Paul Spengemann

Paul Spengemann (born 1987) studied film and fine art at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg and at Goldsmiths College, University of London. In 2016/17 he was awarded the Bundespreis für Kunststudierende, the Art Cologne Award for New Positions and in 2018 the Columbus Förderpreis der Deutschen Kunstvereine. His work focuses on the examination of different image-making processes, especially in the field of moving images. He meticulously studies not only their technical possibilities, but also how they can trace the world or create visual realities. He often uses the virtual in his work as a tool for visibility and participation, in the sense that a laser show is projected onto a building in a public space, a animated shadow of a dragon settles in an abandoned store, or a video call from a trouser pocket seems to reach the museum by chance. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and film festivals around the world.