Oliver Möst
Pinholevideo:
“Pictures that are sharply in focus have overcome lack of focus. They ignore the things that can be experienced in lack of focus and definition.”
Oliver Möst's video work, is a continuation of his photographic work. At first glance it is characterised by a conspicuous lack of definition, which is the artist's guiding aesthetic principle both in his photographs and in his video work. The principle of sharpness make us aware of the core of the artist's perceptional awareness. Oliver Möst's own process of perception is the theme of all his work.He suffers from poor sight, so that his glasses have to compensate for 2.0 dioptres in the left eye and 6.0 in the right. His photographic and film work allow us to experience the photographer's subjective eye in the form of “that's-what-he-saw-andperceived-there-in-this-way” and to see moreover his idiosyncratic perception and the way he experiences the space around him (between, hide & seek, brown eyes). Another prominent theme in Möst's video work is reflection on photography and its media-immanent qualities by way of a confrontation of film and photography. The idea of combining two photographic techniques led him to use a pinhole camera (without a lens), a camera obscura, the basic camera form. He combined this technique with digital video technology by filming and recording with a video camera the image cast on the plate of the pinhole camera. In this confrontation between “old” pinhole camera technology on the one hand and modern digital video technology on the other Möst creates “pinhole videos”, as he calls his work. They reflect the technical development of photography from the simple pinhole camera to the digital and technically highly developed video camera, and thus also the underlying qualities of the medium of photography as they have been constantly expanded over the years.
Pinholevideo:
“Pictures that are sharply in focus have overcome lack of focus. They ignore the things that can be experienced in lack of focus and definition.”
Oliver Möst's video work, is a continuation of his photographic work. At first glance it is characterised by a conspicuous lack of definition, which is the artist's guiding aesthetic principle both in his photographs and in his video work. The principle of sharpness make us aware of the core of the artist's perceptional awareness. Oliver Möst's own process of perception is the theme of all his work.He suffers from poor sight, so that his glasses have to compensate for 2.0 dioptres in the left eye and 6.0 in the right. His photographic and film work allow us to experience the photographer's subjective eye in the form of “that's-what-he-saw-andperceived-there-in-this-way” and to see moreover his idiosyncratic perception and the way he experiences the space around him (between, hide & seek, brown eyes). Another prominent theme in Möst's video work is reflection on photography and its media-immanent qualities by way of a confrontation of film and photography. The idea of combining two photographic techniques led him to use a pinhole camera (without a lens), a camera obscura, the basic camera form. He combined this technique with digital video technology by filming and recording with a video camera the image cast on the plate of the pinhole camera. In this confrontation between “old” pinhole camera technology on the one hand and modern digital video technology on the other Möst creates “pinhole videos”, as he calls his work. They reflect the technical development of photography from the simple pinhole camera to the digital and technically highly developed video camera, and thus also the underlying qualities of the medium of photography as they have been constantly expanded over the years.
from the Clackastigmat 6.0 series Clackakt 3_1
Clackastigmat 6.0
I wear glasses. My vision: left 2,0 and right 6,0 diopters. In 2003 i have intentionally mounted the lense from my glasses to the front of a camera, to give you the privilege of my "poor eye-sight". I call this creation Clackastigmat 6.0 after the Camera "Agfa Clack" in which i have mounted my 6.0 Dioptrien astigmatism lens. Now you have my glasses on. I have always had a choice of vision, which i wanted to share, make my very personal point of view visible to others. In this series i work on different common topics, like : tourists, flowers, nudes, horseman, trophies, images which are familiar, well - known from many photographys or paintings, history of art revisited. The nudes series started in 2006, classical pose, daylight studio and a blurred vision.
Isn't a blurry picture, asks the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, just exactly what we need - a way to see the world with other eyes.
Clackastigmat 6.0
I wear glasses. My vision: left 2,0 and right 6,0 diopters. In 2003 i have intentionally mounted the lense from my glasses to the front of a camera, to give you the privilege of my "poor eye-sight". I call this creation Clackastigmat 6.0 after the Camera "Agfa Clack" in which i have mounted my 6.0 Dioptrien astigmatism lens. Now you have my glasses on. I have always had a choice of vision, which i wanted to share, make my very personal point of view visible to others. In this series i work on different common topics, like : tourists, flowers, nudes, horseman, trophies, images which are familiar, well - known from many photographys or paintings, history of art revisited. The nudes series started in 2006, classical pose, daylight studio and a blurred vision.
Isn't a blurry picture, asks the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, just exactly what we need - a way to see the world with other eyes.
from the Clackastigmat 6.0 series Clackakt 4_2
Oliver Möst · CV
2002 initial collaboration with K4 galerie - Saarbrücken
1999 first video project, initial collaboration with choreographer Marguerite Donlon
1992 professional training at the Lette-Verein in Berlin; graduation 1994
1987 first photography works
1968 born in Füssen (Bavaria), Germany
Selected single exhibitions
2011 PinHoly, Museum der Stadt Füssen, Bavaria 2010 Doppelblindtest, mit Gereon Krebber, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
2009 Katja Sonnewend & Oliver Möst, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin Clackastigmat 6.0, K4 galerie, Saarbrücken Clackastigmat 6.0, 25 books, Berlin Nachtlicht, Werkforum, Pfronten / Allgäu
2008 Winterlicht (winter light), projektraum weiss, Cologne
Nachtlicht (night light), Pixel Grain, Berlin
2005 Clackastigmat, PenParamat, audigraphien, at k4 Gallery, Saarbrücken, 3 catalogues
2004 Bittersweet, Videoinstallation, at spor klübü Gallery, Berlin
Kitchendance, Videoinstallation, in the theater lounge Alten Feuerwache, Saarbrücken (MD)
2003 Clackastigmat 6.0, at Otto Nagel Gallery, Berlin
Chocolate, Videoinstallation, in the theater lounge Alten Feuerwache, Saarbrücken
2001 Vitrinengäste ("Showcase visitors") , at Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
2000 Dasbinichdas (thats|me|is|that|me), at Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
1992 Brasil, at Dengl Gallery, Reutte, Austria
Oliver Möst · CV
2002 initial collaboration with K4 galerie - Saarbrücken
1999 first video project, initial collaboration with choreographer Marguerite Donlon
1992 professional training at the Lette-Verein in Berlin; graduation 1994
1987 first photography works
1968 born in Füssen (Bavaria), Germany
Selected single exhibitions
2011 PinHoly, Museum der Stadt Füssen, Bavaria 2010 Doppelblindtest, mit Gereon Krebber, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
2009 Katja Sonnewend & Oliver Möst, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin Clackastigmat 6.0, K4 galerie, Saarbrücken Clackastigmat 6.0, 25 books, Berlin Nachtlicht, Werkforum, Pfronten / Allgäu
2008 Winterlicht (winter light), projektraum weiss, Cologne
Nachtlicht (night light), Pixel Grain, Berlin
2005 Clackastigmat, PenParamat, audigraphien, at k4 Gallery, Saarbrücken, 3 catalogues
2004 Bittersweet, Videoinstallation, at spor klübü Gallery, Berlin
Kitchendance, Videoinstallation, in the theater lounge Alten Feuerwache, Saarbrücken (MD)
2003 Clackastigmat 6.0, at Otto Nagel Gallery, Berlin
Chocolate, Videoinstallation, in the theater lounge Alten Feuerwache, Saarbrücken
2001 Vitrinengäste ("Showcase visitors") , at Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
2000 Dasbinichdas (thats|me|is|that|me), at Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
1992 Brasil, at Dengl Gallery, Reutte, Austria
from the Clackastigmat 6.0 series Clackakt 5_2
Selected group exhibitions:
2010 3rd International Festival for the New Audiovisual Apparitions, Poznan / Polen I Look at the window, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin Klubfoto: unterwegs, Cap San Diego, Hamburg, Katalog „berlinerpool artists“ Video works, VisualContainer, Mailand, Off & Online Show „der gedehnte Blick“ Camera Obscura Arbeiten, Schloss Wolkersdorf, Austria, Katalog „der gedehnte Blick“ Camera Obscura Arbeiten, K4 galerie, Saarbrücken, Katalog
2009 „Was ich mir schenken würde“, Lieblingswerke, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin „Helden im Pferd“, Preview Berlin mit Galerie Axel Obiger „Gruppenausstellung - Galerie Eröffnung“, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
2008 Mutations II, official selection for the European Month of Photography,
Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Musa Vienna, catalogue
2007 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Clackastigmat 6.0, Darmstadt, catalogue
positioning, K4 galerie, Saarbrücken, catalogue
Klubfoto: Berühmt (famous), Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, catalogue
2006 künstler | gäste | haus, artists meet artists at Künstlerhaus Dortmund
New Works, Michael Bry & Oliver Möst, at Kunstverein Graz, Regensburg
10 years foen x photostudio, at Kraftwerk Gallery, Berlin
2005 out of the series 2, at k4 Gallery, Saarbrücken & at Art Fair Frankfurt
Kitchendance, group exhibition, at Otto Nagel Gallery, Berlin
Goldene Zeiten ("Golden Times"), Mixküche, Munich
Einkaufen! (Shopping), Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Cloppenburg, Kiel,
“Pleasant View”, at Pallasseum, Berlin & at Otto Nagel Gallery, Berlin,
2004 Camera Obscura, at k4 Gallery, Saarbrücken & at Art Frankfurt
Klubfoto: Nachts (“at Night”), group exhibition, at PPS-Gallery, Hamburg, catalogue
Schaufenster (showcase), group exhibition, with Eva Kinader, at Sony Center, Berlin
2003 Klubfoto: Klischee ("Cliché"), at PPS-Gallery, Hamburg, catalogue
Clackastigmat 6.0, at the Cologne Art Fair (with k4 Gallery)
2002 Schau (“Look”), Exhibition with E.Kinader & F. von Ploetz, at ”foen x photostudio”, Berlin
Accrochage, at k4 Gallery, Saarbrücken
2001 unplugged, pinhole photographers, at Fotoforum West Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria
Berlin Mitte Triptych, with Gilabert & von Ploetz, at Seestrasse Gallery, Berlin
Different Directions, at Israel Festival, Tel Aviv & Jerusalem, Alte Feuerwache, Saarbrücken
2000 Moerder & 2 Oeltanks, with F.von Ploetz, at Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
Different Directions - at Tanzfabrik & at Theater Am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin
1999 “Shop of Choices” with Eva Kinader, at Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
1998 Sicht, Variationen zu Valeska Gert, Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
1997 Lebensmittel, with Kinader & von Ploetz, at Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
means for life, R.M.I.T Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
1995 Berliner in der Mitte, with Florian von Ploetz, at Apparat Gallery, Berlin
1994 Changes, society to be in flux, Kunstverein Bobingen, catalogue
Selected group exhibitions:
2010 3rd International Festival for the New Audiovisual Apparitions, Poznan / Polen I Look at the window, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin Klubfoto: unterwegs, Cap San Diego, Hamburg, Katalog „berlinerpool artists“ Video works, VisualContainer, Mailand, Off & Online Show „der gedehnte Blick“ Camera Obscura Arbeiten, Schloss Wolkersdorf, Austria, Katalog „der gedehnte Blick“ Camera Obscura Arbeiten, K4 galerie, Saarbrücken, Katalog
2009 „Was ich mir schenken würde“, Lieblingswerke, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin „Helden im Pferd“, Preview Berlin mit Galerie Axel Obiger „Gruppenausstellung - Galerie Eröffnung“, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
2008 Mutations II, official selection for the European Month of Photography,
Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Musa Vienna, catalogue
2007 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Clackastigmat 6.0, Darmstadt, catalogue
positioning, K4 galerie, Saarbrücken, catalogue
Klubfoto: Berühmt (famous), Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, catalogue
2006 künstler | gäste | haus, artists meet artists at Künstlerhaus Dortmund
New Works, Michael Bry & Oliver Möst, at Kunstverein Graz, Regensburg
10 years foen x photostudio, at Kraftwerk Gallery, Berlin
2005 out of the series 2, at k4 Gallery, Saarbrücken & at Art Fair Frankfurt
Kitchendance, group exhibition, at Otto Nagel Gallery, Berlin
Goldene Zeiten ("Golden Times"), Mixküche, Munich
Einkaufen! (Shopping), Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Cloppenburg, Kiel,
“Pleasant View”, at Pallasseum, Berlin & at Otto Nagel Gallery, Berlin,
2004 Camera Obscura, at k4 Gallery, Saarbrücken & at Art Frankfurt
Klubfoto: Nachts (“at Night”), group exhibition, at PPS-Gallery, Hamburg, catalogue
Schaufenster (showcase), group exhibition, with Eva Kinader, at Sony Center, Berlin
2003 Klubfoto: Klischee ("Cliché"), at PPS-Gallery, Hamburg, catalogue
Clackastigmat 6.0, at the Cologne Art Fair (with k4 Gallery)
2002 Schau (“Look”), Exhibition with E.Kinader & F. von Ploetz, at ”foen x photostudio”, Berlin
Accrochage, at k4 Gallery, Saarbrücken
2001 unplugged, pinhole photographers, at Fotoforum West Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria
Berlin Mitte Triptych, with Gilabert & von Ploetz, at Seestrasse Gallery, Berlin
Different Directions, at Israel Festival, Tel Aviv & Jerusalem, Alte Feuerwache, Saarbrücken
2000 Moerder & 2 Oeltanks, with F.von Ploetz, at Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
Different Directions - at Tanzfabrik & at Theater Am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin
1999 “Shop of Choices” with Eva Kinader, at Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
1998 Sicht, Variationen zu Valeska Gert, Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
1997 Lebensmittel, with Kinader & von Ploetz, at Galerie Am Scheunenviertel, Berlin
means for life, R.M.I.T Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
1995 Berliner in der Mitte, with Florian von Ploetz, at Apparat Gallery, Berlin
1994 Changes, society to be in flux, Kunstverein Bobingen, catalogue
from the Clackastigmat 6.0 series, Blume / Flower No. 4
selected publications :
Single
2009 (out in Spring 2009) Clackastigmat 6.0
published by Peperoni Books, Berlin
2005 Clackastigmat, PenParamat, audigraphien
3 catalogues, published by DE Book, Berlin
audigraphien - ISBN 3-9806795-5-1
Clackastigmat 6.0 - ISBN 3-9806795-6-x
PenParamat - ISBN 3-9806795-4-3
Group
2008 Mutations II, European Month of Photography
2007 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie
2005 Shopping, Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Cloppenburg, Kiel
http://www.olivermoest.de
selected publications :
Single
2009 (out in Spring 2009) Clackastigmat 6.0
published by Peperoni Books, Berlin
2005 Clackastigmat, PenParamat, audigraphien
3 catalogues, published by DE Book, Berlin
audigraphien - ISBN 3-9806795-5-1
Clackastigmat 6.0 - ISBN 3-9806795-6-x
PenParamat - ISBN 3-9806795-4-3
Group
2008 Mutations II, European Month of Photography
2007 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie
2005 Shopping, Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Cloppenburg, Kiel
http://www.olivermoest.de
