Archipelagos of the Heart
Sun 15 Nov, 11:00Morning Screenings & Documentary
- Director
- Annika Gutsche
- Country
- Germany
- Running time
- 70 Min.
- Language
- German
Director in attendance
Archipelagos of the Heart explores the evolving relationship between motherhood, artistic practice, and ecological awareness. What begins as a journey to Patagonia to document climate research gradually transforms into an intimate journey of self-discovery, as filmmaker Annika Gutsche finds herself having to integrate her two-year-old child into her creative process.
The film raises questions about what happens when artistic work can no longer be separated from caregiving – and when observing a changing environment becomes inseparable from reflecting on one’s own place within it.
Annika Gutsche
Annika Gutsche is a filmmaker and media artist. She studied Media Art at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design under Omer Fast and Razvan Radulescu, graduating with a diploma in 2018. She subsequently studied Film at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg under Adina Pintilie and Omer Fast, earning her Master of Fine Arts in 2025.
Her artistic work has received several awards and grants, including recognition from ZKM Karlsruhe and the City of Kempten. From 2015 to 2020, she was a scholarship recipient of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes).
Since becoming a mother in 2021, the experiences of motherhood and caregiving have become central to her artistic practice, shaping her exploration of the relationship between humanity, the environment, and filmmaking.