›70.001‹ (2019)

›70.001‹ simulates the Monday demonstrations of 1989/90 in the virtual Leipzig of today. Protestors used the slogan ›Wir sind das Volk!‹ to demand freedom in the GDR. Various political forces have appropriated the phrase for their purposes using the mythos of the Monday demonstration and its narrative to their ends. In ›70.001‹, the mass of demonstrators consists of digital agents, whose number increases continuously through algorithms. The animation is accompanied by original audio tracks from interviews with eyewitnesses. As a contemporary reflection, the film examines the representation and formation of groups, the power of masses, and people’s control by algorithms.