garments that play star roles in this humorous narrative. The video evokes a sense of domesticity and the intimacy of the handmade.

“EGG TRYING TO GET WARM features an egg spinning on a hot plate – Trockel’s sly commentary on the sexist social assumptions implicit in the domestic setting.” –Diane Solway