Videoart at Midnight is an international forum fostering

contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

, in particular

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

new media art New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of new media, electronic media technology, technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video g ...

and

video art Video art is an art form which relies on using video technology as a visual and audio medium. Video art emerged during the late 1960s as new consumer video technology such as video tape recorders became available outside corporate broadcasting ...

. In a monthly program international artists are invited to show their work in the big cinema hall of the

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in the

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neighborhood of

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Background

''Videoart at Midnight'' is a private initiative, founded in 2008 by Olaf Stüber and Ivo Wessel. Monthly since, and always on a Friday at midnight, Stüber invites artists to show their works within in the "

Dispositif Dispositif or dispositive is a term used by the French intellectual Michel Foucault, generally to refer to the various institutional, physical, and administrative mechanisms and knowledge structures which enhance and maintain the exercise of power ...

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.Anastasia Trinh: Berlin Premiere: THE LOST by Reynold Reynolds
on: artconnect, November 8, 2013Bill Dietz: Berlin – MISS MOTH (Chris Newman, Seth Josel, Bill Dietz) in Berlin
on: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische Musik e.V., October 5, 2010 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. ''Videoart at Midnight'' is a non-profit cultural program.

Program

*2023:

Laure Prouvost Laure Prouvost (born 1978) is a France, French artist living and working in Antwerp, Belgium. She won the 2013 Turner Prize. In 2019, she French pavilion, represented France at the Venice Biennale with the multi-media work "The Deep Blue Sea Surr ...

, Mikhail Karikis, Annika Kahrs. *2022: Popo Fan, Cyrill Lachauer, Anna Ehrenstein,

Rosa Barba Rosa Barba (born 1972, Agrigento, Italy) is a German-Italian visual artist and filmmaker. Barba is known for using the medium of film and its materiality to create cinematic film installations, sculptures and publications, which inquire into the ...

Marianna Simnett Marianna Simnett (born 1986) is a Berlin-based multi-disciplinary artist who works with film, installation, drawing, and sculpture. She is best known for her large-scale video installations. Early life and education Simnett studied at a musical th ...

, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Wong Ping, C-98. *2021: Peter Miller, Ahmet Öğüt, Haris Epaminonda. *2020:

Willem de Rooij Willem de Rooij (born 1969 in Beverwijk, Netherlands) is an artist and educator working in a variety of media, including film and installation. He investigates the production, contextualization and interpretation of images. Appropriations and collab ...

, Eli Cortiñas,

Brody Condon Brody Condon (born 1974 Mexico) is an American artist. He facilitates and documents game-like group encounters that experientially probe dissociative phenomena, critical psychology, and performance art history. The resulting immersive situations ...

, Gernot Wieland. *2019: Li Zhenhua,

Ari Benjamin Meyers Ari Benjamin Meyers (born 1972 in New York) is an American artist and composer. Meyers received his training as a composer and conductor at the Juilliard School, Yale University, and Peabody Institute. His practice includes creating musical pe ...

, Ina Wudtke, Monira Al Qadiri, Lucy Beech, Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag, Korpys/Löffler, Bigert & Bergström, Sandra Schäfer,

Julian Rosefeldt Julian Rosefeldt (born 1965 in Munich) is a German artist and filmmaker. Rosefeldt's work consists primarily of elaborate, visually opulent film and video installations, often shown as panoramic multi-channel projections. His installations rang ...

. *2018:

Wolfgang Tillmans Wolfgang Tillmans (born 16 August 1968) is a German photographer. His diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations. Tillmans was the first photog ...

Klaus vom Bruch Klaus vom Bruch (born 1952 in Cologne) is a German media artist who is considered a pioneer of German video art. Biography Vom Bruch studied conceptual art at the California Institute of the Arts with John Baldessari from 1975 to 1976, and philos ...

, Maya Schweizer,

Pauline Curnier Jardin Pauline Curnier Jardin (born 1980, Marseille, France) is a visual artist working mainly in film, installation, performance and drawing. She lives in Rome and Berlin. In her work, Curnier Jardin has revisited Joan of Arc, Bernadette Soubirous, the ...

. *2017: Pola Sieverding,

Tobias Zielony Tobias Zielony (born 1973) is a German photographer and short filmmaker, living in Berlin. He has made work about communities at the margins of society, such as young people. In 2015, Zielony's series on African refugees in Germany, ''the Citizen' ...

, Mario Rizzi, Yuri Ancarani, Andy Graydon, Agnieszka Polska, Theo Eshetu,

Simon Faithfull Simon Faithfull (born 1966 in Ipsden, Oxfordshire) is an English artist based in Berlin and London. His work has been widely exhibited in both international solo and group exhibitions, including Musee des Beaux Arts (Calais), Fabrica (Brighton, ...

Michel Auder Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), S ...

, Hiwa K. *2016: Assaf Gruber, Katarina Zdjelar, Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller, Eva Meyer & Eran Schaerf, Lynne Marsh,

Joep van Liefland Joep van Liefland (born 1966 in Utrecht) is a contemporary conceptual artist from Netherlands. He lives and works in Berlin. His work focuses on the phenomenology of media and their transformation. He is particularly interested in the matter of ...

, Dafna Maimon, Jeremy Shaw, Shahram Entekhabi, Christian Falsnaes. *2015:

John Bock John Bock (born 1965 in Schenefeld, Germany) is a German artist. He studied in Hamburg, Germany and lives and works in Berlin. Work Bock is a multi-media artist primarily known for his performances. Since 1991, he creates environments hand cra ...

, Stefan Zeyen, Amie Siegel, Shingo Yoshida,

Filipa César Filipa César (born 1975 in Portugal) is an artist and filmmaker. She lives and works in Berlin, and studied at the Faculty of Arts in Porto and Lisbon (1996–99), the Academy of Arts in Munich (1999–2000) and MA Art in Context, University of A ...

, Erik Bünger, Dani Gal, Ulu Braun, Chto Delat?,

Yael Bartana Yael Bartana ( he, יעל ברתנא; born 1970) is an Israeli artist, filmmaker and photographer, whose past works have encompassed multiple mediums, including photography, film, video, sound, and installation. Many of her pieces feature polit ...

. *2014: Safy Sniper, Isabell Heimerdinger,

Vibeke Tandberg Vibeke Tandberg (b. 1967) is a Norwegian photographer known for using herself as the subject of her work. In 2002 she had a solo exhibition at C/O Berlin. In 2003 she created a series of photographs entitled "Undo" consisting of self-portraits take ...

, Sven Johne,

Julieta Aranda Julieta Aranda (born in 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a conceptual artist that lives and works in Berlin and New York City. She received a BFA in filmmaking from the School of Visual Arts (2001) and an MFA from Columbia University (2006), both ...

Guido van der Werve Guido van der Werve (born 1977) is a Dutch filmmaker and visual artist. Personal details Van der Werve was born in Papendrecht, the Netherlands and currently lives and works in Finland and Berlin. He pursued studies in industrial design, archae ...

Anri Sala Anri Sala (born 1974) is an Albanian contemporary artist whose primary medium is video. Life and career Sala studied art at the Albanian Academy of Arts from 1992 to 1996. He also studied video at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Pari ...

Marcel Odenbach Marcel Odenbach is a German video artist. In the 1970s, with Ulrike Rosenbach and Klaus vom Bruch, he formed the producer group ATV. Odenbach's works criticize the conditions of German society. Life and work Odenbach was born in 1953 in Cologne, ...

Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...

, Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann. * 2013:

Hito Steyerl Hito Steyerl (born 1 January 1966) is a German filmmaker, moving image artist, writer, and innovator of the essay documentary.

, Reynold Reynolds,

Candice Breitz Candice Breitz (born 1972) is a South African white artist who works primarily in video and photography.Douglas Gordon Douglas Gordon (born 20 September 1966) is a Scottish artist. He won the Turner Prize in 1996, the Premio 2000 at the 47th Venice Biennale in 1997 and the Hugo Boss Prize in 1998. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Work Much of Gordon's w ...

Harun Farocki Harun Farocki (9 January 1944 – 30 July 2014) was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film. Early life and education Farocki was born as Harun El Usman FaroqhiMargalit Fox (3 August 2014)''New York Times''. in Neutitschein, which is n ...

. * 2012: Rebecca Ann Tess, Bettina Nürnberg & Dirk Peuker, Armin Linke,

Clemens von Wedemeyer Clemens von Wedemeyer (born 1974 in Göttingen, Germany) is a German video artist. He studied fine arts at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, with Astrid Klein. In 2004 von Wedemeyer produced, together with Maya Schweizer, a documentary movie: ...

Keren Cytter Keren Cytter ( he, קרן ציטר; born 22 August 1977) is an Israeli visual artist and writer. Biography Cytter, born 22 August 1977, spent her childhood in Israel and went on to study visual arts at the Avni Institute of Art and Design, Tel Av ...

Christian Jankowski Christian Jankowski (born 1968 in Göttingen, West Germany) is a contemporary multimedia artist who largely works with video, installation art, installation and photography. He lives and works in Berlin and New York. Work Jankowski's work has be ...

Melanie Manchot Melanie Manchot (born 1966 in Witten) is a London-based visual artist who works with photography, film, video and installation as part of a performative and participatory practice. Her projects often explore specific sites and public spaces to l ...

, Manuel Graf, Ming Wong,

Omer Fast Omer Fast (born in Jerusalem 1972) is an Israeli video artist. Early life and education Born and raised in Israel, Fast spent much of his teenage years in Jericho, New York while his father pursued a medical degree in both countries. He received ...

, Niklas Goldbach. * 2011: Matthias Baader Holst, Erik Schmidt,

Delia Gonzalez Delia 'Chikita' Gonzalez (born November 20, 1971) is an American former flyweight female boxer. She has a record of 13-9-4 with 3 knockout wins, although several of her losses have been controversial. Personal and early life Gonzalez is Mex ...

and Black Leotard Front, Anja Kirschner & David Panos,

Chicks on Speed Chicks on Speed is a feminist music and fine art ensemble, formed in Munich in 1997, after members Australian Alex Murray-Leslie and American Melissa Logan met at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. Though Chicks on Speed reached cult status th ...

, Knut Klassen, Bjørn Melhus, Mathilde Rosier,

Benjamin Heisenberg Benjamin Heisenberg (born 9 June 1974) is a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed sixteen films since 1995. His film '' Schläfer'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film, ...

, Bewegung Nurr. * 2010: Oliver Pietsch, Antje Majewski, Chris Newman & Miss Moth, Marion Pfeifer, Marc Aschenbrenner and Knut Klaßen,

Christoph Draeger Christoph Draeger (born 1965 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a Swiss multimedia artist. Born in Zurich, he currently lives and works between Vienna and New York, that is to say Umeå, Sweden.

Ant Farm A formicarium or ant farm is a vivarium which is designed primarily for the study of ant colonies and how ants behave. Those who study ant behavior are known as myrmecologists. History The formicarium was invented by Charles Janet, a French ...

, BitteBitteJaJa,

Mathilde ter Heijne Mathilde ter Heijne (born 1969 in Strasbourg, France) is a Berlin-based Dutch artist primarily working within the mediums of video, performance, and installation practices. She studied in Maastricht at the Stadsacademie (1988–1992), in Amsterdam ...

. * 2009: Ulf Aminde, Reynold Reynolds,

gelitin Gelitin (stylized in lowercase) is a group of four artists from Vienna, Austria. The group was formerly known as Gelatin and changed their name in 2005. They are known for creating sensational art events in the tradition of Relational Aesthetic ...

and friends, Ulrich Polster, Eléonore de Montesquiou, Stefan Panhans, Knut Klassen, Marc AschenbrennerVideoart at Midnight - partner event
www.transmediale.de, January 30, 2009 * 2008:

Annika Larsson Annika Larsson (born 1972 Stockholm, Sweden) is a photographer and video artist. Larsson received a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm. In 2002 she had a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary A ...

& Samuel Nyholm, Sven Johne, Bjørn Melhus.

Literature

* Olaf Stüber, Anton Stüber: "The Videoart at Midnight Artists' Cookbook", KERBER Publishing 2020, * Sven Hausherr, Nina Trippel: "CEE CEE BERLIN. Berlin Highlights", DISTANZ Verlag, Berlin 2014, * Ekaterina Rietz-Rakul, Steve Schepens: ''Berlin Contemporary Art.'' Editor: Alexander Grebennikov. Berlin 2011, . * 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,

References

External links

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"Videoart at Midnight" on Kunstaspekte.de

"Videoart at Midnight" on index.de

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