Go Clara Go (Film & Protest)

Germany 2025, Documentary, 93 min, FSK 0
Director: Sylvie Kürsten · Original Version (German)
With: Gregor Torsten Kozik, Thomas Ranft, Dagmar Ranft-Schinke, Michael Morgner

"Go, Clara Go" (2025) raises the question of how the boundaries of what can be said and seen can be shifted through art—despite, or perhaps because of, the resistance encountered. The film focuses on the artist collective "Clara Mosch," which was active in Chemnitz (then Karl-Marx-Stadt) just over 50 years ago. Director Sylvie Kürsten sheds light on this unusual chapter of East German art history. Together with the protagonists from back then, she traces the creative energy of the artist group—and dives deep into an artistic parallel world that not only attracted numerous fans but also the Stasi informants. Following the film screening, director Sylvie Kürsten and Andreas Kötzing (HAIT) will discuss the significance of artistic resistance in the context of GDR cultural policy.

"Go, Clara Go" raises the question of how the boundaries of what can be said and seen can be shifted through art—despite, or perhaps because of, the resistance encountered. The film focuses on the artist collective "Clara Mosch," which was active in Chemnitz (then Karl-Marx-Stadt) just over 50 years ago. Director Sylvie Kürsten sheds light on this unusual chapter of East German art history.