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An unknown entity, discovers the human world in a nocturnal car ride through Los Angeles, observing people at the side of the street and listening to their stories. The film mixes the journey of a fictional character, an unknown entity played by drag performance artist Beaujangless, with documentary roadside encounters in a nocturnal car ride through the ‚City of Angels’. Observations of people passing by, accompanied by an AI-generated voice-over reciting first-person narratives from interviews, intertwine with sequences of the main character dancing to Holly Herndon‘s song ‚Frontier‘. The film explores narratives as both center and limit of human world experience and self-awareness, the concept of an immortal human soul in neo-religious, dataist times, as well as the USA as a collective narrative of capitalist superiority in decay. ‚Because We Bleed‘ is a meditation on storytelling and a poetic journey into a new, dark age.

Andrea (born 1986, Rostock, Germany) is a non-binary artist and director. Joscha (born 1984, Stuttgart, Germany) is an artist and director. Since 2009, the two have been working as a duo. They hold a diploma in photography and media from the University Of Applied Sciences Bielefeld (2006-2012). Their collaborative work revolves around people and the narratives in which they are captured. This results in non-linear stories evolving from anthropological field research and artistic subversion. Their photographs and films are exhibited and showcased internationally. Both live and work in Berlin.