Videoart at Midnight
Videoart at Midnight is an international forum fostering contemporary art, in particular film, new media art and video art. In a monthly program, international artists are invited to show their work in the big cinema hall of the Kino Babylon in the Mitte neighborhood of Berlin, Germany.
Background
[edit]Videoart at Midnight is a private initiative, founded in 2008 by Olaf Stüber and Ivo Wessel.[1][2][3] Monthly since, always on a Friday at midnight, Stüber invites artists to show their works in the "Dispositif cinema" to put them up for discourse. Every night is dedicated to one artist; the artist is present. It is often the occasion for a premiere of a video work, sometimes accompanied by live acts such as performances, concerts, lectures or artist talks.[4][5]
The aim of the screening series is to offer a forum for Berlin's international art scene and to give an insight into an artist media that is gaining an increasing importance within the contemporary art production.[6][7][8]
Videoart at Midnight is a non-profit cultural program.[9][10]
Program
[edit]- 2023: Liam Gillick and Gelitin, Christa Joo Hyun D'Angelo, Bani Abidi, Clément Cogitore, Bianca Kennedy, Adrian Paci, Laure Prouvost, Mikhail Karikis, Annika Kahrs.
- 2022: Popo Fan, Cyrill Lachauer, Anna Ehrenstein, Rosa Barba, Marianna Simnett, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Wong Ping, C-98.
- 2021: Peter Miller, Ahmet Öğüt, Haris Epaminonda.
- 2020: Willem de Rooij, Eli Cortiñas, Brody Condon, Gernot Wieland.
- 2019: Li Zhenhua, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Ina Wudtke, Monira Al Qadiri, Lucy Beech, Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag, Korpys/Löffler, Bigert & Bergström, Sandra Schäfer, Julian Rosefeldt.
- 2018: Wolfgang Tillmans, Klaus vom Bruch, Maya Schweizer, Pauline Curnier Jardin.
- 2017: Pola Sieverding, Tobias Zielony, Mario Rizzi, Yuri Ancarani, Andy Graydon, Agnieszka Polska, Theo Eshetu, Simon Faithfull, Michel Auder, Hiwa K.
- 2016: Assaf Gruber, Katarina Zdjelar, Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller, Eva Meyer & Eran Schaerf, Lynne Marsh, Joep van Liefland, Dafna Maimon, Jeremy Shaw, Shahram Entekhabi, Christian Falsnaes.
- 2015: John Bock, Stefan Zeyen, Amie Siegel, Shingo Yoshida, Filipa César, Erik Bünger, Dani Gal, Ulu Braun, Chto Delat?, Yael Bartana.
- 2014: Safy Sniper,[11] Isabell Heimerdinger, Vibeke Tandberg, Sven Johne, Julieta Aranda,[12] Guido van der Werve, Anri Sala,[13] Marcel Odenbach, Phil Collins, Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann.
- 2013: Hito Steyerl,[14] Reynold Reynolds,[4] Candice Breitz, Köken Ergun, Martin Brand, Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani, Annika Eriksson, Martin Skauen, Douglas Gordon, Harun Farocki.
- 2012: Rebecca Ann Tess, Bettina Nürnberg & Dirk Peuker,[15] Armin Linke, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Keren Cytter, Christian Jankowski, Melanie Manchot, Manuel Graf, Ming Wong, Omer Fast, Niklas Goldbach.
- 2011: Matthias Baader Holst, Erik Schmidt, Delia Gonzalez and Black Leotard Front, Anja Kirschner & David Panos, Chicks on Speed, Knut Klassen, Bjørn Melhus, Mathilde Rosier, Benjamin Heisenberg, Bewegung Nurr.
- 2010: Oliver Pietsch, Antje Majewski, Chris Newman & Miss Moth,[5] Marion Pfeifer, Marc Aschenbrenner and Knut Klaßen, Christoph Draeger, Ant Farm, BitteBitteJaJa, Mathilde ter Heijne.
- 2009: Ulf Aminde, Reynold Reynolds, gelitin and friends, Ulrich Polster, Eléonore de Montesquiou, Stefan Panhans, Knut Klassen, Marc Aschenbrenner[16]
- 2008: Annika Larsson & Samuel Nyholm, Sven Johne, Bjørn Melhus.
Literature
[edit]- Olaf Stüber, Anton Stüber: "The Videoart at Midnight Artists' Cookbook", KERBER Publishing 2020, ISBN 978-3-7356-0725-6
- Sven Hausherr, Nina Trippel: "CEE CEE BERLIN. Berlin Highlights", DISTANZ Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-95476-069-5
- Ekaterina Rietz-Rakul, Steve Schepens: Berlin Contemporary Art. Editor: Alexander Grebennikov. Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-941784-07-9.
- Julia Brodauf, Lena Hartmann, Ulrich J. C. Harz, Alexandra Wendorf, Stefanie Zobel: "OFF SPACES & SITES: Unusual Exhibition Spaces Beyond the Established Art Market", GKS-Fachverlag für den Kunstmarkt, Bad Honnef 2013, ISBN 978-3-9808298-0-9
References
[edit]- ^ Your Passport to Video Art Around the World on: The Huffington Post, April 16, 2014
- ^ Davies-Crook, Susanna: "We force our audience a little bit" on: EXBERLINER, April 9, 2013
- ^ Stay Up Late! Towards a Midnight Manifesto on: ARTS & IDEAS, Oct 17, 2015
- ^ a b Anastasia Trinh: Berlin Premiere: THE LOST by Reynold Reynolds on: artconnect, November 8, 2013
- ^ a b Bill Dietz: Berlin – MISS MOTH (Chris Newman, Seth Josel, Bill Dietz) in Berlin on: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische Musik e.V., October 5, 2010
- ^ Balsom, Erika: Exhibiting Cinema In Contemporary Art. 1st ed. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Univ. Press, 2013, p. 11
- ^ Brendan Lee: More Video Art Please on: Artlink, September 2007
- ^ Moving Time: Video Art at 50, 1965–2015 on: Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, October 2015
- ^ Videoart Videoart at Midnight on: INDEX Berlin, 2017
- ^ Videoart Videoart at Midnight – an Artists’ Cinema Project on: My Art Guides, March 2016
- ^ tips 16.12.-31.12. on: Bpigs – Berlin Independents Guide, December 16, 2014
- ^ Out of the white cube; into the darkness on: ARTSLANT Berlin, June 25, 2014
- ^ On Screen // Anri Sala's Reverberations at Videoart at Midnight on: BERLINARTLINK, April 18, 2014
- ^ Laura Storfner: Rendezvous at Midnight: Videoart at the Cinema on: CEE CEE Berlin, December 2013
- ^ Video Art at Midnight #39 at Babylon auf dontpaniconline.de
- ^ Videoart at Midnight - partner event, www.transmediale.de, January 30, 2009