Oliver Schwabe was born 1966 in Hannover, Germany. After completing his studies in photography, he went on to study at the Academy of Media Arts, Department of Arts and Media in Cologne (GER) and at the New York University, Department Arts and Media. He works as a photographer, film director and video artist. His installations and films have been shown in numerous exhibitions, festivals and art fairs. In 1999, he presented his video installation „Verstärker/Intensifier“ at the ICC in Tokyo (JPN). As director of photography, he contributed to the short film Freunde/The Whiz Kids, winning the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival (ITA). Also in the same year, Schwabe was awarded the Spiridon-Neven-DuMont-Preis, Cologne (GER). Since 1998, he publishes video diaries for the German television station NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk).
Oliver Schwabe lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
www.oliverschwabe.de
Videodiaries (Shown on German TV Station NDR and 3sat):
2004 Rose – Decision For A Child , 45 min, Videodiary
2004 Generation Hope , 90 min, Videodiary
2003 Out Of East , 45 min, Videodiary
2002 If Life Is Like A Lemon... , 45 min, Videodiary
2001 Wrong Planet , 45 min, Videodiary
1999 Hand On Heart , 45 min, Videotagebuch
1998 Behind the Wave Lies Hallig Hooge, 45 min, Videodiary
Director works (Selection):
2004 EGOSHOOTER , 78 min, Feature Film
2000 Odenbach ,45 min, Documentation
1999Digital Autonomy, 45min, Documentation
1998 Don’t Bring A Dog , 75 min, Documentation
Camera works (Selection):
2003 The Wandaogo´s Crocodiles ,
Director: Britta Wandaogo (60 min)
(German Filmprice 2003 / Special Format)
2001 Freunde/The Whiz Kids , Director: Jan Krüger (Kurzfilm)
(Silver Lion, Best Shortfilm, Venice 2001)
1999 Angel , Director: Jan Krüger (Musicvideo for Udo Lindenberg)
1998 Maria , Director: Jakob Hüfner (Shortfilm)
Videoinstallations (Selection):
2004 PHLIZZ , Projection for the Dancepiece
of Vera Sander, Cologne
2001State of Transition/Druckkammer, Projection for the Dancepiece
of Vera Sander, Cologne
2001Tilt!, Projection for the Performance O., Amsterdam
1999Animat_2000, Videoinstallation
1998Verstärker/Intensifier, Videoinstallation
Exhibitions and Screenings (Selection):
1998 - 2004
International Film Festival Society in Hong Kong 2004
Internationale Filmtage Hof 2004
Flanders International Film Festival, Gent 2004
54th Locarno International Film Festival 2004
Schrägspurfestival, Oberstdorf 2002
Kokerei Zollverein Essen/Theater Oberhausen 2001
Tanzwerkstadt, Düsseldorf 2001
Museum Ludwig, Köln 2000
24. Duisburger Filmwoche 2000
17. Kassler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofestival 2000
VideoLisboa, Lissabon 1999
Digital Bauhaus, Tokyo 1999
MonteVideo, Amsterdam 1999
Videonale 8, Bonn 1998
Circles of Confusion, Berlin 1998
NYU, New York 1998
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück 1998
ART Cologne, Köln 1998
