Lukas Marxt
Lukas MARXT (1983, Austria) studied Geography in Graz, and attended art courses in Linz, Lisbon, Leipzig and Cologne. The artist primarily works with film. Lukas Marxt’s films have been shown at many film festivals, including Berlinale, Curtas Vila do Conde, and the Gijón International Film Festival, where he received the Principado de Asturias prize for best short film. Since 2017, Marxt has spent a great deal of time in Southern California researching the ecological and sociopolitical structures surrounding the Salton Sea.
Filmography
Nach der Eishöhle (2007, short), Four By (2008, short), Pass By (2008, short), Fire Walk Me Home (2009, short), Second Night (2010, short), Rising Fall (2011, short), Nella fantasia (2012, short), It Seems to Be Loneliness But It Is Not (2012, short), Reign of Science (2013, short), Low Tide (2013, short), High Tide (2013, short), Double Dawn (2014, short), Black Rain White Scars (2014, short), Captive Horizon (2015, short), Wunderschön und ruhig gelegen (2015, short), Fishing is not done on Tuesdays (2016, short), Cape Ground (2016, short), Circular Inscription (2016, short), Current Shot 02 (2017, short), Shadowland (2017, mid-length), Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off) (2018, short), Victoria (2018), Ralfs Farben (2019), Imperial Irrigation (2020, short), Sehr gepflegt und ruhig gelegen (2021,short, co-dir), Ein Haiku über die Passsteinstrasse (2022, short, co-dir), Loading Pit_revised (2022, short), Marine Target (2022, short)
More info: Lukas Marxt
Lukas Marxt at IFFR
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Marine Target
A disquieting exploration of the Salton Sea – haunted by traces of catastrophic US nuclear testing.
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Extended Horizon
Marxt explores an inhospitable, rugged environment by drone. There are some fancy villas that protect the inhabitants and their property like fortr
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Black Rain White Scars
An unprepossessing cityscape is recorded in one long, uninterrupted take. Nothing happens, yet so much happens. The sky becomes dark, with a sense