2004
four photos
each approx. 13 x 18 cm
Excursions 2022-2023
“Excursions” collects the results of self-portraits in different settings on Lanzarote (Canary Islands), taken in 2022 and 2023.
Author: Burkhard Bensmann
Veitstanz
WeMe-Triptych (Minimally Invasive Works)
2005/06
NASA photos (Apollo Missions), edited, text
Camerae
2005/06 (in progress…)
1:1 Sketch, Gut Honeburg (Osnabrück, Germany), August 25, 2006
3 Chambers
June 2007
Drawing on the beach, 2 / 3 chambers layout
February 2007
Drawing on the beach (approx. 9 x 14 m), Red Rock, Australia NSW
Bridge / Probe (working title)
September 2006 – (under construction)
Probe (Mobile) stage: August 2007
Transition Triptych (Minimally Invasive Works)
Transition is a 3-plus-1 photo piece in two versions:
Transition I consists of a triptych of photos with an “inlay”–a short video loop is shown on a digital frame.
(September – December 2007)
Transition II is the version with a still of the video loop.
(September – November 2007)
Faking Up Plymouth 88/08 (small)
Faking Up Plymouth was first realised on the basis of 6 x 9 cm negatives, photos taken on a trip trough England in 1988. This version (88/08) is a composition based on the scanned negatives (March-November 2008, small version: app. 24 x 11 cm).
Triangle in Motion
1982-85 (renovated 2000) Installation in three parts: The Map The Machine The Material Three partly overlapping glass plates rotate at different speeds, each show twelve 6×6 cm slides. They are to be seen in a backlit area of 6×6 cm where they overlap when the machine is set in motion …
How To Survive As An ARTIST—Examples From The Life Of Marcel Duchamp
Text for a Workshop at the Art Institute Of Boston (1998) (see the complete text here) In October 1998 I gave lessons and a workshop at the Art Institute Of Boston. The main topic was to study Marcel Duchamp as a role model. How did he survive as an artist? …