Factory of the Sun
20m

In this immersive work, which debuted at the 2015 German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Steyerl probes the pleasures and perils of image circulation in a moment defined by the unprecedented global flow of data. Ricocheting between genres—news reportage, documentary film, video games, and internet dance videos—Factory of the Sun uses the motifs of light and acceleration to explore what possibilities are still available for collective resistance when surveillance has become a mundane part of an increasingly virtual world. Factory of the Sun tells the surreal story of workers whose forced moves in a motion capture studio are turned into artificial sunshine.
Crew

Hito Steyerl
Director
Shumon Basar
Writer
Alwin Franke
Assistant Director
Micha Amstad
Production Coordinator, Post-Production Manager, Set Designer
Nico Kantuser
Dolly Grip
Katarzyna Guzowska
Post Production Assistant
Lea Sövsö
Costume Designer
Daniel Erbe
Sound
Maximilian Schmoetzer
Visual Effects
Harry Sanderson
Visual Effects
Aidan Peterson
Music
Kassem Mosse
Music

Fatima Al Qadiri
Music
Dawn of Midi
Music
Kaycee
Music
Max Schmoetzer
3D Artist
Christoph Manz
Technical Advisor
Gerd Dubiella
Technical Advisor
Hans Goedecke
Drone Operator
Cornelius Diemer
Drone Operator
Anke Riester
Drone Operator
