Cockaigne (Schlaraffia) Video about „Shopping-Malls“ and the new poverty of urban life Direction, Editor : Manfred Hulverscheidt Locations: Edmonton, Alberta; New York Manhattan and Brooklyn; and the Saale-Park at Günthersdorf, Saxony Music: Rocker‘s Almighty Dub; Neu; Joe Meek; Bomis Prendin; Kraftwerk; Paul McCartney; Can; Enoch Light; The Stooges Narration: König Vielfraß byWilhelm Hauff Speakers: Manuela Selzer und Bert Günther Schmidtke Camera: Manfred Hulverscheidt (Howard Harrington) Directors Assistant/Soundxs: Simin Mohammadi Commissioning Editor: Kathrin Brinkmann Producer: HDT-Video Berlin in collaboration with ZDF/Arte1995. Length: 24:00. German and English

Motifs of the fairy tale of King Glutton are told from an anonymous, but real existing visitor of the famous Edmonton-Mall in Canada, who is running a cart through the abundant halls of that complex. A Rikscha-Driver takes us through the emptyness of that mall-space. Essay on urban structures.