BERLIN VAMPIRE PHOTO-NOVEL "VLADRACUL" / EXHIBITION WASHINGTON

Aug. 17, 2004

Type: event
Starts: Aug 1 2004 at 12:00AM
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Vampire Photo-Novel VLADRACUL
Exhibition / Washington (USA) 2004
Goethe-Institut Washington
NW Washington, DC 20001-3718 / USA
May 20- August 27, 2004

http://www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/vladracul.htm
http://www.goethe.de/uk/was/2_2004/fangfilmfest.htm

after the success in los angeles and
hong kong johnny de brest brings his photo-
novel "VLADRACUL" to washington.

johnny de brest's photo-novel "vladracul",
a modern-day allegorical spin on the dracula
tale, shot in berlin and poland. "vladracul" was
culled from over 15.000 images, from brightly-lit
contemporary clubs pulsating with under-
currents of darkness to shots of auschwitz, that
are simultaneously horrific and beautiful
(LA WEEKLY).

loosely based on bram stoker's "dracula", the
real star of de brest's "vladracul", is the berlin
of the 90s, caught in the chaos of its transfor-
mation. it is energetic, decaying and full of
contradition: the love parade, the construction
works of the potsdamer platz, the run-down
charme of the east, the club scene. punk. pop.
trash. berlin - a dangerous and fascinating
place to be.

johnny de brest is using cinematic terms to tell
his adaption of the dracula tale.
but "vladracul" tops any film, because each time
it is exhibited, it's new, based on the location
and de brest's selection of photographs.
therefore each exhibition is, in essence,
a new director's cut.

http://www.johnnydebrest.de/zwei/vlad.htm
www.johnnydebrest.de