Clemens von Wedemeyer

Opening and casting of extras for the film on Sunday 29 January 2006 at 3pm. Shooting of the film from 5 to 11 February. Exhibition and projections of films by Clemens von Wedemeyer from 29 January to 18 March 2006.

Clemens von Wedemeyer was born in Göttingen, Germany, in 1974. He has been making experimental films and short fiction films since 1998, winning prizes in many international festivals. He navigates between the worlds of cinema and contemporary art, and his filmography is representative of the new generation of auteurs whose artistic influences and ways of writing originate in photography and video as well as cinema and performance art.

The artist will be presenting a selection of his latest films, and for the duration of the exhibition he will be filming a new short film that refers to the idea of theatre in Samuel Beckett’s ‘Catastrophe’. This new project, co-produced by the CAC Brétigny and the Berlin biennial, is based on the reality of the current situation in the French suburbs. The opening of the exhibition will be organised around the casting of the actors and extras to meet the demands of the screenplay. The finished film will be presented on the 24 March 2006 at the opening of the 4th Berlin biennial for contemporary art.

Films showing:

Big Business & The Making of Big Business Video, 26 min, 2002 with: Frank Meyer (camera), Holm Taddiken (production), Prisoners of the Waldhein prison

Silberhöhe 35mm transferred to DVD, 10 min, 2003 with: Frank Meyer (camera), Holm Taddiken (production) Die Siedlung (The Housing Estate) video, 20 min, 2004

Otjesd (Departure) 16mm transferred to DVD, 15 min, 2005 with: Frank Meyer (camera), Margarita Breitkreiz, Victor Choulman

Clemens Von Wedemeyer is represented by the Jocelyn Wolff gallery in Paris. This project is realised in partnership with the Lycée Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Théâtre Brétigny, the Médiathèque (Public Library) and Ciné 220 cinema in Brétigny. The film is co-produced by the 4th berlin biennial for contemporary art, a project by KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. www.berlinbiennale.de - www.kw-berlin.de

Rien du tout (Nothing at all)
A Clemens von Wedemeyer production in collaboration with Maya Schweizer and their film crew