Archiv der Zukunft
Documentary Film, AT 2023, Farbe, 92 min., dOF
Diagonale 2023
Director, Script, Camera: Joerg Burger
Editor: Dieter Pichler
Location Sound: Nora Czamler, Hubert Grissemann, Joseph Nikolussi, Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer
Sounddesign: Andreas Hamza
Producers: Johannes Holzhausen, Johannes Rosenberger, Constantin Wulff
Production: Navigator Film
At the Natural History Museum in Vienna, everything that is found on earth and in outer space and that humans can get their hands on, is collected, archived, and studied in the name of evolutionary research. Archiv der Zukunft captures the aesthetic appeal of the natural-history collection and its working process, illuminating the mammoth project of knowledge preservation and production hidden behind the building’s imperial façade.