Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl

  • Author

    Johannes Grenzfurthner

  • Country

    Austria

  • Production year

    2014

  • Type

    video / experimental video

  • Category

    Artwork

  • Tags

    satire, grotesque, sci-fi, apocalypse, fantasy

The growing tension between the last two remaining superpowers -­ China and Google -­ escalates in the early 21st century, and results in the global inferno of the "Google Wars". But the years go by, radioactive dust settles on old battlegrounds, and a New World rises from the ashes of the old. Fratt Aigner, a seedy journalist, and Alalia Grundschober, a nerdy technician, live and work in Mega City Schwechat: the biggest semi-urban sprawl in the foothills of what remained of the Alps. Newspaper mogul Thurnher von Pjölk assigns them a special task: to venture into the boondocks of the Gstetten and find the legendary Echsenfriedl. It is the beginning of a journey full of dangers, creatures and precarious working conditions.

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