{"id":10461,"date":"2026-09-14T15:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovelab.berlin\/?page_id=10461"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:18:27","slug":"darkstar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lovelab.berlin\/en\/darkstar\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bbDarkstar\u00ab | Banu Birecikligil &amp; Tim Ra"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"ll-video\"><div class=\"BorlabsCookie\"><div class=\"_brlbs-content-blocker\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-embed _brlbs-video-youtube\"> <img class=\"_brlbs-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/lovelab.berlin\/wp-content\/plugins\/borlabs-cookie\/images\/cb-no-thumbnail.png\" alt=\"YouTube\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-caption\"> <p>By loading the video, you accept YouTube's privacy policy.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Learn more<\/a><\/p> <p><a class=\"_brlbs-btn _brlbs-icon-play-white\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Loading video<\/a><\/p> <p><label><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"unblockAll\" value=\"1\" checked> <small>Unlock YouTube always<\/small><\/label><\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><div class=\"borlabs-hide\" data-borlabs-cookie-type=\"content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-id=\"youtube\"><script type=\"text\/template\">PGlmcmFtZSBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUtbm9jb29raWUuY29tL2VtYmVkL0R5RWMtb1ZuQnYwP3JlbD0wIiB0aXRsZT0iRGFya3N0YXIiIGxvYWRpbmc9ImxhenkiIGFsbG93PSJhY2NlbGVyb21ldGVyOyBlbmNyeXB0ZWQtbWVkaWE7IHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZSIgYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuPSIiPjwvaWZyYW1lPg==<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A nymph plays marbles with eyeballs in a nocturnal clearing. When one rolls away, she follows it\u2014and loses herself in surreal soulscapes where she encounters alienated versions of herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She encounters desperate women: Struwwelpetra, sinking in black liquid. A headless mermaid. Cassandra without arms. She sees the world through their eyes, sees everything yet cannot change anything. Only when she gives space to her tears does growth begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bbDarkstar is a film about powerlessness and compassion \u2014 and about the fact that change sometimes begins where the struggle ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All characters, creatures, and locations in the film originate from the paintings of Banu Birecikligil: the nymph, the girl in the black water, Cassandra, the mermaid, the lizards with eye-heads, the flying eyes, the luminous house. For three decades, she has been painting dreamscapes in which human, animal, and myth overlap \u2014 forests and sea creatures, nymphs and satyrs, eyes with wings. Her landscapes are not real places, but states of consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The music is from the album \u00bbKosmische Kuriere\u00ab by Tim Ra and Jens Str\u00fcver: the tracks \u00bbDarkstar\u00ab and \u00bbNebula,\u00ab a cosmic journey between electronica, ambient, and psychedelic soundscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to experience the world of film beyond just the screen, you can find the original paintings that inspired it: from October 3 to January 23, 2027, at the Lovelab Dreamspace, Pappelallee 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Art film | 6:07 | 2026 | Banu Birecikligil &amp; Tim Ra<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paintings, figures and imagery: Banu Birecikligil \u00b7 Storyboard, animation and realization: Tim Ra \u00b7 Music: Tim Ra &amp; Jens Str\u00fcver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lovelab.berlin\/en\/dreams\/banu-birecikligil\/\">To the exhibition<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-ra.bandcamp.com\/album\/kosmische-kuriere\">To the album<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.banubirecikligil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banubirecikligil.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Searching for her lost marble, a nymph traverses surreal soulscapes.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10461","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Auf der Suche nach ihrer verlorenen Murmel durchquert eine Nymphe surreale Seelenlandschaften \u2014 und begegnet entfremdeten Versionen ihrer selbst.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovelab.berlin\/en\/darkstar\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lovelab Dreamspace - WHERE DREAMS TAKE FORM\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00bbDarkstar\u00ab \u2014 Kunstfilm | Birecikligil &amp; 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