Akiro Hellgardt
Akiro Hellgardt was born in 1973 in Hannover, Germany. From 1997– 2003 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, and from 2001 – 2002 at the Valand School of Fine Arts in Göteborg. From 2009 – 2012 postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne. He lives and works in Cologne.
Films
- Hinoki Farm29'
At the beginning we see Mr Kikuchi massaging his face. The precise movements prepare him for his regular daily routine, and prepare the audience to watch him and his wife as they go about their tasks. Unhurriedly the camera captures them working in the fields and in their garden. Some repairs need doing to the house, they cook and eat, do Aikido, barbecue with guests. In the evening a hot bath. A life in flow and at one with Nature. Over again the focus is on the simple things and gestures. After retirement the Kikuchis created their farm on the Japanese island of Kyushu – the fields, the garden, the buildings – with their own hands. Only the vapour trails in the sky bring back memories of their former life in the city.
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