Brigade der winkenden Mädchen #1
Brigade der winkenden Mädchen #1, André Werner, 2021 Photograph, 40x 40 cm, chromogenic silver halide print. Ed. 10 / 2 AP
Brigade der winkenden Mädchen #1, André Werner, 2021
Photograph, 40x 40 cm, chromogenic silver halide print. Ed. 10 / 2 AP

In den Korrespondenzen der Fotopionierin Felina Schrödinger findet sich der folgende Eintrag:

“In letzter Zeit habe ich eine seltsame Erfahrung gemacht. Wenn ich im öffentlichen Raum fotografiere winken mir regelmäßig wildfremde Personen zu. Genauer gesagt, sie winken der Kamera zu. Nicht jeder, meist sind es Kinder, die Alten und die Trunkenbolde, die Ehrlichen, wenn Du so willst. Als ob sie hinter dem Glas des Objektives die zukünftigen Betrachter vermuten, die, dicht gedrängt wie Matrosen in einem U-Boot, durch die Luke der Linse schauen. Ich frage mich, ob diese Menschen nicht ein tieferes Verständnis der Fotografie haben als unsere eitlen Akademiker.”

 

pictured:  Brigade der winkenden Mädchen #1 (Brigade of the waving girls)

A photograph based on the installation by the same name.

somewhere down the palm road
André Werner,
“somewhere down the palm road” from the series “Das winkende Mädchen”, interactive light object, 2021. 33 x 33 x 9 cm, metal, glass, whitewall sheet, motion detector, LED, layered overhead sheets.

The image is lit from behind if a motion sensor is triggered by a spectator. The image remains visible for about five seconds before hiding again behind.

By waving to the frame one can bring back the  waving girl.

Autopoiesis | Was vom Kino übrig bleibt | What Remains Of Cinema. #2 André Werner, interactive video installation, 2018 Closed circuit depicting a nude girl making a selfie in the mirror of a changing cubicle.
Autopoiesis | What Remains Of Cinema #2

Autopoiesis, like its prequel La Femme et Le Fou, is an interactive closed circuit installation. An old black-and-white TV set and an analog video camera are directly connected opposite to each other, creating a feedback loop in a closed circuit. The single frame of this edition, a selfie image of a nude girl standing in front of the mirror in a changing cubicle, is printed on an overhead sheet and placed, hanging on thin thread, between the camera and the monitor.

Thus, the image, which in itself reflects an autopoietic system, becomes part of the loop, jumping into the TV, immediately reborn in the camera, an autopoietic beauty. …continue reading

André Werner, Muslim Arab from Jerusalem, 12 cm x 11 cm, 4,72 x 4,33 in, Honey, glass, epoxy, photography on overhead sheet, LED light, 2012
Honey

Honey Objects These Objects are jars, filled with honey. They contain anonymous portraits on overhead sheet.  The jars are lit from the bottom. All, 12 cm x 11 cm, 4,72 x 4,33 in, Honey, glass, … Continue reading “Honey”

Geishas

Some Geishas | SX70 polaroids All ca. 1992, SX70 polaroids,10,7 cm × 8,8 cm  | 4,2″ x 3,5″ (image 7,9 cm × 7,9 cm | 3,1″ x 3,1″) mounted on SX70 polaroid cartridge.

André Werner, polaroid SX 70, 1986, 8,8 cm × 10,7 cm | 3,5″ x 4,2″ (image 7,9 cm × 7,9 cm | 3,1″ x 3,1″) mounted on SX70 polaroid cartridge.
3 Faces | SX 70

  All polaroid SX 70, 1986,  10,7 cm × 8,8 cm  | 4,2″ x 3,5″ (image 7,9 cm × 7,9 cm | 3,1″ x 3,1″) mounted on SX 70 polaroid cartridge.

André Werner, Love You, polaroid SX 70, ca. 1987, 8,8 cm × 10,7 cm | 3,5″ x 4,2″ (image 7,9 cm × 7,9 cm | 3,1″ x 3,1″)
Love You

Love You, polaroid SX 70, ca. 1987, 10,7 cm × 8,8cm | 4,2″ x 3,5″ (image 7,9 cm × 7,9 cm | 3,1″ x 3,1″)