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Average Happiness
Maja Gehrig
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During a PowerPoint presentation, statistical diagrams are breaking free from the strait-jacket of their coordinates. A trip into the sensual world of statistics begins. Pie charts are melting, arrow diagrams twisting, scatter plots, bar graphs, and stock market curves join in a collective climax.
Animation: Maja Gehrig, Stefan Holaus
Scenario, script: Maja Gehrig
Film editor: Maja Gehrig, Nora de Baan
Mix: Christoph Benz, Jingle Jungle
Scenario, script: Maja Gehrig
Film editor: Maja Gehrig, Nora de Baan
Mix: Christoph Benz, Jingle Jungle
Maja Gehrig (CH), born in 1978 in Zürich. Following a preparatory course at Zürcher Hochschule der Kunste (1999-2000), she spent two years at Fachhochschule Aarau, Media Arts department (2000-2002) before taking up an internship at Eesti Joonisfilm, Tallinn (2002-2003). From 2003-05 she attended HSLU (Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst) animation department. She worked as curator of installations and performances at ARM (Artspace Rondeel Maastricht) between 2006-11 and founded Gehrig Trick & Sohn in 2011. Her short films include TripleTexas Dream (2003), Metawalz (2003), 2PS (2003/2004), Une Nuit Blanche (2005), Amourette (2009) and Königin Po (Queen Bum, 2015). She has participated in many international festivals and has received numerous awards.