Trapdoor - Eva Ludwig - Germany - CLASH 2022
Channel: Lacuna Festivals
Date: 30/06/2022

This is an absolute clash: The pandemic has been with us for more than two years now. A virus that no one knows exactly where it really came from has been keeping the whole world on the alert ever since. It is an almost unreal, almost surreal situation in which we all find ourselves: Something invisible to the human eye, constantly changing in shape and effect, spreading unnoticed and furiously from one to another, threatens all our lives. Fear of disease and death are omnipresent. Against this background, many ask themselves how we can overcome all this and return to normality. Will there ever be normality again? 
This helplessness is reflected in the sometimes contradictory actions of politicians, doctors and scientists in all countries. And while ever more restrictive measures are being taken to try to keep the ever-changing virus in control, society is gradually changing. 
In this context, I asked myself whether pressure, exclusion, isolation and control are really paths to more freedom and security. Or does this door to supposed freedom 
not rather turn out to be a trap door? What kind of society will await us once we have survived this period?