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Helga Fanderl

Helga Fanderl

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Biography

"I was born in Ingolstadt, Germany, in 1947. My desire was to become a poet. But after my studies of German and Roman languages and literatures in Munich, Paris and Frankfurt a.M. I decided to become a teacher due to the influence of the Frankfurter Schule (School of Frankfurt). I taught for years before finding out that for me film was the appropriate medium of artistic expression. It was not language, but visual art that opened the way to a very personal and intense poetic work. Since 1986 I created a body of work consisting of around thousand short films that I use for my screenings and also for exhibitions."

Known For

Constellations
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Constellations, a recent grouping of 16mm colour silent blow-ups by Super 8 artist Helga Fanderl, returns us to the natural world, whose beauty has been observed and rendered with a profound curiosity, a patient gaze and an extraordinary ability to capture visual patterns and textures. Whether following at close range the semi-circular motion of a handsome, pacing leopard, its spots evoking rhythmic patterns through Fanderl's intuitive shooting process, or closely studying a tray of glassware on a ship as the sea reflects and refracts through the crystalline shapes, the artist fully gives herself over to the present moment and allows us to bask in it. This iteration contains the following films (in order): Blätter fliegen (2001) Gasometer I (2010) New Hope I (1992) Aquarium (2009) Geburtstagsfeier (2004) Feuerturm (2009) Leopard (2012) Laub (2010) Rost (2010) Container (2011) Gläser (2011) Gelbe Blätter (2011) Große Wasser (2012)

Constellations

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