The video work 'why is it never enough' by Clemens Wittkowski relentlessly visualizes our tendency to push things to the limit and rightly asks why it is never enough. In a single sequence, a hemp rope stretched to breaking point crunches under the tensile forces....
The video work 'Lieben' (Love) by Clemens Wittkowski takes us to a very familiar psychological place – to the self of all of us. The view of an agitated seascape with demanding waves, a supposedly clearing sky, and filigree sediment moments underwater is permeated by...
The video work 'Kollusion' (Collusion) by Clemens Wittkowski characterizes the mostly unconscious interplay of different interests in forming relationships: Love, family, friendship, social, and above all the relationship with oneself. After a while, some of them become very negative, polarizing, sometimes toxic, and narcissistic. A...
The video work 'Synkope' (Syncope) by Clemens Wittkowski follows the movements of a key, staged in a negative shot, which supposedly unlocks a door, accompanied by repetitive piano playing and deep rolling noises from inside the door lock. Options to open something, to open up,...
The video work 'Dauerhaft' (Permanent) by Clemens Wittkowski captures the feeling of permanent tension in a very symbolic way. We see a brightly lit metronome (a metronome, from the Greek metron “measure“ and nomos “law“ sets a constant tempo through acoustic impulses at regular time...