Beate C. Koehler

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BIOGRAPHIE

Beate C. Koehler is a Germany based photographer and photo artist. Her focus is on portrait photography. In addition to the photographic documentation of art education projects, her heart beats above all for free artistic work. In her current project PATCHWORK IDENTITY she deals with the facets of human identity. By merging numerous layers, she expresses her view of the multi-layeredness and complexity of the portrayed person. In 2019, Beate C. Koehler created DAMAGED and GENDER FLUIDITY, her first two stop motion clips based on her portrait work. In the current series THE VIRUS*, artist Beate C. Koehler illuminates the collective experience of lock-down. The change in the spheres of life and work is comprehensive and affects all of our experiences, feelings and moods. Loneliness, anonymity, sadness, monotony, fear, frustration or even depressiveness is increasingly observable and has an impact on our identity. The musician Dietmar Kirstein from Bremen/Germany creates the appropriate sound collage for each of the images, creating the possibility for the viewers to visually and auditorily immerse themselves in the respective mood or emotional state. Film clips of the series THE VIRUS: anonymity | 2020 | 2:47 isolation | 2021 | 3:34 fear | 2021 | 3:08 destruction | 2021 | 3:18 retreat | in progress monotony | in planning fragmentation | in planning *Supported by an artist grant from the Senator for Culture within the framework of Bremen-Corona-Hilfen

FILMOGRAPHIE