Anke Ames is an artist. In particular a musician. Accordion, violin, but mainly the viola. Her music polarizes by being improvised, an more an expression of her feelings than written for the entertainment of her audience. Likewise bulky is...See moreAnke Ames is an artist. In particular a musician. Accordion, violin, but mainly the viola. Her music polarizes by being improvised, an more an expression of her feelings than written for the entertainment of her audience. Likewise bulky is her poetry. Her texts are about her disease, a bipolar, manic-depressive disturbance, about her stays at a psychiatric clinic, mania, depression. Or they are declarations of love to her husband, life or music. Her relationship towards people close to her she calls "devouring shadows". She absorbs everything negative, off the others, and transforms it to art. Her role is that of a scapegoat, black sheep or a draft horse. That drives her into depression. Or into mania, which is something very beautiful, if it would not be intoxicating. In this documentary we follow the thoughts of the artist, get enchanted or disturbed by her poetry, her music or pictures. Written by
Picknic Film Festival
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