How to Disappear

Running time: 20'

“How to Disappear” is an anti-war movie in the true sense of the word, searching for possibilities for peace in the most unlikely place of an online war game. It’s a tribute to disobedience and desertion - in both digital and physical-real warfare. Shot in the picturesque war landscapes of “Battlefield V,” the hyperreal graphics become the backdrop for an essay-like narrative. The film revolves around the history of deserters - a part of human history, which has hardly been illuminated. Performances and creative interventions explore the scopes and limits of the audiovisual entertainment machine.

Authors:

  • Leonhard Müllner

    Visual artist and media researcher. He studied Visual Art and Media Art and is currently writing his PhD in Practice in the field of Cultural Studies. His work has received several awards: the Vimeo Staff Pick Award, the “Best Austrian Film” award at the Vienna Shorts Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Shortwaves Film Festival in Poznan and at the AMaze Festival in Berlin.

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  • Michael Stumpf

    Born in 1985 in Wels, Austria. He studied Philosophy at the University of Vienna and is currently studying Media, Art and Cultural Theory at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz. He now works as a philosopher, designer and artist.

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  • Robin Klengel

    An artist, illustrator and cultural anthropologist. Since 2017 he is vice chairman of the interdisciplinary art and culture space Forum Stadtpark. In 2018 he received the Vimeo Staff Pick Award, the award for the “Best Austrian Film”, at Vienna Short Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Short Waves Festival in Poznan and the Explorer Award at the A MAZE Berlin, amongst others.

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