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Joas Sebastian Nebe

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Berlin, Germany

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Jsnebe.de

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http://www.jsnebe.de

Creative Fields

Philosophy, Film, Poetry

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Film, video arts, animation, philosophy, poetry, video projects, fine art, painting, drawing, printing

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REBECCA SCHÖNSEE, ARTHISTORIAN ABOUT THE WORK:

The work of Joas Sebastian Nebe opens up a dialogue with Viennes Actionism from a reverse angle. While he likewise draws on themes such as ritual sacrifice and mythic imagery, his work aims to expose the hidden violence within contemporary structures as opposed to open rebellion by means of performative art works as seen in the works of Adolf Frohner, Nitsch and Muehl.
Nebe establishes a meta-discourse, discussing in his art works the range of different ways of rebellion against repressive social constraints. Nebe’s starting point includes the denial of the orgiastic experience which is inherent in Viennese Actionism. The viewer is denied any cathartic relief. Instead the impact of veiled resistance becomes uncertain. By withholding that final relief, the spectator is at the mercy to the same passive aggressiveness which is the main theme within the narrative of the imagery.
Nebe’s work demonstrates that the subtle mechanisms of power cannot be resolved within the classical aesthetic function. By reversing and inverting the viewing angles Nebe brings to light forms of violence that exist in the shadows of human behavior. By showing that violence of any kind never can be a solution to human problems, Nebe’s art conveys an important sociopolitical message.

Video Interpretations, Pattern Analysis

I am specialized in translating systemic patterns into images. First step is analysing the hidden structure of a discourse, a system, a film or something similar. Second step is composing images and film sequences for representation of found patterns. Third step is a film or several videos representing the basic pattern, found through analysis.

SHOWS
2009 VITRUVIAN WOMAN, curator Michael Chang, Niclas Hallberg, Stina Pehrsdotter, Formverk, Eskiltuna, Sweden
2009 VENTIPERVENTI, Terza Editione, Napoli, Italy
2008 SHAPING TI-CITY, curator Peter Kastner, Zaal 100, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 miNiViDfest, Totalkunst Gallery, Edinburgh,UK

FESTIVALS
2009 MALTA INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, TVM, Malta
2009 FESTIVAL VIDEO DIA LOGHI, Torino, Italy
2009 ESSENCE/BORDER, KURYE INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL, curator Luca Curci, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART GARIKULA, HEP-HUMAN EMOTION PROJECT 2009, curator Karaman Kutateladze, Villa Garikula, Georgia
2008 INTRUDE ART & LIFE 366, curator Biljana Ciric, ZENDAI MOMA, Shanghai, China
2008 URBAN IDENTITY, VIDEO ART AND ARCHITECTURE EVENT, curator Luca Curci, Nadja Perrotta, Art Expo, Los Angeles, USA
2008 EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL 08, Totalkunst Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2008 FREEDOM OF CHOICE INTERNATIONAL VIDEO AND FILM FESTIVAL, curator Alberto Guerreiro, Lisbon, Portugal
2004 SWITCH MEDIA Art Festival PATHIHARN ELECTRON (SUPERNATURAL), Goethe Insitut, Bangkok, Thailand

GUEST ARTIST
2009 GALLERY4ALLARTS, Liverpool, UK

TV BROADCASTING
2009 CAR BUG, MALTA TV (TVM), 16th april, 10.10pm

WEB SHOWS
2009 SOUNDS OF PEACE, curator Olavo Tenorio, Brazil
2009 818 Digital Gallery, curator Evangelos Gazis, Greece/Switzerland
2009 ASTORYTOSEE.COM, curator Gabriella Boros, Turkey, Canada

COLLECTIONS
Joop van den Ende / Stage Holding Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Deutsches Institut fuer Animationsfilm, Dresden, Germany (www.diaf.de)

GLOBAL VIDEO PROJECTS PARTICIPATIONS

2009 EXQUISITE CORPS VIDEO PROJECT, ECVP Vol. 2, curator Kika Nicolela
2009 VITRUVIAN WOMAN, curator Michael Chang
2009 HEP 2009-HUMAN EMOTION PROJECT, curator Alison Williams
2009/2010 VIDEO ZINE PROJECT 2009/2010, curator Michael Chang

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