Pitshipoy 2020
Berlin 2020
five part installation
For the installation Pitshipoy, Elianna Renner followed the trail of the word Pitshipoy, which originated in Yiddish folklore and describes an imaginary space. The research grapples with the different histories, translations, and interpretations of the word. During the Shoah, Pitshipoy experienced the highpoint of its popularity in the transit camp Drancy in France. There, the term described an unknown and imaginary (safe)space that filled the vacuum of hope to the gates of Auschwitz. The installation combines text, film, and audio recordings that present fragments of the research on the term. The centerpiece is the video documentation of an air performance in which a pilot makes a banner with Pitshipoy appear in the sky above Berlin
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Brochure of the exhibition fragmented narratives, Text und Interview on Pitshipoy
Pitshipoy I
Film / Performance
Pilot: Thomas Hennig
Airplane: Robin DR. 400-180 Regent
Banner: Höhe 6 m, Länge 25 m
Camera: Andreas Gruner, Therese Koppe, Daniel Janik
editing : Andreas Gruner
window frame: Martin Wilmes
Pitshipoy II
Sound Installation:
voices: Violaine Lochu, Helen Burstin,
Sefra Burstin, Bobby Zylberman, Elianna Renner
editing: Elianna Renner
postproduction: Jan van Hasselt
Pitshipoy III
Showcase
Recherche: Elianna Renner
Scientific accompaniment: Mio Hamann
Translation yiddish-german: Mio Hamann
animation studio: Trick 47, Ulrike Isenberg
Showcase: Martin Wilmes
Pitshipoy IV
Book
Text: Elianna Renner, Mio Hammann
Proofreading: Katharina Koch, Sylvia Sadzinski
graphic design: Carsten Kudlik
Bookbinding: Marion Bösen
Pitshipoy V
Vasistas-box
animation studio: Trick 47, Ulrike Isenberg
editing: Elianna Renner
Vasistas-Box: Martin Wilmes
Schnitt: Elianna Renner
Vasistas-box: Martin Wilmes