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Dieter Kiessling<\/h2>\n\n\n

Germany<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Kiessling\u2019s works are the result of a conceptual approach that does not exclude experiment and chance, yet is strongly shaped by (media) reflection and intellect. In his photographs and videos, he alienates the technical functional canon of cinematic devices. This occurs on the one hand at the level of apparatus, and on the other with regard to the cinematic material itself. Thus, Kiessling\u2019s video and object installations are less a trigger for aesthetic sensation and more a source of perceptual and expectational irritation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Works<\/p>\n\n

Videos<\/p>\n\n

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60 Minutes, 360 Degrees, G. K. (Still), 2010, video installation, 60 min, loopA boy is portrayed for one hour with a video camera on a tennis court. During this time, the camera rotates 360 degrees. In the process, the entire space is gradually captured. The boy slowly follows the camera’s movement, thus remaining constantly at the center of the image. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Maedchen (Stills), 2002, Video-installation, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul Korea, 2006A video image is projected onto a wall by a video projector. The image shows a slow camera movement across a photograph of a school class of girls from the year 1904. The extreme close-up reveals both the many scratches and damages on the photo as well as the faces of the girls, which\u2014considering their age\u2014appear unusually serious and determined. The video lasts 6:30 minutes and is presented in a continuous loop. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Dice 2 (Still), 2000, Video-installation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Closed-Circuit-Installations<\/p>\n\n

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Dust 2 (Still), 1996 \/ 2000, Video-installation, Kunsthalle D\u00fcsseldorf, 2000The video installation is presented in a darkened exhibition space. The video camera captures dust particles floating in the light beam of the video projector. The camera transmits an inverted image of these dust particles directly to the video projector, which projects this image onto the wall. The floating dust particles appear as dark spots against a bright background. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Objective, 2001, video projector, pedestal, video camera, tripod<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Objective, 2001, video projector, pedestal, video camera, tripod (detail)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Photos<\/p>\n\n

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Body 6, 2015\/16, Digital-C-Print, 104 x 156 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Body 17, 2015\/16, Digital-C-Print, 104 x 156 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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JSt, DK, 2013, Digital-C-Print, 84 x 122 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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GP, DK, 2013, Digital-C-Print, 83 x 115 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Throw 2, 2010, Digital-C-Print, 64 x 223 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Throw 4, 2010, Digital-C-Print, 64 x 236 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Apostle, 2003, edited Photo, 86 x 86 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Squaremillimeter, 2004, Photo, 100 x 100 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Millimeter Paper Dilation, 2004, Photo \/ digital graphic, 35 x 245 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Cube, 2000, digital print on Alu-Dibond, DiaSec, 100 x 100 cm graphic, 35 x 245 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Mouth, 2003, digital print on Alu-Dibond, DiaSec, 87x135cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Trailer, 1995, digital print on Alu-Dibond, DiaSec, 92\u00d7137,5cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Biography<\/p>\n\n

1957 born in M\u00fcnster (Germany), lives and works in D\u00fcsseldorf and Berlin (Germany)1978\u20131986 Academy of Fine Arts M\u00fcnster (Germany)1993 Grant from Kunstfonds Bonn e.V. (Germany)1997 Guest professorship at the University of the Arts Bremen (Germany)1997\u20132003 Professorship at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (Germany)2004\u20132005 Guest professorship at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)since 2005 Professor of Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Mainz (Germany)<\/p>\n\n

Solo-Exhibitions (selection)<\/p>\n\n

2024 “Auf Anfang”, Sammlung Krohne, Duisburg (D)2023 “Gegen den Horizont”, Hengesbach Gallery Wuppertal (D)2017 \u201epeople in mirrors are closer than they appear\u201c, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen (D)2016 \u201ebehind \u2013 in front\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery Wuppertal (D)2013 \u201epeople in mirrors are closer than they appear\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery Berlin (D)2012 \u201egelborange, yellow orange, orange jaune\u201c, Kunstbunker Forum f\u00fcr zeitgen\u00f6ssische Kunst, N\u00fcrnberg (D),2011 Videoinstallationen, Sprengel Museum, Hannover (D)2010 \u201carrested time\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)2007 Westf\u00e4lischer Kunstverein, M\u00fcnster (D)2004 Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Cologne Galerie Zink und Gegner, Munich2003 Kunstverein Bochum (D)2002 Galerie Michael Zink, Munich2001 R\u00e4ume f\u00fcr neue Kunst Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D)1997 Saint-Gervais Gen\u00e8ve, Genf (CH)1996 R\u00e4ume f\u00fcr neue Kunst, Wuppertal (D) *1995 Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (D) *1994 R\u00e4ume f\u00fcr neue Kunst Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D)1991 Thomas Backhau\u00df Galerie, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)1989 St\u00e4dt. Museum Abteiberg, M\u00f6nchengladbach (D) *1988 Galerie Hake, Wiesbaden (D)1987 Galerie Hake, M\u00fcnster (D) <\/p>\n\n

Group-Exhibitions (selection)<\/p>\n\n

2019 \u201ebuchst\u00e4blich\u201c, D21 Kunstraum Leipzig (D), \u201eEncountered Error, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9\u201c, Br\u00fcssel2018 \u201ePetersburg\u201c, Weserburg Museum f\u00fcr moderne Kunst, Bremen (D), \u201eDen Januarpfad eben\u201c, alte K\u00e4mmerei, D\u00fcsseldorf (D), \u201eKonvolution \u2013 K\u00fcnstler Buch Projekte\u201c, Osthausmuseum Hagen (D)2017 \u201eungewiss\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D), Viajando Pelo Mundo \u2013 Arte Da Alemanha, Pa\u00e7o Imperial, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)2016 \u201eMit anderen Augen\u201c, Portraitfotografie in Deutschland, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kunsthalle und Kunsthaus N\u00fcrnberg (D), \u201eTransmediale, Touch oft the Real\u201c, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (D), \u201eKomma\u201d, Kunstverein Springhornhof ,Neuenkirchen (D), DU UND ICH, Hospitalhof, Stuttgart (D)2015 \u201eForm folgt\u201d, Kunstraum Alexander B\u00fcrkle, Freiburg (D), Contemporary Art from Germany, Ein Harod Museum of Art, Ein Harod (Israel), \u201eTravelling the World \u2013 Art from Germany\u201e, Busan Museum of Art, Busan (S\u00fcd Korea), Mainzer Ansichten, Kunsthalle Mainz (D), \u201e\u00dcbermorgenk\u00fcnstler\u201c, Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden (D), AVANT LA DEVANTGARDE, Pade, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)2014 \u201eThe Paths of German Art from 1949 to the present\u201c, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moskau (RUS), Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk (RUS), \u201eOut There\u201c, Eiffel Building, Maastricht (NL)m, \u201e30 Jahre \u2013 30 Stimmen, Teil 1\u201c Bonner Kunstverein Bonn (D)2013 Im Fokus! Zeitgen\u00f6ssische Fotografie und Videokunst aus der Sammlung, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bilder im Fluss, Kunstraum Alexander B\u00fcrkle, Freiburg (D), Weltreise, ZKM Museum f\u00fcr neue Kunst Karlsruhe (D), Schriftfilme, Schrift als Bild in Bewegung, ZKM Museum f\u00fcr neue Kunst Karlsruhe (D), Lichtrouten, L\u00fcdenscheid (D) 2012 \u201e20 YEARS\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)2011 \u201cBig Picture II (Zeitzonen)\u201c, K21 St\u00e4ndehaus, D\u00fcsseldorf (D) \u201cArtefact 2011\u201c, STUK arts centre Leuven (BE)2010 \u201cspecial vision: deeper than surface\u201c, Deutscher K\u00fcnstlerbund, Berlin2009 Videonale 12, Kunstmuseum Bonn (D) *2008 \u201cOut of Time\u201c, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen (D) \u201cZerbrechliche Sch\u00f6nheit,\u201c Museum Kunstpalast, D\u00fcsseldorf (D) * \u201cBlickmaschinen oder wie Bilder entstehen\u201c, Museum f\u00fcr Gegenwartskunst Siegen (D)2007 \u201cAblesen\u201c, Galerie M\u00fcller-Roth, Stuttgart (D) \u201cFreedom of Expression\u201c, Espaco Cultural Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro (BR)2006 \u201c40jahrevideokunst.de Die 80ger Jahre\u201c, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalia, D\u00fcsseldorf (D) * \u201cSmall Voice Sounds Big\u201c, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul (KR) * \u201cTraurig sicher, im Training\u201c, Grazer Kunstverein (A) * \u201cCrossing Screens,\u201c imai \u2013 inter media art institute, NRW-Forum, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)2005 \u201cVideo\/Text\u201c, Zentrum f\u00fcr Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (D) \u201cPark, Zucht und Wildwuchs in der Kunst\u201c, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (D) * \u201cVideogracy\u201c, Bienal de Video Santiago de Chile 2005 * \u201cBilanz in zwei Akten\u201c, Kunstverein Hannover (D) *2004 \u201cObservatory\u201c, Palais im gro\u00dfen Garten, Dresden (D) * \u201cIncidents\u201c, de Singel, Internationaal Kunstcentrum, Antwerpen, (BE) \u201cSch\u00f6ner Wohnen\u201c, BEPART, Platform voor actuele Kunst, Waregem (BE) *2003 \u201cTemporal Values \u2013 von Minimal zu Video\u201c, St\u00e4dtische Galerie, Karlsruhe (D)2002 \u201cMinimal \/ Maximal\u201c, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul (KR) * \u201cL\u2019effet Larsen\u201c, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg * \u201cSound\u201c, G7, Berlin2001 \u201cBig Nothing\u201c, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (D) * \u201cVor-Sicht R\u00fcck-Sicht\u201c, 8. Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach (D) * \u201cMinimal \/ Maximal\u201c, Chiba City Museum of Art (J) The National Museum of Art, Kyoto, Fukuoka Art Museum (J) * \u201cL\u2019effet Larsen\u201c, Centrum f\u00fcr Gegenwartskunst Ober\u00f6sterreich (A) *2000 \u201cOrbis Terrarum\u201c, Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerpen (BE) * \u201cOne of those Days\u201c, Mannheimer Kunstverein (D) * \u201cDie K\u00fcnstlerstiftung\u201c, 25 Jahre Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Stipendium, Kunsthalle D\u00fcsseldorf (D) *1999 Ausstellung zum Kunstpreis der B\u00f6ttcherstrasse in Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen (D) * \u201cContact Zones: The Art of CD-ROM\u201c, Centro de la Imagen, Mexiko City (MEX) * \u201cMinimal \/ Maximal\u201c, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela (E) * \u201cRewind to the Future\u201c, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin * 1998 \u201cMinimal \/ Maximal,\u201c Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen (D) * \u201cBlickwechsel\u201c, Museum f\u00fcr Neue Kunst, ZKM, Karlsruhe (D) 11th Biennale of Sydney (AUS) *1997 Video-Forum der Art 28\u201997, Basel (CH) \u201cDer Traum vom Sehen\u201c, Gasometer Oberhausen (D) \u201cVideo Positive: Escaping Gravity\u201c, Cornerhouse, Manchester (GB) * Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, D\u00fcsseldorf (D) \u201cZones of Disturbences\u201c, steirischer Herbst, Graz (A) *1996 \u201cBegegnungen\u201c, Kunsthalle Barmen, Wuppertal (D) * \u201cUnterwegs\u201c, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen (D) * \u201cElectronic Undercurrents\u201c, Statens Museum for Kunst, Kopenhagen (DK) * \u201cObjekt Video\u201c, Ober\u00f6sterreichische Landesgalerie, Linz (A) *1995 \u201cArt & Electronics\u201c, Pao Gallerys, Hong Kong Arts Centre (CN) * \u201cMultimediale 4\u201c, Zentrum f\u00fcr Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (D) * Video-Forum der Art 26\u201995, Basel (CH) European Media Art Festival, Osnabr\u00fcck (D) * 95 Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju (KR) * \u201cParadoxien\u201c, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz (A)1994 Medienbiennale, Leipzig (D) * \u201cVideoskulptur in Deutschland seit 1963\u201c, Kunsthalle Rostock (D) Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Groningen (NL) World Wide Video Centre, Den Haag (NL) Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent (BE) Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (E) Galeria Zacheta, Warschau (PL) * Videobrasil, Sesc Pompeji, Sao Paulo (BR) * 1993 \u201cGegenbilder\u201c, Ausstellung in M\u00fcnsteraner Kirchen (D) * \u201cMultimediale 3\u201c, Zentrum f\u00fcr Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (D) * Ausstellung der Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Stipendiaten, Kunsthalle, D\u00fcsseldorf (D) *1992 \u201cTiefgang\u201c, Schlossbunker, Mannheim (D) * \u201cFluxus-Virus\u201c, K\u00f6ln, Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munich * Deutscher Videokunstpreis S\u00fcdwestfunk Baden-Baden \/ Zentrum f\u00fcr Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (D) * \u201cAvantgarde Reflex Ost-West\u201c, Altes Rathaus, Potsdam (D) *1991 \u201cVideoformes\u201c, Festival de la Creation Video, Clermont-Ferrand (F) * \u201cMultimediale 2\u201c, Zentrum f\u00fcr Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (D) * \u201cWortlaut\u201c, Galerie Vaclava Spaly, Prag (CZ) *1990 \u201cVideokunst der 80-er Jahre in der BRD\u201c, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (A) * 4. Internationale Videonale, Bonn (D) * ARS VIVA 90\/91, Heidelberger Kunstverein (D) Hochschule f\u00fcr Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig (D) Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden (D) *1989 \u201cVideo-Skulptur retrospektiv und aktuell 1963 \u2013 1989\u201c, K\u00f6lnischer Kunstverein; Kongresshalle, Berlin; Kunsthaus, Z\u00fcrich * \u201cWortlaut\u201c, Galerie Sch\u00fcppenhauer, K\u00f6ln, Kunstmuseum, Bochum (D) * \u201cMetissage et Croisement\u201c, Fonds Regional d\u2019Art Contemporain, Marseille (F)1988 3. Internationale Videonale, Bonn (D) * Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl (D) * IX Videoart Festival, Locarno (CH) Deutsche Videokunst 1986 bis 1988, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl (D) * 2nd Fukui International Video Biennale, Fukui (J) *1987 \u201cInfermental 6\u201c, Edition Vancouver (CA) Ars Electronica, Linz (A) \u201cArbeit und Rhythmus\u201c, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen (D) * \u201cJunge Plastik ohne Heimweh\u201c, Hamelhalle, M\u00fcnster (D) * \u201cNeues Video aus der BRD\u201c, Museum f\u00fcr Gegenwartskunst, Basel (CH) *1986 2. Internationale Videonale, Bonn (D)* \u201cElektronische K\u00fcnste\u201c, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn (D)*<\/p>\n\n

* Catalogue<\/p>\n\n

Collections<\/p>\n\n

Kunsthalle Bremen, ZKM Karlsruhe, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Nieders\u00e4chsische Sparkassenstiftung, Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany, Paul Ege Art Collection (D)<\/p>\n\n

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