In Her Boots

Oscillating between interior and exterior perspectives, imagination and reality, joie de vivre and fear of loss, Kathrin Steinbacher’s empathic-humorous animated film enters the perceptual world of an elderly woman with dementia. A bizarre hike through unstable terrain, which visualizes how it feels to be in Hedi’s shoes. (Diagonale 2020, Michelle Koch)

Sometimes an object as old as the hills is associated not only with a long history but also an affective relationship. When it comes to a pair of tried and true boots worn on innumerable trails, such a possession can also provide a familiar foothold. And so it is...