Journal of Film Preservation N° 60/61 - FIAF
Journal of Film Preservation N° 60/61 - FIAF
Journal of Film Preservation N° 60/61 - FIAF
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Kitty Vincke<br />
Kitty Vincke est décédée à l’âge de 38 ans.<br />
Après des études d’histoire de l’art, de<br />
littérature et de cinéma, elle avait commencé<br />
à travailler comme stagiaire, en 1991, au<br />
Deutsches <strong>Film</strong>museum. En 1994, elle est<br />
devenue directrice et sa programmation était<br />
motivée par son désir d’ouvrir le cinéma à<br />
un groupe social plus large et d’<strong>of</strong>frir un<br />
forum. Elle a créé deux festivals: “Africa<br />
Alive” et “Verso Sud - neues italienisches<br />
Kino” et était une spécialiste du cinéma<br />
africain et italien. En plus de ses activités au<br />
musée, elle a terminé son doctorat en<br />
histoire de l’art en 1995 et est devenue<br />
conférencière à l’université de Frankfurt et<br />
Marburg. La connection entre le cinéma et<br />
les autres arts était une ligne directrice dans<br />
son travail. Elle a apporté beaucoup au<br />
niveau de la recherche théorique à travers<br />
les rétrospectives Pier Paolo Pasolini (1996),<br />
Michelangelo Antonioni (1998), et Pedro<br />
Almodóvar (1998). Son décès représente<br />
pour l’équipe du musée une perte énorme<br />
tant sur le plan pr<strong>of</strong>essionel que personnel.<br />
Kitty Vincke falleció a los 38 años. Luego de<br />
sus estudios de historia del arte, literatura y<br />
cine, empezó en el Deutsches <strong>Film</strong>museum<br />
en 1991. En 1994, se desempeñó como<br />
directora de programación, motivada por el<br />
deseo de <strong>of</strong>recer a grupos sociales más<br />
amplios un foro de discusión a través del<br />
cine. Así creó dos festivales: “Africa Alive” y<br />
“Verso Sud - El nuevo cine italiano” y se<br />
convirtió en una especialista del cine<br />
africano e italiano. Al margen de su trabajo<br />
en el Museo, finalizó su doctorado en<br />
historia del arte en 1995, y dictaba cátedra<br />
en las universidades de Frankfurt y<br />
Marburg. El centro de sus preocupaciones<br />
fue la relación entre el cine y las otras<br />
disciplinas artísticas, que sirvió de marco<br />
teórico a la realización de las retrospectivas<br />
que fueron dedicadas a Pier Paolo Pasolini<br />
(1996), Michelangelo Antonioni (1998), y<br />
Pedro Almodóvar (1998). Su fallecimiento<br />
representa una enorme pérdida para el<br />
equipo del museo, tanto en lo pr<strong>of</strong>esional<br />
como en lo personal.<br />
Kitty Vincke<br />
(19<strong>61</strong> – 1999)<br />
Following a severe illness Dr. Kitty Vincke, the director <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Deutsches <strong>Film</strong>museum’s cinema, passed away at the age <strong>of</strong> 38. After<br />
studying art history, Romance languages and literatures, and film<br />
studies in Florence, Munich, and Frankfurt a. M., Kitty Vincke came<br />
to the museum as an intern in 1991. In 1992 and 1993 she<br />
completed a Volontariat at the museum. During this time she was<br />
involved in various exhibitions; in particular, she was responsible for<br />
an exhibition <strong>of</strong> Italian silent film posters. In 1994 Kitty Vincke took<br />
over the directorship <strong>of</strong> the cinema. From the very beginning, her<br />
programming selection was shaped by the desire to open the cinema<br />
to a wide range <strong>of</strong> social groups and to <strong>of</strong>fer them a forum. To<br />
emphasize this point: within this context, she initiated the festivals<br />
“Africa Alive”, which will take place next year for the sixth time, and<br />
also “Verso Sud - neues italienisches Kino”, which had its fifth<br />
anniversary this past November. Kitty Vincke was undoubtedly one<br />
<strong>of</strong> the leading experts in African and Italian cinema.<br />
In addition to her involvement with the <strong>Film</strong>museum, she completed<br />
her doctoral studies in art history at the J.W.G. University in<br />
Frankfurt in 1995, and she was active thereafter as a lecturer in film<br />
history in Frankfurt and Marburg. The connection between film and<br />
art was always a significant matter for her. It was she who<br />
conceptualized the cinema’s important retrospectives <strong>of</strong> Pier Paolo<br />
Pasolini (1996), Michelangelo Antonioni (1998), and Pedro<br />
Almodóvar (1998). Her amiability and her interest in people and<br />
their histories made the cinema a place <strong>of</strong> genuine interaction. The<br />
cinema’s widely varied and well respected programme is greatly<br />
indebted to her expertise and skill, as well as to her personality. The<br />
death <strong>of</strong> Dr. Kitty Vincke is an enormous personal and pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
loss for the Deutsches <strong>Film</strong>museum.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Walter Schobert<br />
and the colleagues <strong>of</strong> the Deutsches <strong>Film</strong>museum,<br />
Frankfurt a. M., 2.12.99.<br />
72 <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Preservation</strong> / <strong>60</strong>/<strong>61</strong> / 2000