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Matthias Rajmann

Writing

Known For

The Creators of the Shopping Worlds
6.5

A look at how mall producers design malls in order to maximise traffic and sales.

The Creators of the Shopping Worlds

2001
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead
N/A

An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. Three Dead depicts a military exercise within a mock Iraqi town built on the outskirts of Twentynine Palms, California, blurring the line between computer simulation and reality.

Serious Games 2 – Three Dead

2010
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
N/A

An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. In A Sun With No Shadow, Farocki calls attention to the subtle differences between the simulations for combat training and PTSD. With the former, the sun can be programmed to cast shadows in the virtual combat zones, while the latter, less expensive technology does not offer this feature.

Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

2010
Nothing Ventured
7.0

What venture capital or VC for short actually means is explained in the film itself. Banks only lend money against collateral. Those who have none have to turn to VC companies and pay interest of 40%.

Nothing Ventured

2004
Serious Games 3 – Immersion
N/A

An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. In Immersion, Farocki presents footage of a role-playing exercise in which military psychologists demonstrate how to use the PTSD program on their colleagues, who describe traumatic wartime experiences. On a second channel, their descriptions play out as virtual renderings.

Serious Games 3 – Immersion

2010
In Comparison
6.6

In Comparison revisits issues explored in the director's 2007 two channel installation Comparison Via a Third. Spanning continents and cultures, the film focuses on the brick in its many contexts, from the collective efforts of a community building a clinic in Burkina Faso, through semi industrialized moldings in India, to industrial production lines in Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. Through its notable structure and its captivating rhythms, In Comparison presents various methods of labor production, allowing for an assessment that changes with every layer and goes well beyond a simple binary divide.

In Comparison

2009
Die Quereinsteigerinnen
7.0

Two young women kidnap the manager of the German telephone provider and start making strange demands while getting to know their captive a little better

Die Quereinsteigerinnen

2005
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
N/A

An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. Filmed at the United States Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Watson is Down pairs footage of soldiers at computers engaging in combat-simulation training with scenes from the video games.

Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"

2010
A New Product
6.5

A New Product is a corporate documentary, or, that is, a document of corporate qualities; specifically about what seems to be a small company whose purpose is to consult and design working spaces for larger corporations, exemplified by Vodafone and Unilever.

A New Product

2012