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title: "CONTEMPORARY, DOUG AITKEN, FILM, FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK, LOS ANGELES, PHOTOGRAPHY, THOMAS DEMAND, USA"
date: 2014-04-02
last_modified: 2025-01-04T17:55:30+01:00
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url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/lost-is-a-four-letter-word-matthias-ulrich-column-en/"
description: "Curator Matthias Ulrich met an illustrious circle of people in Los Angeles: Doug Aitken, Thomas Demand, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, and several others. Yet there were several obstacles to overcome beforehand."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1-5.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# CONTEMPORARY, DOUG AITKEN, FILM, FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK, LOS ANGELES, PHOTOGRAPHY, THOMAS DEMAND, USA