GALLERY WEEKEND BERLIN 2025
Ludwig Schönherr
Elektronikfilme
In cooperation with:
Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst & ZOOM Ludwig Schönherr Labor
03.05.–28.06.2025
Fichtebunker, Fichtestraße 6, 10967 Berlin, Germany
"Life on television is far more interesting than real life outside."
With his ELECTRONIC FILME, Schönherr was an early explorer of television’s visual language as an artistic medium. In this series, he filmed individual television images, interspersed with flickering colours, creating a unique aesthetic that oscillates between experimental cinema, Fluxus, and pop culture. These works mark the beginning of a lifelong engagement with the omnipresence of television and the aesthetics of mass media imagery.
Although Schönherr’s works defy clear categorisation—neither purely structuralist nor merely pop—they possess a striking timelessness. His art remained largely undiscovered for years, partly due to his modesty, partly because it resists conventional classification. This exhibition is dedicated to his visionary body of work and invites audiences to rediscover the hypnotic visual language of his ELECTRONIC FILME.
