Peter Caranicas Deputy EditorEnergaCamerimage, the international art of cinematography film festival, will honor visual arts pioneer Ulrike Ottinger with its Avant-Garde Achievements in Film Award during its 30th edition, which will take place Nov.
12-19 in Torun, Poland.Ottinger, known for work that challenged audiences’ notions of visual arts, has stayed active for five decades across film, photography, theater, opera and exhibition.
Born in 1942, she created her first art projects in her hometown of Konstanz, Germany, then in Paris, where, from 1962 to 1969, she studied and worked as an independent artist in various media, eventually focusing on cinema.
After returning to East Germany, she founded the Visuell Film Club, presenting independent productions from around the world and contributing to the New German Cinema.
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