Clemens von Wedemeyer

DIE PFERDE DES RITTMEISTERS 

Germany, 2015, 10′

THE HORSES OF THE CAVALRY CAPTAIN

16 mm material from the legacy of the amateur film-maker Harald von Vietinghoff-Riesch. The chronological montage, with commentary, compresses the horses of the Wehrmacht and the civilians fleeing from it into a picture of the war.

The film is part of the project P.O.V. (Point of View) by Clemens von Wedemeyer. P.O.V exames the subjective view of the camera man behind the front line.

Clemens von Wedemeyer

Born in 1974 in Göttingen, Germany. He lives and works in Berlin. Between 1996 and 1998 he studies photography and media at the Fachhochschule Bielefeld. In 1998 he transfers to the HGB Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig and graduates from Astrid Kleins’ class in 2002, followed by a master in 2005. In the same year he receives the Kunstpreis der Böttcherstrasse in Bremen. In 2006 he wins the German competition at Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen as well as the Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff-Stipendium. Wedemeyer exhibits at the Moscow Biennial in 2005 and at the Berlin Biennial in 2006. In 2008 he participates in Skulptur Projekte Münster. Solo exhibitions include Kölnischer Kunstverein and MoMA PS1, New York, in 2006, the Barbican Art Centre London in 2009 and the Frankfurter Kunstverein in 2011. He participates in documenta 13 in 2012.

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