photo by Hessam Lavi
Gabriel Shalom is an audiovisual artist and composer living and working in Berlin, Germany. His signature work takes the form of rhythmically edited audiovisual compositions (videomusic). Taking inspiration from musique concrète, he explores the hidden musicality of everyday objects, unusual handmade electro-acoustic instruments, and manipulation of traditional instruments. He understands video to be a fundamentally audiovisual medium and strives to create highly synaesthetic works. He has written and spoken extensively on Hypercubism, his theory of aesthetics for object-oriented moving images.
In addition to making audiovisual artworks, he is a director of experimental narratives. His company KS12, founded together with partner Patrizia Kommerell, is a creative studio which produces videos that blur boundaries between documentary and fiction, artwork and essay.
He has been a guest speaker on audiovisual trends in London, Berlin and São Paulo, and since Spring 2009 he is adjunct faculty at the Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule in audiovisual media. He is a contributor to opinion-leading blogs on the future of cinema and augmented reality.
Education
| 2005 – 2007 | Graduate studies at Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe |
| 2003 – 2005 | Bachelor of Arts in film in video at Bard College |
| 2003 | Exchange student at Fachhochschule Schwäbisch Hall |
| 2000 – 2003 | Honors student in fine arts at University of Maryland College Park |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2012 | The Tosso Variations – MU Artspace, Eindhoven |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2011 | TINA B. Contemporary Art Festival, Prague |
| Time Mutations: Vertical Horizons, Weimar | |
| 64th International Motor Show, Frankfurt | |
| 2010 | Mirabilia – ROJO Artspace, Milan |
| 2009 | Art Video Exchange – Rauland Kunstforening, Rauland, Norway |
| 10 Years CAMP Festival – Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart | |
| 2007 | Vereinigung Bildener KünstelerInnen Wiener Secession, Vienna |
| Videovisionen – Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenberg | |
| Westwerk – 1A18 Screening, Hamburg | |
| India International Centre – VideoChannel Image Vs. Music, New Dehli | |
| GL Strand Kunstforeningen – 100 Tage = 100 Videos, Copenhagen | |
| 2006 | Heidelberger Kunstverein – 100 Tage = 100 Videos, Heidelberg |
| Gallery Olaf Stüber – Music Machines & Videomusic, Berlin | |
| Project 101 – Music Machines & Videomusic, Paris | |
| Kunstmuseums Bonn – 1A18 Screening, Bonn | |
| Kumho Museum of Art – Floating Perspective Showcase, Seoul | |
| Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan – Black Box Screening, Bangalore | |
| Black Box Kino – Black Box Screening, Düsseldorf | |
| KAMUNA Karlsruher Museumsnacht – 1A18 Screening, Karlsruhe | |
| Wilhelm Hach Museum – Media Flow, Ludwigshafen | |
| The Lab – Media Flow, San Francisco | |
| Museum Ludwig – Jump Cut Nights – Stories Told Through Movement, Cologne | |
| 2005 | Sargasso: C – Media Flow, London |
| Project 101 – Media Flow, Paris | |
| 2004 | Gallery of Fluctuating Images – Media Flow, Stuttgart |
Selected Festivals & Screenings
| 2012 | Resonate Festival, Belgrade |
| MU Artspace, Eindhoven | |
| 2011 | STRP Festival, Eindhoven |
| Waterpieces Contemporary Art & Videoart Festival, Riga | |
| Transmediale opening ceremony, Berlin | |
| 2010 | Screenings in General #19, General Public, Berlin |
| The Tuesday Selection of Futuristic Art Films, Direktorenhaus, Berlin | |
| [self] ~imaging, VideoChannel, Cologne | |
| 2008 | Örebro International Video Art Festival, Örebro Sweden |
| DC Shorts Film Festival, Washington DC | |
| Bilder über Bilder – Berlin | |
| Vision’R VJ Festival – Paris | |
| 2007 | Signali Video – Cagliari, Sardinia |
| Hea Uus Heli, Tallinn | |
| C-Prayer, Milan | |
| C/O Pop – Best of Optronica, Cologne | |
| Le Cube – Optronica on Screen, Paris | |
| Optronica Festival, London | |
| Rokolectiv Festival, Bucharest | |
| Club Transmediale, Berlin | |
| 2006 | Transit Festival – Handclaps, Chiasso |
| ZKM Kubus – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe | |
| 8th CHROMA – Festival de Arte Audiovisual, Guadalajarra | |
| PI 5 Video Festival, Szczecin | |
| VIPER International Festival for Film Video & New Media, Basel | |
| Mapping VJ Festival – Media Flow, Geneva | |
| 2005 | CAMP International Festival for Sound and Light Arts, Stuttgart |
| Re/Act Festival – Ichiigai Label Showcase, Heidelberg | |
| Woodstock Film Festival, Woodstock | |
| DC Shorts Film Festival, Washington DC | |
| Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart |
Residencies
| 2006 | DONNY G. ZKM | Karlsruhe, sponsored by Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland |
| 2005 | Suite For Ingrid CAMP Festival, Stuttgart |
Publications
| The Tosso Variations | Artist Statement Installation Pamphlet Limited Edition Risograph Print of 250 — January 2012 MU Artspace — Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
| <object type=”obscure” name=”desire”></object> | Case 2. Have Balls [Eccentric] The Anxious Prop, First Edition — July 29, 2010 SPLACE, Alexanderplatz Pavilion — Berlin, Germany |
| Revolving Realities | Installation Pamphlet Dornbracht Edges 2010 Köln, Germany |