Biography
Louis von Adelsheim
Born in 1953, lives in Germany and Switzerland
Video artist, producer and creative mind behind the “Adelsheim Illuminated” exhibitions.
Since the 1980s, the cinematographer has experimented with new forms of artistic expression, constantly engaged in a creative process, on an endless adventure.
From 1990–2010 he made several documentaries, video portraits, interviews, music clips and art happenings.
Freelance cinematographer for NDR, ZDF, SF, ARTE and Medienkontor.
Video installations, exhibitions, projects (a selection):
| 1980 | Die Scherbenpyramide (The Pyramid of Broken Fragments) Bern, with Alfredo Minder |
| 1981 | Der elektronische Grabstein (The Electronic Tombstone), Atelier Olah, Cologne |
| 1984 | Der elektronische Altar (The Electronic Altar) Cable Building, New York / Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg / Backstage, Berlin |
| 1986 | Die totalitäre Überwachung (Totalitarian Surveillance) Burgdorf, with Stefan Roloff 1986 |
| 1986 | Der Panzer (The Tank) Bern, with El Loco |
| 1987 | Der elektronische Mensch (The Electronic Human) Galerie Righetti, Bern |
| 1988 | Die elektronische Sonne (The Electronic Sun) Galerie am Rosenweg, Bern |
| 1989 | Die Erleuchtungsmaschine (The Enlightenment Machine) Galerie Chalet Muri, Bern |
| 2001/2 | Ein Blick in die Unendlichkeit (Gazing into Infinity) Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile / Westwendischer Kunstverein, Gartow |
| 2004 | “ICH“ (ME) Sudden Death, Westwendischer Kunstverein, Gartow |
| 2005-2010 | Adelsheim leuchtet (Adelsheim Illuminated): Installations and projections |
| 2010 | Borrar el Terremoto - A documentary on the situation of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Santiago de Chile after the earthquake in 2010. The film was screened on June 19, 2010, in the art salon of the Art Basel fair. |
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