Who Killed Walter Benjamin…

Philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), a German Jew, flees Germany in 1932, during the turmoil preceding Adolf Hitler's definitive rise to power. On September 26, 1940, he dies in Portbou, a small village on the French

13 A Ludodrama about Walter Benjamin

13, a ludodrama on Walter Benjamin' is a documentary essay on the German philosopher Walter Benjamin. Divided into 13 small chapters, the film tells the stories of Benjamin's exile in Paris between 1933 and 1940.

Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino

The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin

An homage to Walter Benjamin and other time-traveling artists and expatriates that have inspired me, especially Chris Marker. Benjamin, fleeing from fascism in the 1930s, took refuge in Paris where Biblioteque Nacional b

The Passages of Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin was a leading German Jewish cultural historian. His Arcades Project, a monumental study of nineteenth century Paris, is set in the context of his life and times. His friendships with Brecht, Scholem, Aren

Hannah Arendt: On Walter Benjamin

An intimate and intellectual lecture given by Hannah Arendt about the work and fate of her friend and colleague in the philosophical field, Walter Benjamin. Delivered in January 1968 at the Goethe House in New York, Aren

One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin is one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, yet his work is relatively unknown to many. One Way Street is both an exposition of Benjamin’s ideas and a search for Benjamin the man in locat

Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen

Chronicles travels across Texas that collectively invoke a sense of place that is both abstract and concrete.

Jenseits der Grenze - Walter Benjamin 1892-1940

Geschichten der Freundschaft - Walter Benjamin zum Gedächtnis

The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn

An attempt to problematize ownership and authorship in the age of digital reproduction. Inspired by the Walter Benjamin essay of the same name and the activities of the Situationists.