Selected works of art by André Werner. You may refine the selection by choosing to display only live streams, installations, video art, overhead installations, mixed media, objects, photographs, Polaroids, stills, projects or collaborations. Often a specific group of works span over several sub genres. You’ll find associated tags at the bottom of each entry that allows to see an entire group of art regardless of the media or material. The pieces shown here are mainly media art. Paintings, drawings and painted over photographs will be added over time. If you look for a specific work of art don’t hesitate to get in touch.
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
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)
somewhere down the palm road
“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.
Die Brigade der winkenden Mädchen
Brigade der winkenden Mädchen (Brigade of the waving girls), interactive light object, 2021. 33 x 33 x 9 cm, metal, glass, baking paper, 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 brigade of waving girls.
A test run with the image hidden behind a sheet of paper that dangles in the airflow of a fan. 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 the blank paper.
By waving to the sheet one can bring back the waving girl.
Say Hello, Wave Goodby!
Say Hello, Wave Goodby! The first realization from the series “Das winkende Mädchen” (the waving girl). Installation in the public space. Slide projection during the night of New Year’s Eve 2020/21.
Say Hello, Wave Goodby! is the very first realization from the series “Das winkende Mädchen” (the waving girl). A short-time nstallation in the public space. A slide projection during the night of New Year’s Eve 2020/21.
The first two of a series of interactive Light objects. 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 a blank white screen. …continue reading
The fifth installment of my series of single-frame video installations What remains of cinema | ce qu’il reste du cinéma.
April 17. – 25. 2020, 06am – 03am CET
As I am, due to the current lockdown, unable to continue presenting these installations in galleries, cinemas or in the urban space, I made “La prisonnière du port” a live installation that streamed from my home. …continue reading
Installation based Photographs | Editions Several of my installations served as the base for photographs. Frozen frames that capture a single moment of the works in motion. These photographs, usually printed in small editions, exist … Continue reading “Installation based Photographs”
Life is calm in the secret pavilions and palaces of the Goldcoast, the lower eastern shore of the Lake Zurich. Like in this hidden temple of the wealth in Küsnacht. A frozen fairy-tale.
The third installment of the series What Remains of Cinema, an interactive video installation. Based on an image of a Ledischiff (freighter ship) on the Lake Zurich. …continue reading
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
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”
André Werner | The Yeosu Mandalas The Yeosu Mandalas are three silent video loops. necessity | community | territory. Based on a closed-circuit installation of a camera interacting with a black and white tv-set. A … Continue reading “Yeosu Mandalas | necessity community territory”
Part of A Girl As An Independent Creation, an ongoing series of portraits of self-portraits. Snippet from the remaining text: “Der Mensch als das höchste Geschöpf ist auch der vornehmste Gegenstand solcher Darstellung, in und … Continue reading “The Most Noble Subject”
A Girl As An Independent Creation The title of the image refers to the last line of the first book page, “mehr als selbstständige Schöpfung”, which translates into “rather as an independent creation”. A somehow … Continue reading “Autopoietic Beauty”
Infundere shows caustics (light reflexes) caused by falling drops in a bowl of water. Infundere was first shown as part of the exhibition Raumlektüre at the Zwingli Church. André Werner, “Infundere”, 2016, overhead-projector, water, infusion … Continue reading “Infundere | Zwingli Church”
Necessity silent loop, 2014, part 1 of 3 of the Yeosu Mandalas. Yeosu Mandala | Necessity by André Werner, created for and shown first at the 5th. Yeosu International Art Festival, September 2014 at the … Continue reading “Yeosu Mandala | Necessity”
Community silent loop, 2014, part 2 of 3 of the Yeosu Mandalas. Yeosu Mandala | Community by André Werner, created for and shown first at the 5th. Yeosu International Art Festival, September 2014 at the … Continue reading “Yeosu Mandala | Community”
Territory silent loop, 2014, part 3 of 3 of the Yeosu Mandalas. Yeosu Mandala | Territory by André Werner, created for and shown first at the 5th. Yeosu International Art Festival, September 2014 at the … Continue reading “Yeosu Mandala | Territory”
The closed circuit installation Wiener Katharinenrad | Viennese Catherine Window is now on display at Kafka’s House (The house of Kafka’s birth). Installed as part of the group show “Spirits, Mystics and Muses” curated by Robert … Continue reading “Viennese Catherine Window at Kafka’s House”
Ukiyo-e was first shown as a multi-channel installation in 1996 at the Galerie im Parkhaus, Berlin. This video is based on the original installation loops. Ukiyo-e, or ukiyo-ye (浮世絵, Japanese: “pictures of the floating world”), are … Continue reading “Ukiyo-e”
Mannaka No Ie (The House In The Middle) “The crying swallow flies at dawn” Pure japanese poetry, entirely filmed in the deserts of Nevada. A video by André Werner, 8 min 17s, 2006, Japanese with … Continue reading “Mannaka No Ie”
Portrait einer Dame aus gutem Haus (portrait of a lady from a good family) Installation, overhead transparency, water, feather, vibrator, light, dimensions variable Created during an artist residence at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna. Shown during the … Continue reading “Portrait of a lady from a good family”
projection loop | Vienna Art Week 2014, MuseumsQuartier Portrait einer Dame aus gutem Haus (portrait of a lady from a good family), shown at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna, during the Vienna Art week, November 2014, open … Continue reading “Portrait of a lady from a good family II”
Installation view | Vienna Art Week 2014, MuseumsQuartier Portrait einer Dame aus gutem Haus (portrait of a lady from a good family), shown at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna, during the Vienna Art week, November 2014, open … Continue reading “Portrait of a lady from a good family III”
Die Sitte des Bilderfressens (The Custom Of Eating Pictures)
At the time of its creation, this video was foremost triggered by the rise of satellite television and the autopoietic multiplication of imagery through thousands of tv channels. Little did we know that this was just a foretaste of things to come. …continue reading
Viennese Catherine Window | Vienna Art Week. Wiener Katharinenrad | Viennese Catherine Window, a closed circuit installation created during an artist residence at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna. You can see the set up here. A rose … Continue reading “Viennese Catherine Window | Wiener Katharinenrad”
Images of Japanese Women transfered onto illustrations of the Jin Ping Mei (Kin Ping Meh). These small phototransfer/collages have been enlarged as cibachrome prints. All untitled, phototransfer/collage, ca. 11 x 15,2 cm | 4,3″ x … Continue reading “Japanese Beauties”
Superimposed Autograph Book Aphorisms These are pages from an autograph book (or friendship book) from 1926. This book consists of several handwritten aphorisms and well-wishes, dedicated to the unknown owner. The single pages are superimposed … Continue reading “From an Album of Aphorisms”
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”
The Dream Of The Japanese Beauty | C.A.R. 2009 The Dream Of The Japanese Beauty was first shown as part of the opening of the c.a.r. 09, the contemporary art Ruhr, at the SAANA Building, Zeche … Continue reading “The Dream Of The Japanese Beauty”
When rubbed off upon paper or heavy brass plates, photographs, foreign characters and graphical scriptures form a labyrinth of superimposed layers. The details are hard to make out. In one corner an aged diary entry can be found …continue reading
Just like in the story of Mr. Spinell*, who always averts his eyes in reflex when beholding something beautiful, such that only the arc of his eyelashes catch a glimpse of that which he decided to turn down. …continue reading
In some videos, A. acts as a maker of tattoos. The meaning of “imprinting” is taken literally, as recordings of naked bodies are being covered with diverse scriptures by means of electronic manipulation. …continue reading
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, untitled (hand cuffed), 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 SX70 polaroid cartridge.
It was by pure chance that I came across a book, titled Lasterstätten in Fern Ost (places of sin in Far East). Inside was an image of a Geisha sitting in a beautiful garden. …continue reading
