Virtuoso Virtual

An experimental animation film that does not tell a story in a classical sense but rather creates a movement of wet ink on a white background that seems to take up the dramatic arch of the overture we are hearing on the soundtrack. Their interplay stimulates us to see things, events, maybe even drama in what is basically just black shapes on a white surface. The film happens on the screen before us and is simultaneously created in our head.

Thomas Stellmach is a director, animator, and producer who received an Oscar for the puppet film Quest. He studied animated film in the studio of renowned animator Paul Driessen at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kassel, Germany, and is the co-founder of the Lichthof animated film studio.

Maja Oschmann's work straddles the boundary between drawing and music. She often collaborates with musicians and composers. In her ink drawings, which are often based on musical compositions, she strives to create a unique visual language.