The Liminality of Light II
Babylon Berlin Mitte
organised by: Galerie RS21 Berlin
Thomas Graichen: Metropolis
2008 © Thomas Graichen (meer-berlin.org)
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The second part of this exhibition of photos by Thomas Graichen at the Filmkunsthaus Babylon, 'An der Grenze des Lichts', is the result of an intensive partnership between the photographer and one of the last of the silent film pianists still active today, Carsten-Stephan Count von Bothmer. The latter has been accompanying silent films live at the piano for years, at the Babylon in Berlin-Mitte and other venues. At this glorious first-performance cinema dating from the early florescence of film, concert performances of silent films, with their still intact visual power, have now once again become a fixed item on the menu. In this historic setting the Berlin photographer has captured the special atmosphere of such performances, using a pinhole camera with lengthy exposure times. This original working approach not only succeeds in catching the fleeting moment every single picture captures the magic of a theatrical presentation of this sort in its totality.
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Artist(s)
Thomas Graichen
Duration of the exhibition
12. - 28.11.2008
Vernissage
11.11.2008, 18 h
Opening times
Mo-Fr 17-23 h; Sa,So 14-23 h
Location
Babylon Berlin Mitte
Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse 30
10178 Berlin
T 0049 30 2425969
Public transport connections
U2 Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
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