FAKKT // GIFT

SYNOPSIS

Rap can be considered as an artistic culture of debate, encompassing both scenic-visual and linguistic-acoustic dimensions. The genre finds its performative expression in 'Battles', in which 'dissing' with words, gestures and poses is elevated to a stylistic dimension. These cultural practices of arguing are often accompanied by a formalized display of mockery and shame. The genre is therefore attractive for artistic taboo breaks, with which the limits of what can be said are repeatedly renegotiated and staged. The sometimes violent hate comments are therefore not to be understood literally and without reflection - this also applies to rap-artist FAKKT, who slips into a role in his contribution to the exhibition ›Dispute. People, media and mechanisms in the 18th century and today‹: Within the music video he merges into an textually, acoustically and visually state of confrontation with internal and external perspectives of ›dispraise‹, which is shown in stylized gestures, poses and acts of speech. The music video as an exhibit deliberately plays with invisible and visible masquerades. What is said and shown is an interpretation of contemporary digital hate comments that are (self-)critically processed within the genre of rap.

FILM FESTIVALS
Application phase for national film festivals.

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MUSIC VIDEO BY LEEF HANSEN // ANNA SCHÜRMER
Production Company: LEEF HANSEN FILM
Year of production: 2023
Language: German
Running time: 4:02 Minutes

Text & Performance: FAKKT
Beat: flo

Directors: Leef Hansen // Anna Schürmer
Producer: Claus Veltmann // Leef Hansen
DoP: Dars Drawert
Electrician: Pascal Kolbe  
Set & Filmposter Photography: Carolin Scheidt
Make-Up Artist: Maria Harder
Editor (Colouring & Grading): Vahid Zarei