SCREENINGS & ARTIST TALKS IN ROME

25th June 2024
MUSEO MACRO, ROMA, Italia
6.30 pm Artist Talk/ Conversation with Lorenzo Benedetti
6th July 2024
VIDEOCITTA, GAZOMETRO,

WORLD PREMIERE _ [dramatic music continues] @ KURZFILMTAGE OBERHAUSEN

May 4th 2024, 17 UHR
DEUTSCHER WETTBEWERB/ GERMAN COMPETITION
KURZFILMTAGE OBERHAUSEN
www.kurzfilmtage.de

Performance for/at: Arnold Dreyblatt: Kill the Light – a House without ElectricityTime to Listen

Sunday, 27 Aug 2023
Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg, Berlin
Performance as part of TOUR 3
https://www.adk.de
https://www.adk.de/en/projects/2023/time-to-listen

LOL TROLL – INAUGURATION

19th August 2023
Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen
Magdeburg, Germany
kunstmuseum-magdeburg.de

Am Seegarten

1 July – 17 September 2023
Am Seegarten 1+2, Kirchmöser, 14774 Brandenburg an der Havel
http://seegarten.art/

BJØRN MELHUS – THE CASTLE

Film & Video

24 JUNE – 30 JULY 2023
Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim
kunstverein-rosenheim.de

WORLD PREMIERE _ RESOLUTION @ KURZFILMTAGE OBERHAUSEN

APRIL 27th 2023, 17 UHR
DEUTSCHER WETTBEWERB/ GERMAN COMPETITION
KURZFILMTAGE OBERHAUSEN
www.kurzfilmtage.de

BJØRN MELHUS – [DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES]

28 APRIL 2023 – 17 JUNE 2023
EBENSPERGER BERLIN

Krematorium Wedding
Plantagenstraße 30, 13347 Berlin
Wednesdays–Saturdays, 12–6 pm

www.ebensperger.net

RESOLUTION

4K Video, 18 min., 2022

FAST NICHTS – DIMENSIONEN VON ABWESENHEIT

GROUP SHOW

2 December 2022 – 28 January 2023
Gesellschaft für zeitgenoessische Kunst, Kunstraum Hase Osnabrück, Germany
hase29.de

ÜberLeben – Fragen an die Zukunft

SurVival – Questions to the future

15 September 2022 – 8 January 2023
HaL – Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
hal-berlin.de

HOMESICK

4K Video, 14 min, 2022

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Videokunst in den Schaufenstern der Kunsthalle

2nd February – 3 April 2022
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
www.kunsthalle-recklinghausen.de

Bjørn Melhus Tower to the People: SOS – Save Our Souls

Solo Show

30 April – 2 May 2021, 9-10pm
LOQI Tower, Frankfurter Tor, 10243 Berlin
ebensperger.net

LICHTPARCOURS 2020

Group Show

13th June – 9th October 2020
Art in Public Space Braunschweig, Germany
www.braunschweig.de/lichtparcours2020

ROHKUNSTBAU 25 – tenderness

Group Show

28 June 2020 – 20 September 2020
@SCHLOSS LIEBEROSE SCHLOSSHOF 3 LIEBEROSE SPREEWALD
www.rohkunstbau.net

Inhabitated – Online exhibition

Group Show

22 April — 26 May 2020
Ústí nad Labem House of Arts, Czech Republic
duul.cz

SUGAR

4K Video, 20:30 min, 2019

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Doors of Reception

Video for Installation, 2 min, 2019


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The End Time

4-Channel Video installation, 7:04 min., 2019

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Brainwashed

Group Show

31 January – 28 June 2020
Sammlung Goetz im Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
hausderkunst.de

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INSIDE – OUT. KONSTRUKTIONEN DES ICHS

Group Show

26 October 2019 – 12 January 2020
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
www.kunstmuseum-wolfsburg.de

BJØRN MELHUS: FREE UPDATE

Solo Show

15 September 2019 – 16 February 2020
KINDL – Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
kindl-berlin.de
Opening: 14 September

One Way Ticket to Mars

Group Show

21 September 2019 – 12 January 2020
Kunsthal KAde, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
www.kunsthalkade.nl

Magic Media – Media Magic

Video Art since the 1970s from the Wulf-Herzogenrath-Archive

12 September – 13 October 2019
Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz
Berlin,

im Atelier Liebermann: Bjørn Melhus. HOT SET

Freedom & Independence: Setphoto by Ben Brix

SOLOSHOW

23 August — 20 October 2019
Max-Liebermann-Haus, Berlin
stiftungbrandenburgertor.de

MILCHSTRASSEN-VERKEHRSORDNUNG

SPACE IS THE PLACE

Groupshow

Opening: 01 August 2019, 7 pm
1 August – 15 September 2019
KÜNSTLERHAUS BETHANIEN |

FACE IT! Im Selbstgespräch mit dem Anderen

Groupshow

29 June — 29 September 2019
Opening: 28th June 2019
Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Germany
www.kunstmuseum-ravensburg.de

OSMOSCOSMOS

Group Show

19 June – 25 August 2019
CENTRE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE GENÈVE
Geneva, Switzerland
www.centrephotogeneve.ch

LAUFRICHTUNG

Group Show

7 – 26 June 2019
Opening: 6 June 2019, 7 p.m.
SMAC, Berlin
smac-berlin.de

Caravaggio and Cinema – Artist films and cinema classics

KINO DER KUNST in collaboration with Alte Pinakothek München

Sunday, 02.06.2019, 11:00 am
Theatiner Filmkunst | Theatinerstr. 32 | 80333

In Person: Bjørn Melhus

SCREENINGS at VIENNA SHORTS FESTIVAL

30 May 2019: 9 pm & 1st June 2019: 7 pm
Filmmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria

BJOERN MELHUS

SPECTRAL AFTERLIVES
Exhibition on the occasion of book release

29th May – 5th January 2020
Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
www.sprengel-museum.de

LICHTPARCOURS: AUFTAKT

Preface Lichtparcours 2020

23 May – 2 June 2019 GROUPSHOW
KUNSTVEREIN BRAUNSCHWEIG, Villa Salve Hospes OG, Braunschweig, Germany
www.kunstverein-bs.de

Reliving the Wounds

Screening Project #12: Dongshisangyoung

14th May – 8th June 2019

Open Box, Seoul, Korea
dongshisy.com

INTROSPECTIONS

8 February – 4 May 2019
SCREENING PROGRAMME
McEVOY Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
www.mcevoyarts.org

UNCANNY ENCOUNTERS

Schau_Raum – Programme of Films and Videos

9 October 2018 – 24 March 2019
Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany

CAN YOU SEE MY ART?

Video loop for installation, 4’53, 2018

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AMBITUS

Kunst und Musik heute

8 September 2018 – 6 January 2019
Groupshow
Kunstmuseum
Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

NO WAR NO VIETNAM

25 August – 6 October 2018
Groupshow
Kunstverein Tiergarten | Galerie Nord
Berlin, Germany
www.kunstverein-tiergarten.de

OUT OF SASNAK

14 June – 15 July 2018
SOLO SHOW
HALLE267 – städtische galerie braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
http://www.braunschweig.de/halle267/

ELECTIVE AFFINITIES

6 May – 25 November  2018
Groupshow
SAMMLUNG FRIEDRICHSHOF
Zurndorf, Austria
sammlungfriedrichshof.at

NGORONGORO II

Artist Weekend

26 – 29 April 2018
Lehderstrasse 34
Berlin, Germany
artistweekend.com

Angry Planet 2

Operation Continued

25 April – 10 June  2018
Group Show
House of Arts, The House of the Lords of Kunštát

KAPUTT

25 March – 30 June  2018
Groupshow
Neulich an der Salzach
Membergerstraße 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
galerieebensperger.net

RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN

CONTEMPORARY MOVING IMAGES (Festival)

10 – 15 April 2018
Paris, France
www.art-action.org

Breaking News

Von Kelterborn Collection

17 March – 10 June  2018
Mönchehaus Museum Goslar
Goslar, Germany
www.moenchehaus.de

shaping democracy – the republic in 24 frames per century

22 March – 3 June  2018
Exhibition at frei_raum Q21 exhibition space in cooperation with VIS Vienna Shorts
frei_raum Q21

Bjørn Melhus / FREEDOM & INDEPENDENCE

NKVextra

16 March 2018 – 29 April 2018
Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden, Germany
www.kunstverein-wiesbaden.de

I-MEER

Installation for industrial buckets and TV simulators, 2017
Dimensions variable

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SCHNEE VON GESTERN (yesterday’s snow)

19 November – 22 December 2017
Bjoern Melhus & Thomas Rentmeister
KUK Monschau
Monschau, Germany
kuk-monschau.de

Liberty Park

15 November – 22 December 2017
Soloshow
Ebensperger
Salzburg, Austria
galerieebensperger.net

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

MOON OVER DANANG

November 2017, Various Locations

Again & Again

Sammlung Goetz im Haus der Kunst

15 September 2017 – 8 April 2018
Group Show
Haus der Kunst
Munich, Germany

Center of the World

25 July –31 August 2017
Groupshow
Ebensperger
Salzburg, Austria
galerieebensperger.net

Kunst.Ort.Kino.

Kunst.Ort.Kino. Historische Publizistik und aktuelle künstlerische Positionen

16 July – 17 September 2017
Erfurt, Germany
kunstmuseen.erfurt.de

DISTURBANCE

2 June – 10 September 2017
Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
www.kunsthalle-sparkasse.de

MOON OVER DA NANG

HD VIDEO, 2016, 15 min.
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INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OBERHAUSEN

PROFILE: BJØRN MELHUS

11 – 16 May 2017
Oberhausen, Germany
www.kurzfilmtage.de

ANGRY PLANET (Rozhněvaná planeta)

Global conflicts – local contexts

20th April – 17th June 2017
Groupshow
Gallery NTK, National Library of Technology
Prague, Czech

DEATH DRIVE

5th April – 2nd May 2017
Groupshow
Y Gallery, New York
New York
www.ygallerynewyork.com

elastic collisions

16th March – 29th April 2017
Groupshow
Kunsthalle Exnergasse
Vienna, Austria
www.wuk.at

Mirror Images: Reflections in Art & Medicine

11 February 2017 – 30 April 2017
Kunstmuseum Thun
Thun, Switzerland
www.kunstmuseumthun.ch

SMALL

20 January – 11 February 2017
Group Show, Exhibition Design by Jay Gard
Sexauer Galerie, Berlin
www.sexauer.eu

Larger than Life

Video loop for Miniinstallation on iphone with objects
111s, 2017

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56th October Salon Belgrade: THE PLEASURE OF LOVE

23rd September – 6th November 2016
Belgrade, Serbia
Groupshow
curated by David Elliott
designed by Jonathan Barnbroo
http://oktobarskisalon.org

BELOVED ENEMIES

SYMBOLISM TODAY

23 October 2016 – 19 February 2017
Groupshow
Clemens Sels Museum, Neuss, Germany

Antenna Futura

Futurologische Übungen für das Unbekannte

15th September – 29th October 2016
Groupshow
Kunsthalle Exnergasse
Vienna, Austria
www.wuk.at

GENEALOGY – Lecture Performance

28th August 2016, 19:00 h
SILENT GREEN KULTURQUARTIER, Berlin

in conjunction with:
HEADSHOTS
Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin
13 August –

DAS HYBRIS-PROJEKT

HOCHMUT UND SYSIPHALE VERGEBLICHKEIT

5 June – 25 September 2016
ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany

Festival Screenings II

Freedom & Independence

May – October 2016, Various Locations

Medicine in Art

22nd April – 2nd October 2016
MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow
Krakow, Poland

GESTATTEN, KÄSTNER

SPIEGELUNGEN, WIDERSPRÜCHE, DOPPELGÄNGER

11th March – 10th July 2016
motorenhalle, Projektzentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden, Germany

TeleGen

THE LANGUAGE OF TELEVISION IN THE MIRROR OF ART 1960–2015

19 February 2016 – 16 May 2016
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz,

Freedom & Independence Festival Screenings

February, March, April 2016

Various Locations

FACE TO FACE

CHRISTOPH GIRARDET & MATTHIAS MÜLLER, BJØRN MELHUS, STEFAN PANHANS, MEG STUART

6 February — 12 March 2016
WEST DEN HAAG,

ZONA MACO SUR

BJØRN MELHUS
as part of ZONA MACO SUR curated by João Mourão and Luis Silva

3 – 7 February 2016

VON HIER AUS NOCH VIEL WEITER

Nachdenken über den Skulpturenpark

23 January 2016 – 8 May 2016
Kunstmuseum Kloster unser lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

 

Der Raum zwischen den Personen kann die Decke tragen

Junge Sammlungen 03/ Sammlung Ivo Wessel

5 December – 22nd May 2016
Weserburg Museum fuer Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
www.weserburg.de

Mirror Images in Art and Medicine

12 November 2015 – 3 April 2016
Museum of Medical History at Charité
Schering Foundation Project Space

Freedom & Independence on Tour

Festival Screenings in October & November 2015

THE THEORY OF FREEDOM

BJØRN MELHUS

14 October – 6 December 2015
STUK Leuven, Belgium
Opening: 14 October, 8. p.m.

TELE-GEN

THE LANGUAGE OF TELEVISION IN THE MIRROR OF ART 1960–2015

1 October 2015 – 17 January 2016
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany

BERLINROMA

– REVERSE INEQUALITY (PART 1)

20 September 2015 – November 2015
Opening: 19 September 2015, 7 p.m.
Galerie Patrick Ebensperger,

REDEMPTION JOKES

16 September – 15 November 2015
Opening: 15 September 2015, 6 p.m.
NGBK,Berlin, Germany

ARCADIA UNBOUND

13 – 20 September 2015
Opening: 12 September 2015, from 4 p.m.
Funkhaus Berlin, Nalepastr 18, Germany

Ansteckend. Vorbilder des Gefühls

Passions in Cultures

29th May 2015, 7 p.m. 
Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany
Lecture in the context of a symposium (in

DAS HYBRIS-PROJEKT

HOCHMUT UND SYSIPHALE VERGEBLICHKEIT

2 May – 16 August 2015
Opening 1 May 2015,  3 p.m.
HALLE 14, Leipzig, Germany

Mix: Festival Participations

48h Chrono Berlin-Marseille

La Friche est Berlin, Festival
12.06. – 14.06.2015
La Friche la Belle de Mai, 41 rue Jobin,

NGORONGORO

1 May – 3 May 2015, 10 am – 12 am
Opening: Thursday 30 April 2015, 2 pm – 12

CREATING REALITIES

ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN ART AND CINEMA
CHAPTER 3: NEIGHBOUR’S YARD

16 April – 31 May 2015  
Pinakothek der Moderne and Museum

SCREENINGS: FREEDOM & INDEPENDENCE

22/23 April 2015, 8 p.m.
KINO DER KUNST, Munich, Germany
kinoderkunst.de

2 May 2015, 5 p.m.
KURZFILMTAGE OBERHAUSEN, German Competition

THE THEORY OF FREEDOM

3 channel high definition video installation, 13 min, 2015

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Unter Verdacht: Medien und Kontrolle

20 March – 11 April 2015
Goethe Institute Brussels, Belgium

FREEDOM & INDEPENDENCE

4K Video, 15 min., 2014

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KEKS STATT KÜNSTE

C-Print, A4, 2014

HEADSHOTS (1991 – 2014)

Captured from Film, Video and Production Stills
87 C-Prints, 40×30 cm, framed, 2014

Installation Views:

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MAESTRA

HD Video, 3 min. loop, 2009/2014

Synopsis: 

A masked rider who is armed heavily with high-tech equipment sits on the

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HEADHUNTER

Video Object, (HD Video, Stand-up Figure), 2014

Synopsis:

A headless figure is holding the head of the artist who is

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Pflasterspender

(Band-Aid Dispenser)
Found Object, 2014

Must have for Friday 13th.

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RANDI I

Fine Art Print on banner material, 285 x 150 cm, 2013

 

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BEARSKIN

Bearskin, Fine Art Print, 80 x 120 cm, framed, 2013

 

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LIBERTY PARK

multichannel video installation, 2013
incl. 9 sets with 13 standup figures and billboard video, neon letters, door sign and 1

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YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Found, modified object, 2013

Heaven

HD Video for Vertical Flatscreen, 6:20 min, 2013

Demo Video:

This video was developed as part of the installation “Liberty

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HAUSER

A4, Visualisation/ Concept for a Work, 2013

When investigating the phenomenon of Kaspar Hauser for a group exhibition Bjørn Melhus

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SUDDEN DESTRUCTION

Video HD, 4:20 min, (Screening Format), 2012
Video HD, 4:00 min, loop (Installation), 2012

Synopsis:

A man in a hotel.

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MADE ON MARS

LABEL
www.madeonmars.org

 

 

 

 

 

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99 EUROS

C-Print, A4, 2011

DAS BADEZIMMER

HD Video, 5’10 min, 2011, black and white

Synopsis:

In reference to the trailer of Psycho (USA 1960), narrated in

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THIS IS MY HOME

5 channel video installation, 2011
(On 5 flat screens, size variable, 2’00 / 3’00 / 4’00 / 5’00 / 6’00 

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I DO NOT BELONG IN THIS HOUSE

HD Video for projection, 24 min., 2011

Synopsis:

In “I do not belong in this House”, the figure who seemed

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I’M NOT THE ENEMY

HD Video for Installation, 25 min., 2011
Screening Version: HD Video, 13:30 min, 2011, Germany

Very short synopsis:

Is it

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NIGHTWATCH | NACHTWACHE

2010, 3 channel video installation (HD, SD mix): 7 tents, 1 billboard, 1 video projection

Synopsis:

The meaning of the

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AFTERLIFE

HD Video, 7:10min, 2010, colour

Synopsis:

Vast desert expanses extend out in our imaginations as life after death, the white

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THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

HD VIDEO, 25 min., 2010
Norwegian with English Subtitles

Synopsis:

Time flows through the bottleneck of an hourglass like grains

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TREEHOUSE #1, #2 & #3

TREEHOUSE #1

Video, Installation for Treehouse and 1 TV, 3:29 min, loop

Synopsis:

Lights blink in the treehouse, sounds of

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HECHO EN MEXICO

HD Video for installation, 4 min. (loop), 2009

Synopsis:

HECHO EN MEXICO was realized in Mexico City during a one

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BEAGLE III

Video Sculpture (Driftwood Sculpture and TVs), 2009

Description:

BEAGLE 3 is an outlandish looking video sculpture the exterior of which

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MARS RECOVERY

Object and Text Video, 2009, 5:37 min, loop

Description:

MARS RECOVERY includes videos, photographs and objects orbiting around the once

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Random Superheroes

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SLOGAN SERIES

Photo Series, ongoing

FLYING BLUE
C-Print, 30 x 40 cm, 2008

 

CUT & GO
C-Print, 30 x 40 cm,

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SCENERY MARS

Video, 2009, 7’10, loop
(part of MARS RECOVERY)

Synopsis:

The projection which is part of the work Mars Recovery/ Mars

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CRITICAL SYSTEM ALERT

12 Channel Installation on 12 Photo Frames with Video Option, 2009
(stand alone work, but often presented together with Mars

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OMEN

Video, HD animation, moving image loop, 2008

Synopsis:

In OMEN five identical, muscular men march over the globe in synchronised

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DEADLY STORMS 333

9 channel Video Installation for 9 vertical flat screens on 3 walls, 2008, 7 min.

Synopsis:

Deadly Storms 333, is

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SCREENSAVERS

SCREENSAVERS for Osram Seven Screens
interactive media installation on LED Screens/ installation in public space

Synopsis:

Screensavers is the name

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I-MAN U-MAN

C-Print, 80×80 cm, mounted on Alu Dibond, 2008

 

 

 

 

DEADLY STORMS

3 channel video installation on 3 vertical plasma or LCD screens, 42″ (minimum size)
7’00 min. loop, 2008

Synopsis:

DEADLY

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MURPHY

Video, 3:45 min., 2008,
Video Installation, 3:30 min., loop, 2008

Synopsis:

The videolight sequence is based on sound snippets from

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THE CITY

Ongoing video project, variable in installation size, 2007

Synopsis:

In “The City” night time views of major cities around the

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THE MEADOW

Video (DV),  28:38 min (loop), 2007
Screening Version: 29:40 min, 2007

Synopsis:

In order to engage an increasingly commercialized society video artist

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99 FLOORS

Single Channel Video for Flat Screen, 11:35 min, loop, 2007

Summary:

Elevators form the essential travelling experiences of vertical urban

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THE CASTLE

Video, 2:30 min, 2007

Synopsis:

By considering the cinematic conventions and stylizations of movie trailers, THE CASTLE manipulates visual content

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POLICIA

Video, 2 frames, loop, 2007

Synopsis:

Exhibiting a paradoxically static yet active Mexican police helicopter, appearing to be simultaneously vigilant

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EMOTION FIELD #1

EMOTION FIELD #1 – The Odd Couple (German)
3 channel installation (synchronized) for 16 TVs, 2007, 7’15” (loop)

Synopsis:

Such

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EASTERN WESTERN PARK

6 channel installation for 3 projections, monitors and tent, 2005, 11:15 min, loop

Demo:

Documentation:

Synopsis:

Eastern Western Park is

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BEHIND THE MOON, BEYOND THE RAIN

Video, 2 channel installation, 7:50 min, loop, 2005
Screening Version (single channel), 7:50 min, 2005

Synopsis:

“Behind the Moon, Beyond

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CAPTAIN

Video, 2 channel installation, 14 min., loop, 2005
Screening Version: HD Video, 14:20 min, 2005

Synopsis:

As a child, Bjørn

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HAPPY REBIRTH

Video, 1:30 min, 2004

Synopsis:

Marilyn Monroe is a cultural sex icon, and her singing happy birthday in a sultry

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FIGHTING THE FORCES OF EVIL

2 channel installation for 6 TV screens, 2003, 7’30 min

Synopsis:

Bjørn Melhus´ video installation “FIGHTING THE FORCES OF EVIL”

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STILL MEN OUT THERE

6 channel (synchronized) installation for 18 TVs, 10min, loop, 2003

Synopsis:

Composed of eighteen television monitors, installed on the floor

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I’M YOUR TV

Video, 0:28 min, 2003

Synopsis & Background:

In spring 2003 the US American art collector Cliff Diver, (owner of C.P.

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AUTO CENTER DRIVE

16 mm film transferred to video, 28:00 min, 2003

Synopsis:

By quoting the most diverse identification models from the memory

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DIE UMGEKEHRTE RÜSTUNG

(THE INVERSED ARMORY)
Video, 2002, 23:42 min, loop
In collaboration with Yves Netzhammer

Synopsis:

Die umgekehrte Rüstung (The Reversed Armory)

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SOMETIMES (Fire in Zero Gravity)

Video Installation, 2002, 5 channel installation on 10 TVs and 4 projections, 8 min. loop

Description:

Ten television monitors evoke

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THE ORAL THING

Single Channel Video, 2001, 8 min., loop
(for screening or installation)

Synopsis:

The Oral Thing casts the TV host as

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PRIMETIME

3 channel installation for 29 consumer TVs, 1 projection, 5 video cubes and stage, 1o min., loop, 2001

Synopsis:

Primetime is

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WEEPING

Video projection, 7 min. loop, 2001

Synopsis:

In Weeping (2001) Melhus assumes the role of a televangelist preaching the way

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GOOD MORNING NEW WORLD

Video, 58 min., 2000
Compilation of 75 TV excerpts from year 2000 New Year’s broadcasts from all over the world

Synopsis:

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SILVERCITY 1+2

Video Installation, 2 channels, 7 min., 1999,

Silver City 1 (Silver City ist weit weg/ Silver City is far away)

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AGAIN AND AGAIN

Installation for 8 Monitors, Video, 8 min loop, 1998

Synopsis:

In the video installation “Again & Again” Melhus tells—not without

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ARRIVAL DEPARTURE – DEPARTURE ARRIVAL

Video Projection on 2 screens / 2 LED cubes, 6:05 min, loop, 1998

OUT OF THE BLUE

Video, 6:27  min., 1997

OUT OF THE BLUE presents a subjective and informative response to being part of the first

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NO SUNSHINE

Video, 1997, 6 min., loop (for installation)
6’15 min. with titles for screening

Synopsis:

Depicting pairs of infantile doppelgängers floating

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BLUE MOON

Single Channel Video, 4 min., 1997
Double channel video/ installation, 4 min., 1997

Synopsis:

“Mickey went to Europe, the Smurf

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WEIT WEIT WEG

(FAR FAR AWAY)
Film, 16 mm transferred to Video, 39 min., 1995

Story:

With her green bow in her hair,

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REINIGUNGSKASSETTE

(CLEANING TAPE)
Video, VHS, 60 min., 1993

Synopsis:

Inside the TV lives someone … occasionally they clean their window and

JETZT (NOW)

Video, 5 min., 1993

Description:

White forms and shapes emerge and vanish against a black flickering screen. An anthem and

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DAS ZAUBERGLAS (THE MAGIC GLASS)

Video, 6’00, 1991

DAS ZAUBERGLAS considers subjectivity in regards to media culture, viewing and being viewed, and the positions of

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ICH WEISS NICHT, WER DAS IST

(I DON’T KNOW WHO THAT IS)
Video, 3 min, 1991

Film Synopsis:

An abstract collage from segmented videos, produced and

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AMERICA SELLS

Video, 7 min., 1990

Synopsis:

July 1st 1990 marked the day of monetary reunification between East and West Germany. The

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TOAST/ CORNFLAKES

TOAST, film, 16mm, 1986, 1 min.
in collaboration with Anne Maar (Super 8 version, 1:30 min)

Toast, buttered or not,

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