Digital Cultural Heritage

H. isst Tiere 2/ Pinguin

1991, Super 8, color, 2 min
Directed by: Hanna Schimek
Camera: Gustav Deutsch
Collection: Austrian Film Museum
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This film series is based on a ritual practice that releases the spiritual power of an animal when it is eaten. Here, Hanna Schimek eats a cupcake penguin from a pastry shop in Vienna. The camerawork was done by Gustav Deutsch. (Text: Hanna Schimek/Anna Högner)