»A very small tiny little Thing« exhibition view REITER | Leipzig, photo: dotgain

Thomas Taube

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»A very small tiny little Thing« exhibition view REITER | Leipzig, photo: dotgain
»A very small tiny little Thing« exhibition view REITER | Leipzig, photo: dotgain
»A very small tiny little Thing« exhibition view REITER | Leipzig, photo: dotgain
»A very small tiny little Thing« exhibition view REITER | Leipzig, photo: dotgain
»Operating Track« 8-channel-videoinstallation, 120 minute Loop 4k
»Operating Track« 8-channel-videoinstallation, 120 minute Loop 4k
»Narration« exhibition view 2020, REITER | Leipzig
»Narration« exhibition view 2020, REITER | Leipzig
»Situations« (Diptychon) 2018, fine art print on baryta paper, framed behind museum glass, 145 x 110cm
»Situations« (Diptychon) 2018, fine art print on baryta paper, framed behind museum glass, 145 x 110cm
exhibition view »The Trope's Trap« 2018 R E I T E R | Berlin prospect
exhibition view »The Trope's Trap« 2018 R E I T E R | Berlin prospect
Marion Ermer Award exhibition, courtesy: Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
Marion Ermer Award exhibition, courtesy: Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
»Narration« 2016, 45 minutes, 16:9 (HD/2K)
»Narration« 2016, 45 minutes, 16:9 (HD/2K)
Marion Ermer Award exhibition, courtesy: Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
Marion Ermer Award exhibition, courtesy: Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
»Plastic bag on concrete while shooting RSVP (Situations)« pigmentprint on Hahnemühle paper, pigment pen drawing . 40 x 30 cm
»Plastic bag on concrete while shooting RSVP (Situations)« pigmentprint on Hahnemühle paper, pigment pen drawing . 40 x 30 cm
»Narration« 2016 (detail), filmstill
»Narration« 2016 (detail), filmstill
»Used Painter‘s Tarpaulin on Cannon Street while shooting RSVP (Situations)« pigmentprint on Hahnemühle paper, drawing with pigment pen . 30 x 40 cm
»Used Painter‘s Tarpaulin on Cannon Street while shooting RSVP (Situations)« pigmentprint on Hahnemühle paper, drawing with pigment pen . 30 x 40 cm
»RSVP (Situations)« - Video 2017, 2-channel, 4K 16:9, 8 Min.
»RSVP (Situations)« - Video 2017, 2-channel, 4K 16:9, 8 Min.
»RSVP (Situations)« (Videostill) 2017, 2-channel, 4K 16:9, 8 Min.
»RSVP (Situations)« (Videostill) 2017, 2-channel, 4K 16:9, 8 Min.
»Narration« exhibition view 2016, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
»Narration« exhibition view 2016, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
exhibition view »The Trope's Trap« 2018 R E I T E R | Berlin prospect
exhibition view »The Trope's Trap« 2018 R E I T E R | Berlin prospect
exhibition view »The Trope's Trap« 2018 R E I T E R | Berlin prospect
exhibition view »The Trope's Trap« 2018 R E I T E R | Berlin prospect
»Dark Matters« 2014 (detail), filmstill
»Dark Matters« 2014 (detail), filmstill
»Dark Matters« 2014, video- / audioinstallation 20 min. 4k, 16:9, 5.1
»Dark Matters« 2014, video- / audioinstallation 20 min. 4k, 16:9, 5.1
»Narration« 2016 (detail), filmstill
»Narration« 2016 (detail), filmstill
exhibition view »The Trope's Trap« 2018 R E I T E R | Berlin prospect
exhibition view »The Trope's Trap« 2018 R E I T E R | Berlin prospect
»Narration« exhibition view 2016, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
»Narration« exhibition view 2016, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
»A very small tiny little Thing« exhibition view REITER | Leipzig, photo: dotgain
»A very small tiny little Thing« exhibition view REITER | Leipzig, photo: dotgain

Thomas Taube info

Thomas Taube is a video artist. In his work however, he releases the medium from its linear and rigid narrative structure. Taube instead works with conventional cinematographic codes by using multiple approaches such as associative, reflective and surreal sequences. He abolishes the immediacy of the medium by means of its various elements and discontinuous montage. Well-known subjects (the night), like abstract structures (the narrative) are illustrated on the one hand, yet on the other, they differentiate the ways of seeing, observing, experiencing and reflecting.

In »Dark Matters« (2015), Taube approaches the remote state of a distant night, by investigating and collecting various evening experiences and their atmospheric perspectives. He conducted a series of interviews with night watchmen from around the world who shared their observations and personal experiences. It resulted in a series of stories about the night as a state, a shelter, a danger zone and a place of darkness. Taube succeeds in distilling the individual responses and feelings and translates them into simple and strange pictures played by a single protagonist. The character developed from this hybrid personality is one that cannot be fully grasped. The sense of darkness and loneliness places everything under the spell of self-observation and elevation.
The film plays the aftermath that lies beyond the conventional or mystical encounters that one may experience in the shadow world. The night becomes the state of the figure; the darkness has penetrated their existence and now both have formed the nature of the isolated protagonist.

In »Narration« (2016), Taube devotes himself to the various aspects and qualities of narration. It is an intimate linguistic form of communication that carries cultural traditions, histories, developments and changes. Six interrelated elements are combined to create »Narration«, those being: Setting, Situation, Narrator, Approach, Past and Construct. Taube presents narrative structures literally, figuratively and atmospherically. They are situated in remotes places and discuss social, political, every day and emotional topics. In order to execute these themes visually, the emotions and sensations are revisited and reflected upon by the characters.
In order to be able to experience simultaneity and entanglement, Taube presents his work through six parallel channels. He illustrates the notions of narration through image montage and through a series of continual images that project sensory experiences accompanied by auditory and visual codes. That said, the one-lane variant in a linear conception has the ability to intensify the integration of the many individual aspects and at the same time can show us that narrative, as the basic notion of our time will never cease to exist.

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Video still of the production MK: Die Verteidigung des Paradieses

Thomas Taube Jun 6, 2024

Video and direction live image by Thomas Taube for the production MK: Die Verteidigung des Paradieses, Kammerspiele Munich

Thomas Taube bio

1984
born in Munich
2008-2014
Diploma Studies of Media Art at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB Leipzig) under the supervision of Prof. Günther Selichar and Prof. Clemens von Wedemeyer.
2010-2014
Guest Student of Prof. Candice Breitz, HBK Braunschweig
since 2014
Master-Student of Prof. Clemens von Wedemeyer
Thomas Taube lives and works in Leipzig.