Karl-Heinz Mauermann
- Please Hold The Line
Small robots with absurd-looking superstructures drive around a course. They follow a line. Cymbals and sound tubes are struck by a machine. The sounds are modified. The modified sounds control a video collage: live images of the robots, historical test drives of automobiles, guided missiles under attack, computer-controlled rockets. “Please hold the line!” Reality meets virtual worlds. Interpenetration of digital information and analog fictions.
Bio
Karl-Heinz Mauermann works conceptually. He designs systems of order for a chaotic world, making use of the visual arts and their border areas with literature and music. He creates videos and video performances. He shows his work in Germany, but also internationally. He received the special prize of the Max Ernst Scholarship for the videotape “Aren’t we drawing …” and, together with Frank Niehusmann, “Phonurgia Nova 2006 – sound is art” for “MASCHINEN – ein Hörspiel”.
