Julius Schmiedel

This is the archive of documented work, from most recent back to 2002.

As most of these things are time-based, would you take note of the videos.

For a short portfolio, a quick overview, please see “7 Selected”.

  • Kosmetischer Eingriff

    kosmetischer-eingriffLight Intervention in all four elevators at Mannesmann Building, Düsseldorf

    Kosmetisch – translates into cosmetic, it is referring to the range of filters being used to alter the light in the elevators. These color gels in different shades make nice skintones, except for the green one. For the installation, two elevators have been changed to a greenish color (on the north side of the building), two have been changed to a warm red tone (on the south side).

    Eingriff – this german word translates both into intervention and surgery. Not given this context, people might expect to see something related to cosmetic surgery.

  • Massive Copyright Infringement

    massive copyright infringement

    Random Video Collage based on Youtube Footage
    A computer script generates random youTube IDs, those cryptic, unique strings which identify each video on youTube. Most of them don’t lead to content, some of them do- these videos are rendered into a collage of up to eight clips playing simultaneous.

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    part of “Shortcuts” Screening,
    January 14th through 19th, starting after dusk
    Hallmackenreuther, Brüsseler Platz 9, Köln

  • Einstein Rosen Brücke

    Einstein Rosen Brücke, with M. Schmitt
    shown at kitev, Oberhausen

    Based on found footage video from a outdoor model train track in Arizona, a connection between the location and time of the recording, and the exhibiton space, is created. When the train inside the video goes into a tunnel, the screen goes black, and a train suddenly appears in the exhibition space.

  • Randomly Flipped Switches

    Light Installation for “Interference:Coexistence”, a show by the Center for Holographics Arts, NYC

    In the bustling plaza, where a cacophony of lights competes for attention amidst the chaos of urban life, my light installation emerges as a beacon of minimalism and intrigue. Suspended vertically in the windows above the entrance, fluorescent tubes flicker in a rhythmic dance, inviting passersby to pause and ponder their presence.

    At the heart of this installation lies a custom-built microcontroller, programmed with self-written software that transforms static noise into a source of randomness. An analog input, connected to a makeshift antenna, captures the ambient static, generating truly random numbers that dictate the behavior of the lights. This simple yet effective logic inverts the state of the tubes, creating a mesmerizing interplay of illumination and darkness.

    As viewers navigate the plaza—many of whom are commuters emerging from the elevated subway train—this installation serves as a cryptic enigma. It stands apart from the surrounding chaos, prompting questions and curiosity: “What is this?” The work acts as a teaser for the venue, hinting at the deeper themes explored within the exhibition while remaining distinct in its execution.

    This piece is part of a broader exploration of light controlled by random signals, reflecting my fascination with the intersection of technology and art. The experience of creating this installation was immensely rewarding, as it allowed me to distill complex ideas into a simple yet thought-provoking visual statement. Through this work, I invite viewers to contemplate the nature of randomness and the beauty of minimalism in a world often overwhelmed by noise.

  • the solar turntable

    For the Destination Moon Festival for solar-based Art and Music, a solar powered turntable had been built. While the sun provided energy to run the machine, records were played on the street in front of the festival. This lead to interaction not only with visitors to the festival, but people from the street which were passing by the artwork.

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    The work was mentioned in the wall street journal online here. update: behind paywall :(

     

  • Holograms for Aliens to land on

    Group show organized by Julia Scher and Martina Mrongovious

  • 3DCapsicum Show at Gallery 286, London

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    Boom!, Stereogram and Firecracker, 2012 

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    Group Show of Amy Rush, Julius Schmiedel and Guillermo F. Heinze

    Holograms, Peppers Ghost Installation, Holographic Performance

    GALLERY 286 286 EARL’S COURT ROAD LONDON SW5 9AS

  • South Congregational Church 16,11

    South Congregational Church 16,11

    Lightinstallation at Residency Unlimited, New York, 2012

    The space was transformed through the usage of colored light. As the former church offers numerous fixtures to light both floor and ceiling, coloured bulbs were installed, replacing the regular white. The space mostly stayed „as-is“, just a bit more empty than usual. The lower floor was cleared out, and upstairs everything had been hidden in the office rooms. Half of the audience walked in from the street, as the front door was open. Neighbours who knew the building for years were surprised to see it in a new light.

  • “Boom!”

     

    “Boom!” – Holographic Stereogram, Film laminated on Glass, 2012

    Installed at the 9th International Symposium on Display Holography

    M.I.T. Media Lab, Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA)

  • Einstein-Rosen-Brücke

    Einstein-Rosen-Bridge at “Brink Ereignis – Zwischen Wissenschaft und Kunst” (Brink Magazine Event – Between Science and Art), Wuppertal 22nd of June 2012. With Michael Schmitt

  • Micro Cloud

    During an excursion to the Flux Outpost in Aarhus, Danemark, I made a video projection onto a wooden cloud using a microscope and selected shells and seaweed from the Aarhus seaside. The cloud being the projection surface as a jump from the big to the small gets texturised by the microscopic images, working the opposit way, making the small very big.

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  • at Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe

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    As a part of a student group show of KHM’s Mischa Kuball, i hung an sun-died artprint of magritte’s “ceci n’est pas une pipe” and guarded it just like the real thing would have been treated. It was less of an hint on the original vs. copy discussion as putting out the question wether these kind of magritte’s paintings needed to be shown as an original in the first place.

    See a pdf produced during the show by the participants here. All content is © of the individual artists.