Beekeeper, The: Sara Preibsch

The Beekeeper, Sara Preibsch, 35mm, Colour, Sound by Avi Tchamni, 18 min, SE/UK, 2008 Sara Preibsch’s The Beekeeper, records a few moments in the later life of the beekeeper Helmut Preibsch at his home in Stockholm. Within this work Preibsch expertly manoeuvres between an exposé of his experiences as a young and impressionable protégé of the Nazi regime and his now seemingly idyllic life in Sweden, where he tends, ruminates and writes on the life of bees. Sara Preibsch recently exhibited work at Vine Space, London, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, the Images Festival, Toronto, Les Rencontres Internationales, Paris, Färg Fabriken, Stockholm and in 2008 she received a LAFVA award for the production of her next film. Preibsch’s photographic work was also recently included in the monograph Hultsbruk Ready-Maids published by Marmalade and Edition Solitude. She was born in Sweden and currently lives and works in London. DVD includes the featurette 'Interview with Sara Preibsch' with Laura Cull and Andrew Fisher, directed by Gordon Shrigley.