I‘m thrilled to announce . NEW ALBUM RELEASED TODAY RELEASE DATE | 22.09.2022 . tr2 men zen | duo Improvisations for bass and guitar/ sampler | more soon, stay tuned… . My third album is out with the help of MusicHub/Zebralution, Berlin, and will be step by step AVAILABLE @ Amazon Music / Apple Music / iTunes / Deezer / Napster / Spotify / Tidal / YouTube Music / Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / | working on more… . @joinmusichub @caspar_michael_kusmierz
RE:VIEW | to draw some attention – preparing to release my third music album | tr2 men zen | it’s time for a re:view, here‘s another photograph taken approx. between 1979-81 playing my Fender Telecaster. More soon…
RE:VIEW | to draw some attention – preparing to release my third music album | tr2 men zen | it’s time for a re:view, here‘s a photograph taken approx. between 1979-81 playing my Fender Rhodes and Korg Delta. Dating is sure after the 1979 summer since there’s the “Rock gegen Rechts” sticker from the first open air in Frankfurt where I went on the back of the Rhodes. More soon…
FRAGILE ESQUIF, D 2011, 35mm, 1:1.85, color, sound, 17 min. – In endlos weißer Leere schwebt das Gerippe eines Bootes. Ein Mann sitzt darin. Er paddelt durch dies lichte Meer. Er hält Ausschau. Er zeichnet. Er dreht sich im Kreis. Er angelt im Nichts. Eine Flaschenpost taucht auf.
Dressed completely in white a man gets lost in a luminous void of space. His thoughts spin in spirals. All activity in this vast nothingness shows no result. When he finally settles in a boat for fishing a message pop up in a bottle…
Director, actor, rostrum camera, editing: Thomas Bartels Photography: Yvonne Salzmann, Sonja Wegener Music and sound-design: Wolfgang in der Wiesche Shakuhatchi: Uwe Walter Funding: nordmedia Fonds GmbH
IKILIIKKUJA – PERPETUUM MOBILE, D 2005, 35mm, 1:1.66, b/w, sound, 5 min. – Zwei Männer, eine Flasche, Schwarz und Weiß, Yin und Yang. Was für den einen leer, ist für den anderen voll. Von Markku Peltola, dem Hauptdarsteller aus Aki Kaurismäkis Film DER MANN OHNE VERGANGENHEIT, stammt die ebenfalls sehr reduzierte Musik
Two men, one bottle. Black and white. Yin and yang. What is empty for one is full for the other. Peltola who is the main character in Aki Kaurismäki’s film The Man Without A Past adds a place- and timeless folk music. With very few notes, it says all there is to say.
concept, photography, optical works: Thomas Bartels music: Markku Peltola production company: KAROFILM
MICHANEVOMAI – ICH ERSINNE EINE LIST, D 2004, 35mm, 1:1.37, color, sound, 9 min. 30sec. – Kinetische Skulpturen träumen Menschenbilder. Männer und Frauen umkreisen einander als blaue Schatten in endlosen Schleifen. Doch wenn sie schließlich im Kuss verschmelzen, ist das ein Traum: Ein Happy End, kitschig wie Kino.
A poetic journey through a mechanical universe. Electric shadows of men and women circle around each other in endless loops. They finally meet in THE KISS. But it’s just a dream.
cinematographic twaddle: the happy end concept, photography, animation, editing: Thomas Bartels music & sounds: Wolfgang in der Wiesche production company: KAROFILM supported with a grant by BKM
Auszeichnungen/acknowledgements für Filme von | Thomas Bartels | Wolfgang in der Wiesche | Auswahl
2009 Haut der Dinge Prädikat ‚besonders wertvoll’, Kurzfilm des Monats (März), Filmbewertungsstelle FBW Wiesbaden
2000 The Day Slows Down As It Progresses Auszeichnung Förderpreis der Jury, Filmkunstfest Schwerin The Day Slows Down As It Progresses 2000, Prädikat ‚wertvoll’, Filmbewertungsstelle FBW 2002, Auszeichnung Förderpreis der Jury, Filmkunstfest Schwerin 2008, DVD Compilation ‘Ständig in Bewegung’, Tendenzen experimenteller Film- und Videoarbeiten in Deutschland 1994-2004, Goethe-Institut
normally I announce events before they happen, in this case I do not want to let this one unmentioned | I’m delighted I was involved in this exhibition by contributing film music to the film/video work War in Spring / Smells of Earth / After Rain | by ALEKSANDRA JANIK, Poland, 2022, video, 22’15” | many thanks to Aleksandra Janik for her wonderful work and statement | the video was screened from June, 2 to 12, in the RADICAL HOPE / Linked Objects II, single screen video art program | @
RE:VIEW | the missing photographs, on stage (playing a slightly modified Fender Rhodes and a Korg Delta with a set of favourite effects) || as I am step by step preparing to release my third music album it’s time for a re:view, here photographs taken backstage when I was doing the makeup for my first band gig with a new rock band named ChaCha, @ Architakel, Braunschweig University, if I remember right, 1983. More soon…
RE:VIEW | the missing photograph, on stage (playing a slightly modified Fender Rhodes and a Korg Delta with a set of favourite effects) || as I am step by step preparing to release my third music album it’s time for a re:view, here photographs taken backstage when I was doing the makeup for my first band gig with a new rock band named ChaCha, @ Architakel, Braunschweig University, if I remember right, 1983. More soon…
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