Eternal You
Germanydocumentary87'Docs+Science
New technologies make us answer existential questions: When does life end? What is the state called death? What is the essence of personality? Who has the right to dispose of the traces we leave in the digital world? Can we forbid the creation of our posthumous, partly self-aware avatars from these crumbs? Are we entitled to the privilege of being forgotten? Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block, the creators of, among others, the harrowing film Internet Cleaners, continue the tradition of investigating the least explored corners of the web. This time, they are examining attempts at recreating dead people. Undertaken on the fringes of the mainstream today, they may become part of everyday life tomorrow.
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- Hans BlockMoritz Riesewieck
Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck (both born in 1985) are German writers and directors. Their debut film `The Cleaners‘ about the shadow industry of digital censorship celebrated its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and has since been screened at more than 70 international film festivals, in cinemas and on TV worldwide. It was nominated for an Emmy and the German Television Award and has received numerous international prizes, including the Prix Europa for the Best European TV documentary film 2018 and the Grimme Audience Award 2019. Their TED talk on freedom of expression on the internet reached an audience of millions. Their essay 'The Digital Soul - Becoming immortal in the era of Artificial Intelligence' was published in Germany, Korea and Italy among others. Under the label "Laokoon", Block, Riesewieck and social designer Cosima Terrasse, develop innovative theatre and crossmedia projects. Their artistic data experiment "Made to Measure" which premiered at the international media art festival Ars Electronica in Linz was nominated for several different international prizes and won the renowned "Information is beautiful"-award 2022. Their theater plays have been shown at Burgtheater in Vienna, Muenchner Kammerspiele and other renowned theatres in Europe.
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