Exhibition title: Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995, 2018
Artist: Maria Vedder
Artwork: PAL oder Never the Same Color
installation with 25 Monitors
5:40 min.
Music: Uwe Wiesemann, Gerhard Zillingen
Camera: Stephan Simon
Editing: Martina Kaimeter
The exhibition shines a spotlight on a historical moment and a body of work in the history of media art that has been largely overlooked since its inception. PAL oder Never the Same Color consists of twenty-five monitors arranged in a grid, with one TV set removed from the matrix and set aside. The monitors construct a wall in a manner reminiscent of bricks or pixels composing an image. Looped on the monitors is historic television footage designed to test color, including a host who presents herself in PAL and then NTSC to illustrate the difference.My work here involved the restoration, digitalization and production of Maria Vedder’s artwork and international logistics connected to its transport from Berlin to New York. Along with video professionals and skilled analog technicians we managed to bring this piece back to life at the Sculpture Center.
Photo: Sculpture Center New York
Exhibition title: This Is The Day, 2018
Artist: Phil Collins
Artworks:
Delete Beach, 2016 HD video; color, sound; installation view; MAC; photograph Simon Mills
Ceremony, 2017 HD video; color, sound, 60min; installation view; MAC photograph Simon Mills
the meaning of style, 2011. 16mm film transferred to HD digital video; color, sound; 4 min. 50 sec
The exhibition presented across all three of the MAC’s galleries brought together a series of recent projects by Phil Collins including Delete Beach and Ceremony. I was involved in the planning and managed budgeting, logistics and communication with the artist’s studio, the technical directors and the curators of the museum.
Photos: Shady Lane Productions
Hamburg/Berlin/Halle 2017-2018
The three shows “Disappearing Legacies: The World as Forest” hosted thirteen artworks, including eight new commissions; a three-part project by Anna-Sophie Springer and Etienne Turpin. The travelling exhibition was realized by Centrum für Naturkunde at the Universität Hamburg, where it was on in the fall of 2017. In 2018, adapted iterations were presented from April 27 until August 26, 2018 at the project partner, Tieranatomisches Theater at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and from October 19 until December 14, 2018 at the Zentralmagazin Naturwissenschaftlicher Sammlungen of the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Halle/Saale. The exhibition cycle is a cooperation with the Schering Stiftung and the Goethe Institut. The project is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. The exhibitions displayed contemporary artworks as well as zoological and botanical objects to investigate the changes in the tropical regions that Wallace once traveled to and to shed light on the ecological issues faced by today’s fauna and flora of Amazon, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. I was managing all communications with curators, technicians and equipment providers. Additionally, I supervised the preparation of the videos for all three exhibitions. Finally, I organized the logistics and together with a technical director, consulted the team on all issues connected to the installation and maintenance of the equipment used on site.
Video Artists:
Maria Thereza Alves, Ari Bayuaji, Bik Van der Pol, Radjawali Irendra/Akademi Drone Indonesia, Armin Linke with Giulia Bruno and Giuseppe Ielasi, Barbara Marcel, PetaBencana.id, SHIMURAbros, autonoma/Paulo Tavares
Project homepage: www.reassemblingnature.org
Photos: Michael Pfisterer
The Momentum Gallery, 2018
The Focus Kazakhstan Berlin exhibition “BREAD & ROSES” examines the work of four generations of Kazakh women artists, created from 1945 to the present. The exhibition with over 20 artists, and its related artist residency program, offers a fresh perspective on both modern and contemporary Kazakh art and culture. Along with the curatorial team, technical directors and AV technicians I managed the production of all video artworks, including an 8-channel video installation.
Photo: The Momentum Gallery
Exhibition title: Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995, 2017
Artist: Maria Vedder
Artwork: PAL oder Never the Same Color, 1988
installation with 25 Monitors
5:40 min.
Music: Uwe Wiesemann, Gerhard Zillingen
Camera: Stephan Simon
Editing: Martina Kaimeter
The exhibition shines a spotlight on a historical moment and a body of work in the history of media art.inferior system, remains the norm in the United States. PAL oder Never the Same Color consists of twenty-five monitors arranged in a grid, with one TV set removed from the matrix and set aside. The monitors construct a wall in a manner reminiscent of bricks or pixels composing an image. Looped on the monitors is historic television footage designed to test color, including a host who presents herself in PAL and then NTSC to illustrate the difference. My work here involved management of restoration, digitalization and production of Maria Vedder’s piece and international logistics. Together with video professionals and skilled analog technicians, we managed to bring this piece back to life at MIT. The artwork was received with great interest and was later on show again as a part of an exhibition at the Sculpture Center in New York.
Photo: MIT List Visual Arts Center Cambridge/Boston
Lieberose Schloss, Brandenburg 2017
ROHKUNSTBAU’s 13th edition took place at the Lieberose castle showing works of art devoted to the topic of the Foreigner. The exhibition’s goal was to create a positive understanding of otherness and underlined the creative aspects that exist when dealing with differences that govern our world. I managed communications with curators, technicians, and logistics and was responsible for the preparation of the videos shown at the exhibition.
Photo: ROHKUNSTBAU XXIII
Exhibition title: Innocent of Black and White, 2018
Astists: Mwangi Hutter
Mwangi Hutter’s solo exhibition at the Kunstverein Ludwigshafen provided an insight into the artist's extensive work and placed three video installations in direct dialogue with large-format paintings in black and white. I worked with a team of technical directors and video specialists on planning and preparing the technical equipment for the video works.
Photos: Mwangi Hutter
Exhibition title: Iron Lady: Symonds, Pearmain, Lebon, 2017
Symonds Pearmain is a collaboration between Designer Anthony Symonds and Stylist Max Pearmain. At their exhibition at Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi the duo presented a re-imagined and expanded catwalk presentation of Haute Militaire and an editorial project, both premiered at Gallery Weekend Berlin. Along with analog technicians, we planned and prepared the video material developed by the artist, which was then shown on Hantarex monitors.
Photo: Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery
Artist: Lindsey Seers
Artwork: Every Thought There Ever Was, 2018, moving image installation
The touring exhibition draws on philosophical ideas and scientific research. This ambitious project by UK based artist Lindsay Seers considers historical representations of schizophrenia and contemporary insights into the condition achieved using virtual reality. Together with a technical director, we planned the technical equipment for the presentation of the artwork and consulted the team at Focal Point on all matters concerning its installation.
Photo: Focal Point Gallery
Exhibition title: Hybrid Matter, 2018
Artists: Andreas Greiner
Artwork: The Molecular Ordering of Computational Plants, 2018 multi-channel sound-installation with bioluminescent algae
Exhibition title: Hybrid Matter
This was Greiner’s first solo exhibition at the Dittrich & Schlechtriem gallery, which took place during the Gallery Weekend Berlin. The Berlin based artist realized works that reflect how humans manipulate and redesign nature through genetic engineering, speculating on the future of humanity’s genetic code. Together with an audio specialist and Tylor Friedman, who produced the text and music, we worked on planning the audio equipment for the centerpiece of the exhibition - a sound installation called The Molecular Ordering of Computational Plants.
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Exhibition title: Living Sci-Fi under the red stars, Berlin
Artist: Guan Xiao
Artwork: Dengue Dengue Dengue, 2017; 3-channel installation, HD video, color, sound
Beijing-based artist Guan Xiao looks at rapidly changing urban environments as they are transformed through the speed and influx of economic development and technology. I was involved in the management of the production of her 3-channel video installation. Working with technical directors to choose the right equipment and plan and execute the production and installation of the piece
Photo: Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler
Limerick 2018
The 39th EVA International program was developed in reference to the ‘Golden Vein’, a 19th century descriptor for the bountiful pastures of the Limerick / Tipperary region in the mid-West of Ireland (more commonly known as ‘Golden Vale’). The reference belongs to the historical perspective of seeing the land as a resource to be tapped, exploited, and commercialized through industrialized agricultural production and global trade. Working close with the EVA team and various technicians we planned and provided equipment for some of the artworks exhibited, including John Gerrard’s monumental piece Solar Reserve and Laurent Grasso’s Soleil Double.
Photo: Deirdre Power
Berlin 2017
Exhibition title: Fear Anger Love
The exhibition focuses on the history and current state of electronic music and sound art in Mexico, guiding visitors through the various different musical styles and sound experiments that have emerged in the country since the beginning of the 20th century. I managed communications with curators, technicians, and logistics and was responsible for the preparation of the videos shown in Kunstraum Kreuzberg.
Photo: Raumlabor
Exhibition title: Timescape, 2016
Artist: Darren Almond
In Darren Almond’s exhibition at MUDAM Luxembourg one could witness all facets of his practice – photographs, sculptures, video installation, along with textual works and paintings. The show combines motifs, which concern the inscription of the individual in the world and in the universe. I worked very closely with the artist, a screen production company and a team of video specialists in order to achieve an outstanding presentation of the artworks.
Photo: Aurélien Mole / Mudam Luxembourg
Kerpen 2018
Six video works by different artists, each lasting six weeks a year were shown in the projection room of Haus Mödrath. I managed the process of digitalization and preparation of files for all of the screenings part of the program.
Film still from the video „La Cumbia“ von DAVID ZINK YI
Film still from the video „2222“ von MARCELLVS L.
Film still from the video „HAUS UR NACHT-VIDEO”
Exhibition title: Stateless, 2017
Artist: Shimon Atties
The video installation Stateless configured for the raw spaces of Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig, a reconverted power station, consists of a panoramic screen suspended in the former boiler room. Along with a technical director and a screen production team, we planned, manufactured and delivered the screen.
Photo: Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig
Exhibition title: Zeit Fenster O. (1250-2017)
Artist: Angelika Middendorf
Artwork: Space VI, video
Angelika Middendorf participated in the Klosterruine Program with a set of artworks tackling the results of a research she did on “time-based artistic anthropology”. The video works were installed inside the church’s undergrounds. I managed the production of the video pieces, working with experienced technicians who set up the equipment and screen as part of a challenging installation process.
Photo: Angelika Middendorf
Schau fenster, Berlin 2017
The exhibition organized by ARCH+ and hosted by Schau Fenster offered a discursive view of the challenges that global urbanization and housing crisis entail. On focus were artistic positions and experimental architectural approaches that discuss concrete utopias. I planned and delivered the equipment needed for the presentation of video artworks running on monitors and projectors.
Photo: David von Becker
König Gallery, 2017
Exhibition title: THREE POSITIONS. SIX DIRECTIONS. | CHAPTER I: THE BRUTALIST IDEAL
Artist: Mathieu Bonardet
The three parts exhibition presented impressions and reactions to the architecture, history, and repurposing of the St. Agnes church in Berlin (currently König Galerie), as expressed through a changing group of works by artists ranging from historical to contemporary and emerging. I was involved in managing the production of Mathieu Bonadet’s video piece.
Photo: König Gallery
Exhibition title: Photo Kinetics. Movement, Body and Light in the Collections
Artist: Andrea Geyer
Artwork: Truly Spun Never, 2016. three-channel video installation, HD, color, sound, loop, 17 min.
The group exhibition highlighted works spanning a period from the nineteenth century to the present day and encompassed a wide variety of media: kinetic objects, performances and films shown in combination with photograms, photographs, lithographs and drawings. I worked with MDM’s team, technical directors and screen specialists on planning the equipment and screens for the presentation of Andrea Geyer’s piece Truly Spun Never.
Photo: Museum der Moderne
Schwules Museum, Berlin 2018
Exhibition title: Radical – Lesbian – Feminist
The exhibition highlighted the political relevance of the HAW (Homosexuelle Aktion Westberlin) Women’s Group and LAZ (Lesbisches Aktionszentrum). It pointed out how the projects and activities from the past still influence our lives today. My involvement in the production was planning and delivering the equipment needed for the presentation of the archives.
Photo: Schwules Museum
Berlin 2016/17
Exhibition title: Haunted Houses
Artist: Reiner Ganahl
In the exhibition the artist observes his neighborhood through his lens in two video installations and portrays constant change in a city founded as a colonial outpost of capitalism's first global players. I was involved in choosing and setting up the right equipment for the video pieces.
Photo: Barbara Weiss
