Occupation and the making of Occupation, 2002

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A nighttime scene is to be filmed. Held together by a rectangle marked out on the ground, 200 extras await their cues, and yet the direction and production staffs are in conflict with one another. The atmosphere grows increasingly tense. The restless crowd develops a life of its own as the film team attempts to keep the situation under control.

Clemens von Wedemeyer, Occupation, 2002, 35mm/DVD, 1:1,85, stereo (film still)

Clemens von Wedemeyer, The Making of Occupation, 2002, digital video, 4:3, stereo (film still)

Occupation, 2002
Main cast: Julia Berke, Jörn Knebel, Berndt Stübner
Camera: Frank Meyer
Gaffer: Mathias Beier
Music: Mathias Pintscher
Sound effects: Niels Löwenhardt
Assistant director: Leis Bagdach
Production management: Holm Taddiken
Produced by *.*, neufilm

© 2002 Germany

The Making of Occupation, 2002

The video, The Making of Occupation, shows the work of the film team with the extras during shooting in Leipzig in 2001.

Digital video, 4:3, stereo, 10 min

Camera: Arthur Zalewski

© 2002 Germany

Production Photos

The Making of Occupation, 2002
The video, The Making of Occupation, shows the work of the film team with the extras during shooting in Leipzig in 2001.
Digital video, 4:3, stereo, 10 min
Camera: Arthur Zalewski

© 2002 Germany

Film Stills I-IV

Film Stills V-VI

Exhibition History (Selection)

FRAC ALSACE, SÉLESTAT (Group), 2013
MEWO KUNSTHALLE, MEMMINGEN (Group), 2013
FONDAZIONE GALLERIA CIVICA, TRETO, 2011
KUNSTHAL CHARLOTTENBORG, COPENHAGEN, 2011
PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN, 2011
PLATFORM FRAC, CHICAGO (Group), 2010
DE VLEESHAL, MIDDELBURG (Group), 2010
KOW (Group), 2009
CENTRE D'ART PASSARELLE, BREST (Group), 2009
FRAC, AUVERGNE (Group), 2009
FOTOGALLERIET OSLO (Group), 2008
CGAC, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA, 2008
HEIDELBERGER KUNSTVEREIN (Group), 2007
4TH BERLIN BIENNIAL FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (Group), 2006
KÖLNISCHER KUNSTVEREIN, 2006
TINA B., NATIONAL GALLERY, PRAGUE (Group), 2006
GALERIE MEYER RIEGGER, KARLSRUHE (Group), 2006
ART SPACE, AUCKLAND (Group), 2005
HOCHSCHULE FÜR GRAFIK UND BUCHKUNST, LEIPZIG (Group), 2005
KÖLNISCHER KUNSTVEREIN (Group), 2004
POSTBAHNHOF AM OSTBAHNHOF (Group), 203
GALERIE JOCELYN WOLFF, PARIS, 2003
KUNSTHAUS DRESDEN (2003)

Film Festival Participations / Screenings (Selection)

FOLKWANG MUSEUM, ESSEN, 2013
ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH, 2011
KUNSTVEREIN BREMERHAVEN, 2010
CINEMATEQUE TEL AVIV, 2009
CINEMA SPRING SCHOOL, PARIS, 2008
CENTRE CULTUREL SUISSE, PARIS, 2007
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 2007
ARSENAL KINO, BERLIN, 2006
IMPAKT FESTIVAL, UTRECHT, 2006
ARSENAL KINO, BERLIN, 2003
KULTURHALLEN DAMPFZENTRALE, BERN, 2003
MEDIA ART FESTIVAL, OSNABRÜCK, 2003
RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS-BERLIN, 2003
LA ENANA MARRON, MADRID, 2003
MAX OPHUELS PREIS, STUTTGART, 2002
FILMFESTIVAL INDEPENDENTA, BARCELONA, 2002
MUSEUM DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE, LEIPZIG, 2002
MUENCHNER FILMWOCHEN, 2002

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Biography

Clemens von Wedemeyer, born in 1974 in Göttingen, Germany, currently lives and works in Berlin and holds a professorship for media art at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. The artist and filmmaker studied photography and media at the Fachhochschule Bielefeld and the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and graduated as Meisterschüler of Astrid Klein in 2005. Clemens von Wedemeyer participated in group shows such as the 1st Moscow Biennale (2005), the 4th Berlin Biennale (2006), Skulptur Projekte Münster in 2007, the 16th Biennale of Sydney (2008) and dOCUMENTA (13) (2012). He had solo shows among others at MoMA PS1, New York, ARGOS Centre for Art and Media, Brussels, the Barbican Art Centre, London, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and Hamburger Kunsthalle. “ESIOD 2015” premiered at the 66. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlinale) in 2016.

Most recently Wendemeyer´s work has been displayed in solo exhibitions such as Im Kontext der Sammlung: Clemens von Wendemeyer (Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein, Vaduz 2023) and BAKHMUT (Albertinum Dresden 2023).

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