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In his research, Marcus Kaiser analyses the image as a medium, taking into account historical, philosophical, cultural and social aspects. He concentrates on examining the concept of the image in everyday life and in art, taking a differentiated look at various image forms and structures. His aim is to explore the nature of the image and its influence on the individual and society. By researching and deconstructing media-specific characteristics and dispositives of image techniques, Kaiser strives for a deeper understanding of their modes of action. This serves as a basis for a better understanding of the emergence of ideologies and differences.

Selected exhibitions

	2024		Making New Worlds Instead of Forgetting About It Ujazdowski Castle – Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland 20 Years of … GlueBerlin
	2021		Collection Co Selection Ujazdowski Castle – Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
	2020		Fotokunst! Eine kurze Geschichte der Fotokunst Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Germany
	2018		Autumn sweating and thinking in space and image (with Christin Kaiser, Silvia Lorenz, Mario Margani, Susa Templin, Ina Weber, Christina Zück a.o.), Instant IV, Berlin, Germany
			Something new, nothing borrowed, a lot of blue Ujazdowski Castle – Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
	2017		Poetics of Light National Media Museum, Bradford, United Kingdom (catalog)
	2016		Crystal Math (with Markus Wirthmann), GlueBerlin, Berlin, Germany (Solo Exhibition)
	2015		What is Social (with Korpys/Löffler, Bruce Naumann, Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Christian Boltanski, James Turrell, Lawrence Weiner, a.o.), Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujasdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
	2014		Poetics of Light New Mexico Museum, Palace of the Governors, Santa Fee, New Mexico, USA (catalog) UM-Festival (with Susanne Bürner, Berta Fischer, Ina Weber, Gudrun Gut, Falk Kulawik, a.o.) Pinnow, Uckermark, Germany Instant II (mit Susa Templin, DAG, Katharina Lüdicke) Invalidenstr. 6, Berlin, Germany
	2013		Berlin 90 + Rencontres Images et Ville; La Ville-la Ruine, Negpos, Nimes, France (Solo Exhibition)
	2012		black&white memories Cussler, Berlin
	2011		Biennale Images et Patrimoine Nimes, France Franzi’s Choice – Works on Paper Museo Premoderno, Lubljana, Slovenia International Veneer GLUE, Berlin, Germany
	2010		Wall Views Berlin Wall Memorial, Exhibition Centre , Berlin, Germany(Solo Exhibition) Record Again Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg; Germany (catalog)
	2009		FALLMAUERFALL Ephraims-Palais, Stadtmuseum Berlin, Germany (catalog) Recorgd Aain ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany 40 Jahre Videokunst.de Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany (catalog)
	2008		Here a Change Occurs Galerie Kordegarda, Zacheta National Gallery, Warzaw, Poland
	2007		Der Silberne Koffer Montgomery, Berlin, Germany Performance Z-A: a Pavilion for Storefront’s 25th Anniversary New York, USA
	2006		Heute hier und morgen weg Karl-Marx-Allee 81–85 , Berlin Burghard, Jessica Centner, DAG, Heike Gallmeier, Stephanie Kloss, Marcus Kaiser, Peter K. Koch, Korpys/Löffler, Alexander Krause, Alicja Kwade, Lewin Quehl, Jens Risch, Erik Schmidt, Susa Templin, Matten Vogel, Michael Witte Teilaspekte der Ruine GLUE, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
	2005		Gates Museum Bitola, Macedonia (solo exhibition) Suchfunktionen Abel Neue Kunst, Berlin, Germany
	2004		+ z.T. Garten eye-kju, Universität Greifswald, Germany (solo exhibition, catalog)) Licht ! Zeitgenössische Fotografie Glue, Berlin, Germany Kammern, Wände Fleisch zeigt, Cafe Moskau, Berlin, Germany
	2003		Supersam Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
	2002		Friede, Freiheit, Freude Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
	2001		Circles °5 – Montana Sacra ZKM-Karlsruhe, Germany (catalog)
	2000		Hornblower Fischer in Waskowo Maschenmode, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
	1999		Kindergarten Maschenmode, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
	1998		Guckkästen TZR Galerie, Bochum, Germany (solo exhibition) ENIAC, Shift e.v., Berlin, Germany
	1997		Guckkästen Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, ZKM, Germany (solo exhibition)
	1996		Fotografie in der zeitgenössischen Kunst Maschinenhalle Friedlicher Nachbar, Bochum, Germany
	1995		Zeitgeschichte 95 Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (catalog)
	1994		Marcus Kaiser-Fotografische Arbeiten Heidenheim Art Museum; Germany (solo exhibition, catalog)
	1993		Aneignung von Welten Museum of Art and Cultural History, Dortmund, Germany (catalog)
	1992		Hors Serie Galerie Contretype, Brussels, Belgium (solo exhibition) Mozart in soundtracks and visual spaces, Daniel-Pöppelmann-Haus Herford, Germany (catalog)
	1991		Wall Views Galerie du Théatre de l’Agora, Evry-Cedex, France D’un mur à l’autre Mai de la Photo, Reims, France (catalog)
	1990		Prize for Young European Photographers Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (catalog)
	1989		Karzinome im Gehirn Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany Four Photographers Kunstverein Schorndorf, Germany

Biography

1966	born in Stuttgart/ Germany
1989 -1993	Studied visual communcation/ photography at the University of Applied Sience Bielefeld and Sociology at the Bielefeld University
1990	Award at Young European Photographers Prize
1993 -1996	Postgraduate studies at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) and the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
1996	Research Grant from the Senate Department for Science, Research and Culture , Berlin
2002	Working Grant by Academy Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart and Ujasdowski Castle, Warsaw
2004	Project Grant from the Federal Foreign Office for Macedonia
2002-2008	Research fellow (post doc) at the Caspar-David-Friedrich Institute, Greifswald University
2008	Visiting lecturer at the Department of Art and Design at the Anhalt University in Dessau
2009	Project Grant from the Federal Government Commissioner for Pommern
2010	Nomination Mauerblicke/ Wall Views for the German Photobook Award
2011	Visiting lecturer at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
since 2012	Senior lecturer at the Department of Design, Würzburg University
2013	Visiting lecturer at the Queensland College of Arts, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
2019	Visiting lecturer at the Abadir Accademia di design e arti visive, Catania, Italy
2020	Visiting lecturer at the German Jordan Univerity, Amman, Jordan

List of publications

Catalogues and Monographs (Selection)

Published Catalogues

Works in Catalogues (Selection)

Under the open sky: Artists working with alternative photography, Logos, Berlin, 2017
Esthétique du mur géopolitique, Quebéc, 2015
Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography: Selections from the Pinhole Resource Collection. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2014.
Record > Again!: 40jahrevideokunst.de – Teil 2; Peter Weibel u. Christoph Blase,
Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2010. S. 176-179
Le sténopé – De la photographie sans objectif, Jean-Michel Galley , Elisabeth Towns, Actes Sud, 2008
Organisation- Korpys/Löffler 1990-2005, Hrsg. von Christoph Keller, Revolver-Verlag, 2006.  S.262-289
Moving Territories, Kunst – Öffentlichkeit – Neue Medien, Akademie Schloss Solitude und Merz Akademie Stuttgart 2003
A Need for Realism- Solitude in Ujadowski; Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warschau, 2002.
Circles , Siemens Kultur Projekte / ZKM-Karlsruhe. Revolver-Verlag 2002.
Der Wandel, Nr.1(Polen), Künstlermagazin, Berlin 2001
Zeitgeschichte 95, Ministerium für Bildung Forschung und Wissenschaft, Bonn 1995
Aneignung von Welten, Brigitte Buberl (Hrsg.)Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Dortmund 1993, S. 98-101
Contretype, No.: 31, Brüssel 1992, S. 6-7
Mai de la Photo, Reims 1991, S. 16 u.18
Mozart in Tonspuren und Bildräumen, Kunsthalle Herford, Herford 1991, S. 42-44

Selecteted Magazines, newspapers, CDs and DVDS

Sammelstelle in: Medien Kunst Interaktion: Medienkunst von 1980-1999 in Deutschland (CD-ROM), Wien 1999.
Wall Views in Pinhole Photography: Rediscovering a Historic Technique, Eric Renner (Hrsg.), Focal Press, Cambridge , Oktober 1999, S. 106-108
Wall Views, Portfolio Magazine, No.:13, Edinburgh 1992, S. 22-23
Wall Views, Creative Camera, 1/1992, London, GB. S. 38-41
European Photography 45, Young European Photographers `90, 1991. S. 34-35.
Jörg Boström: Die optische Hütte von Marcus Kaiser, Virtuelles Magazin 2000, 30/2005 :
Jens Lohwieser: Fotoskulptur – Die Stadt in der Hütte; Berliner Zeitung v. 12.11.2003
Cathy Curtis: Peeping through Pinholes, Los Angeles Times v. 21.02.1991
Nicole Donath: Verführung der Fotografie , Neue Westfälische Zeitung, v. 26.03. 1992

Selected Texts

Knut Ebeling
-> The Wall as Medium. Image, medium, ideology in Marcus Kaiser’s Wall Views

Clara Paquet
-> It´s all about the Images we know so well, in Marcus Kaisers Catalogue: About all the images we know so well
-> Two walk´s, in Marcus Kaisers Catalogue: Two walks

Rómulo Peña
-> Las Dos Caras de la Moneda

Contact

MARCUS KAISER
mail@marcus-kaiser.de

Academic
Fakultät Gestaltung Würzburg
marcus.kaiser@thws.de

Press Portrait

Marcus Kaiser, 2023

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