A deposit bottle that can play music. CDs that run on turntables. Devices that mechanically create stamp-size television pictures with a mysterious aura. Norbert Schliewe’s curious machines recycle the analog age and offer a new look at reality. Become witness to a highly unique media adventure. Experience the anarchy of stepping backward.
Norbert Schliewe (*1959 in Frankfurt am Main/Germany) completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter, before he studied visual communication with a focus on film at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach/Germany. He works as a freelance filmmaker and media artist. He has been intensely dealing with the project »Die Luft über dem Toaster« since 1995. Norbert Schliewe is a Solitude fellow in 2009/2010.
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Image: Agnieszka Mastalerz, »Mould«, 2025, 7min 21sec, film frame. Performers: Adrianna Mrowiec (and choreographer), Agnieszka Janosz, Director of Photography: Marcin Gołąb. The film was financed by the Young Poland Scholarship for 2024, granted by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Rachel Gill, »The Eight Positions or Could This Go on Forever?«, 2024. Performer: Chelsea Hecht. Photo: Anna Witenberg.
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