To make us seeing things new and different in this cinematographic way makes the documentary artistic value of Körner’s film.

To explain the orientation of his film Arne Körner refers to Sergej Tretjakow. The Russian had suggested that people should be taken from centre stage but instead things should receive filmic attention. Another author can be drawn forward to underline the artistic value of “Surrounded“.

Siegfried Kracauer says one of the attributes of a movie camera is to much better show us the world around us then our perception of everyday’s life.

This is especially true for things that are an imminent part of our surrounding but our view is not really used to and therefore neglects.

Arne Körner does precisely so; he lets things, production processes that are mostly invisible to us get effectively justice by presenting them. He makes them visible and wrestles them from oblivion.

Michael Girke

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