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Short abstract

In the late 1970s, three identical giraffe sculptures by Hans-Detlev Hennig were put up in the German Democratic Republic: one in Rostock, one in Berlin Köpenick, and one in Frankfurt (Oder). This short documentary takes a look at the current state of those inanimate triplets.

Long abstract

In the late 1970s, three identical giraffe sculptures by Hans-Detlev Hennig were put up in the German Democratic Republic: one in Rostock, one in Berlin Köpenick, and one in Frankfurt (Oder). This short documentary takes a look at the current state of those inanimate triplets. Although originally similar in form and intended to remain so, the contexts they were set in have changed their physical shape, their histories and the memories they hold. The film is an experiment to change the objects to subjects and rewrite the stories of the three cities from the perspectives of its silent witnesses.