DATE: DeCeMber 9th, 2 pm.

“Safe” by Todd Haynes starring Julianne Moore is set in 1987, following a suburban housewife in L.A. whose monotonous life is abruptly changed when she becomes sick with a mysterious illness caused by the environment around her. Afterwards discussion with Prof. Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) on unsolid identities, precariousness, immunity and more. Deuber-Mankowsky has published on Queer Post-Cinema and Todd Haynes. Her research focuses on topics of critical, feminist and queer theory, media philosophy and epistemology, temporality and media aesthetics, gender and media.

“By citing film director Todd Haynes’ incidental remark that he has never been interested in solid identities, [Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky] underlines both the undesirability and sheer impossibility of identity itself in our postmodern times.“ (H.Stoff)

Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky: “Queeres Kino / Queere Ästhetiken als Dokumentationen des Prekären“ and “Queeres Post-Cinema. Yael Bartana, Su Friedrich, Todd Haynes, Sharon Hayes” (Berlin: August Verlag, 2017).

Update: unfortunately Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky can’t come to Cologne. We will still answer questions and talk about SAFE after the screening!