Jana Magdalena Keuchel

Last Year in Utopia documents an experimental set-up: a staged group media experiment, isolated from the outside world, is reconstructed on the site where the original events unfolded. The boundaries between autonomy and heteronomy dissolve in new role assignments as the film makes the power structure behind the artificially created utopia visible.

Filmmakers talk about their experiences - about success, failure and social participation. Who is seen, and who can show themselves?

Sometimes there is no need for a deeper meaning. Sometimes it's just all about having fun. And about the hangover the day after, the melancholy, a coffee and a smoke. Sensations turn into reality and become a funny, happy dance spectacle.

Last Year in Utopia documents an experimental set-up: a staged group media experiment, isolated from the outside world, is reconstructed on the site where the original events unfolded. The boundaries between autonomy and heteronomy dissolve in new role assignments as the film makes the power structure behind the artificially created utopia visible.

Filmmakers talk about their experiences - about success, failure and social participation. Who is seen, and who can show themselves?

Filmmakers talk about their experiences - about success, failure and social participation. Who is seen, and who can show themselves?

Sometimes there is no need for a deeper meaning. Sometimes it's just all about having fun. And about the hangover the day after, the melancholy, a coffee and a smoke. Sensations turn into reality and become a funny, happy dance spectacle.