Silhouette

Synopsis

The stop-motion animation commemorates the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on 11 September 2001 – 25 years ago. In this terrorist attack, two aeroplanes, which had been hijacked by Islamist suicide bombers, crashed into the two skyscrapers, causing them to collapse. 3,000 people lost their lives. The short film is a typographic animation. The words ‘Nine’ and ‘Eleven’ take the shape of the two towers. The two aeroplanes are formed by the word ‘Terror’.

Director

Friedrich Ludmann

Friedrich Ludmann *1970 in Stuttgart, lives and works in Düsseldorf After studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and the Motley Theatre Design School in London, he initially worked as a set and costume designer for various theatres in Germany. Since 2011, he has been working as a conceptual artist and researcher across moving image, photography, installations and printmaking.