"I feel like something is missing"

Date

29.11.2026, 16:00

Typ

Screening

Image Description

Against a red background, the word “FEHLT” (“MISSING”) is repeated in white capital letters. The lettering forms broad, diagonal red bands that partially obscure the body of a person. The person’s head and shoulders are visible between the bands. The person is perceived as white and male, wearing a dark suit with a light-colored shirt and short, gelled hair. Their intense gaze focuses on a point between the bands, looking directly at us.

Event

“I feel like something is missing,” says the couple in Raskin’s 1991 video work Du hast kein Herz (You Have No Heart), before exploring the dynamics of their relationship in all its facets. The artist duo Cyanlila takes a similar perspective, playfully approaching this historic video work through an artistic audio description. Alongside Raskin, videos by Ulrike Rosenbach, Maria Vedder and Bettina Gruber, as well as Dieter Kiessling, from the archive of IMAI – Inter Media Art Institute, will also be accompanied by experimental audio descriptions. Somewhere between radio play and soundscape, Cyanlila explores the history of video art from a queer-feminist perspective, immersing audiences in a world of bubbling whisks and swimming taps. What is missing becomes audible.

Bios

The audio description collective Cyanlila consists of Lilian Korner and Conny Walter. In their collaborative artistic practice, they explore the accessibility of visual culture and develop audio description as an art form. In doing so, they draw on the concept of “Aesthetics of Access.”

Lilian Korner is a Blind cultural studies scholar, access dramaturg and inclusion activist. After studying philosophy, literary studies and art history in Düsseldorf, followed by a Master’s degree in Aesthetics in Frankfurt, Korner develops concepts for cultural participation by, with and for the Blind and Visually Impaired community.

Conny Walter works, among other things, as a radio play creator and editor. She studied theatre studies in Giessen and was a guest student at the Institutes for Creative Writing and Accessible Communication at the University of Hildesheim. Her work has been presented by SWR and Deutschlandfunk Kultur, at the Giennale and at the Theater Natur Festival.

Andreas Coerper (*1955 in Düsseldorf) is an artist, writer, director and documentary filmmaker. While studying at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, he co-founded the performance group M. Raskin Stichting Ens in 1981. From 1987 onwards, he created video and sound works together with Rotraut Pape under the name Raskin. After completing his studies, he initially worked as a visual artist. He later devoted himself increasingly to filmmaking and satirical television work.

Bettina Gruber (*1947 in Minden) is a photo and video artist. Since the late 1970s, she has worked with video and, together with Maria Vedder, created key works of early German video art. In her work, she combines staging, photography, and video with humorous and distinctive visual worlds. Gruber’s works are held in numerous public collections, including the Museum Ludwig and the Tate Gallery.

Dieter Kiessling (*1957 in Münster) is a visual artist who works with photography, video and media installations. After studying at the Kunstakademie Münster, he was, among other positions, Professor of Media Art at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design and at the Mainz Academy of Fine Arts, where he taught from 2005 to 2026. Since the 1980s, his work has examined and questioned the principles of media reproduction and representation.

Rotraut Pape (*1956–†2019 in Berlin) was an artist, filmmaker and university professor. After studying Fine Art and Experimental Film at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, she worked with film and video from 1977 onwards, and later with digital media. From 1981 to 1987, she was a member of the performance group M. Raskin Stichting ens. Under the name Raskin, she developed video and sound works as well as interactive installations with Andreas Coerper.

Ulrike Rosenbach (*1943 in Hildesheim) belongs to the first generation of international video and performance artists who played a significant role in shaping the development of video as an artistic medium. After studying sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, she began working with video in the early 1970s, subsequently combining the medium with performance and feminist social critique. From 1989 to 2007, she was Professor of New Artistic Media at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar; her works have been exhibited internationally and were presented, among other venues, at documenta 6 and 8.

Maria Vedder (*1948 in Nordhorn) is a media artist who has worked with video and photography since the 1970s. Together with Bettina Gruber, she created pioneering video works in the 1980s, as well as the seminal publications Kunst und Video and DuMonts Handbuch der Videopraxis. From 1991 to 2014, Vedder was Professor of Media Art at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she co-founded the Institute for Time-Based Media and the Art and Media degree programme.

Venue

Black Box Cinema at Filmmuseum Düsseldorf
Schulstraße 4
40213 Düsseldorf

Admission is free.
Please register for the event at info@stiftung-imai.de or +49 211 54 23 09 94. When registering, please feel free to let us know how we can support your visit.

Accessibility

Travel information:

Accessible parking is available at the Contipark Tiefgarage Altstadt Rheinufer car park (approx. 150 m away).
Access is only via the Rheintunnel.
The nearest public accessible parking spaces are at Carlsplatz and Burgplatz.
Accessible public transport stops nearby: Benrather Straße (approx. 300 m): U71, U72, U73, U83 Poststraße (approx. 500 m): 706, 708, 709

Building:

The building is accessible at ground level or via a ramp.
Handrails are provided on both sides throughout the stairwell.
All doors are at least 90 cm wide.
A lift is available (door width: 125 cm; cabin size: approx. 125 × 250 cm).
One wheelchair space is available in the Black Box.
Access to the wheelchair space in the cinema is via an automated door.
An accessible toilet is available (door width: 100 cm; accessible from one side; clear floor space to the right of the toilet: 80 × 120 cm). Access to the accessible restroom is via the elevator.

Access services:

German spoken language
Assistance dogs are welcome
Pick-up service: On request, we can pick you up at the nearest public transport stop and accompany you to the Filmmuseum. Please contact us in advance if you would like to use this service.

Further information: https://filmmuseum-duesseldorf.de/besuch