André Werner | news

Stories, notes and anecdotes from the studio. Snippets from the world of media art, installation and contemporary video art.

When Axel Schöber invited me to reinterpret Gustave Doré’s famous illustration “Judith Presenting the Head of Holofernes”, neither he nor I had any idea that this would be the starting point for an extensive body of work.
A first triptych from the “Judith is singing” series is now on display as part of the exhibition Entsprungen – Arising – a thematic exhibition reinterpreting illustrations by Gustave Doré, running from August 13 – September 27, 2026 at the Wertheim Castle. …continue reading

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je t’aime
l’arte contro la violenza sulle donne

9 – 25 ottobre 2025
MAIIIM Lab
Darsena di Genova, Calata Andalò Di Negro 15

Some works from my series Woman Life Freedom are on display at the MAIIIM Lab (media art III millenium) in Genova. …continue reading

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I participate with a couple of never before shown art works.

Cent Titres – International group exhibition of small format works in various techniques at Kultur am Nauener Platz e.V. Berlin.

Opening reception: Friday, 5 May 2023, 6 p.m. …continue reading

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Selected  works from “Der Blick zurück” at the Ruhrländischer Künstlerbund (Ruhrlaendian Art Association) as part of the exhibition Identität (Identity) Opening reception | Sun| 23.04.2023 | 12 noon Ruhrländischer Künstlerbund | Kopstadtplatz 12 | 45127 … Continue reading “Decolonizing Identity at the Ruhrländischer Künstlerbund”

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Brigade of the waving girls and Follows You at the Fusionismo exhibition

The two interactive light objects (the visibility is controlled by motion detectors) are on display at the Karpuchina Gallery, Prague. …continue reading

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My work “Her Hair I”  will be on display at the exhibition realitätsnah | close to reality at Tor 218 Artlab gallery.

The show opens Thurs. Dec. 8, 7pm, and I would be delighted to welcome you there …continue reading

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Decolonizing the Gaze | Der Blick zurück (The Look Back)
A group of art works by André Werner, a decolonization of unknown women, at Tor218 Artlab gallery during the Berlin Art Week.

15. Sep. – 9. Oct. 2022

Torstraße 218
10115 Berlin …continue reading

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Ein Zufallsabend mit Cosima Reif, Nina Hartmann und André Werner

A night of pure chance with Cosima Reif, Nina Hartmann and André Werner

Cosima Reif und André Werner haben seit den späten 80er Jahren den Mediendiskurs mit zahlreichen Filmen, Performances und Vorträgen durcheinander gebracht. Im Filmrisz plaudern die beiden darüber, warum sie denn jetzt Untergrund sein sollen. Nina Hartmann setzt dieses Gespräch vor Ort in ein fernsehtaugliches Format um.

Donnerstag, 31.3. 22, 20h Filmrisz, Rigaer Str. 103, 10247 Berlin (In German language) …continue reading

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„the cinematic moment“ at Tor218 Artlab

I will participate with two works at the exhibition „the cinematic moment“, an exhibition by Directors Lounge during the Berlin Art Week 21.

the cinematic moment | 15. – 19.  9.  2021 …continue reading

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How long is Now?

The exhibition questions the fragile, elusive moment of the Now. 16 artists try to capture the very instant of the “Now” by means of installation, photography, painting and video. …continue reading

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Some of my interactive light objects from the … Follows You series will be on display at the C.A.R. art fair, world heritage Zeche Zollverein, 30.Oct. till Nov. first. …continue reading

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My work “A Girl As An Independent Creation” will become part of the group exhibition SUPP_ORT at Berlin-based gallery  Walden Kunstausstellungen.

As the name suggest, this exhibition is a collective support to keep the gallery alive in these tricky times.  The show opens Sunday, 25th at 4pm and features 64 artists. See you there. …continue reading

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Interactive Light objects at the second edition Longing for the NOW.

The exhibition Sehnsucht nach dem JETZT/Longing for the NOW is coming to the GEH8 in Dresden. This art space is very different to the first station at Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin. Thus, the show comes with many new works, like my interactive Light objects. …continue reading

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Les indomptés de facebook | trailer

A first appoach to social media. Nearby entirely shot in New York City. …continue reading

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Circles at Sehnsucht nach dem JETZT/Longing for the NOW

My multi-channel work “circles” will be part of the exhibition “Sehnsucht nach dem JETZT/Longing for the NOW” at Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin.

Part of the exhibition is a presentation of the current state of my research regarding the biography of Felina Schrödinger, a handmaiden at Schloss Biesdorf. …continue reading

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The first edition, La Femme et Le Fou, of my new series of interactive video installations entitled Was vom Kino übrig bleibt | What Remains Of Cinema was shown in Berlin as part of the … Continue reading “Was vom Kino übrig bleibt | What Remains Of Cinema”

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Was vom Kino übrig bleibt | What Remains Of Cinema #4 | Girl with a Video Camera (II).

The interactive video installation will be shown at the C.A.R. art fair, 25. – 27. October. …continue reading

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Encounters On Travel
14. – 20. September | Torstr. 170, Berlin-Mitte

Photography, mixed media and installations.
Opening Friday, September 14, 7 pm

See you there. …continue reading

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Die Sitte des Bilderfressens (The Custom Of Eating Pictures), a video I created together with Cosima Reif in 1996, is part of the group exhibition bilderFLUT at the xpon-art gallery, Hamburg. The exhibition title, literally … Continue reading “bilderFlut | A Flood of Images”

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Was vom Kino übrig bleibt | What Remains Of Cinema #2 Autopoiesis The second work from my series What Remains Of Cinema, Autopoiesis, will be shown for the first time at the C.A.R. media art … Continue reading “Autopoiesis | What Remains Of Cinema #2”

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Iron Curtain #3 | A public kakophonisches Klang-Vision-Happening. Iron Curtain | The Movie, featuring Mark Reeder, Bob Rutman, Dirk Kalinowski, Wolfram Spyra, Teresa Riemann and the audience. Iron Curtain | Kaos am Wall | Fri Nov … Continue reading “Iron Curtain | Kaos am Wall”

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Into the Blue | Fragments from the TV Generation Selected dialogues and video stills from the (unfinished) film „In the Eye of the Hunter, In the Heart of the Collector“ by Cosima Reif and André … Continue reading “City Primeval. New York, Berlin, Prague”

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Circles. You may find yourself. The Collector of pictures had begun to live very much in seclusion; he had locked himself in and started living among his pictures. He simply needed his suitcases about, and … Continue reading “Circles | Installation for 13 monitors and a curious person.”

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Circles, interactive installation for 13 monitors and a curious person, at Zeig Dich! No matter where I looked, there were many multiples of one rendering of myself, dancing round and round me like some ecstatic … Continue reading “Circles | Zeig Dich!”

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Infundere at the C.A.R. contemporary art Ruhr media art fair, May 12-14, 2017 My installation Infundere is coming to the coking plant of Zeche Zollverein as part of the C.A.R. media art fair 2017. At … Continue reading “Infundere at the C.A.R. media art fair”

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  Art Prague, the 15th International Contemporary Art Fair Art Prague at Kafka‘s House, namesti Franze Kafky 3, Prague, March 15 – 20, 2016. The closed circuit installation Wiener Katharinenrad | Viennese Catherine Window will … Continue reading “Viennese Catherine Window at Art Prague”

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