Bernd Nicolaisen Photography
Subjective Photography - Abstraction by Reductions
www.berndnicolaisen.com
ZerOne – First Life
A film about scientific investigations and their artistic interpretations.
"All life in nature has an origin, a development - a balance within itself - which was able to develop due to long-lasting processes such as diffusion.
These osmotic, balancing processes in temperatures, humidity, and viscosity are at the beginning of life. New things emerge on a small scale that go far beyond what can be said or imagined in our worlds.” Bernd Nicolaisen
His project “ZerOne - First Life” is about scientific investigations and their artistic interpretations in the context of the relativity of our concept and understanding of time. Martin Van Kranendonk from the University of New South Wales and Kathleen Campbell from the University of Auckland supported him with their knowledge.
The focus of Bernd‘s photographs in ”ZerOne - First Life“ is on the emergence of first life and the surfaces and structures of some of the oldest rock formations on our planet. In the new series, this pe*******on and connection of substances on the glass plates leads to abstract forms of expression and perceptions that raise questions.
Adam Lowe: “While Nicolaisen’s photographic projects have always focused on time, it is in a form we can ‘hold in the palm of our hand’; the frozen water of the glaciers in Iceland and the surface of the Bristlecone pines in California in which living wood and stone appear to fuse. These images represent periods of time that we can relate to. They are variations on the traditional themes of vanitas painting; hourglasses, flowers, candles, skulls, soap bubbles, ear of corn. Time has always been a theme in art. With his work and the film “ZerOne - First Life” Bernd Nicolaisen manages to merge art, science and technology to mind-boggling effect.”
Special thanks to:
Professor Martin Van Kranendonk and Professor Kathleen Campbell
Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa Runanga Trustees, who are the landowners of the geothermal areas.
Adam Love and team
Content film edit by@cedricmarville, artwork by .nicolaisen
17/05/2024
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the exhibition:
“Bernd Nicolaisen – Amedeo Baumgartner
MUSÉE JURASSIEN DES ARTS.”
March 16 – May 26, 2024
Curated by Valentine Raymond and
We are excited to show you the wonderful exhibition catalogue designed by . With essays by Valentine Reymond Adam Lowe, Daniel Blochwitz, Leila Zimmermann and Amedeo Baumgartner.
Catalogue, 2024
French / German
152 pages
Illustrated with 68 color plates
Hardback, 23 x 28 cm
ISBN: 978-2-9700757-9-0
Design by Huber/Sterzinger
Published by Musée Jurassien des Arts, Moutier, CH
Special thanks to:
Series “Comet in Deep Space”
Professor Dr. Nicolas Thomas from the Universitiy of Bern and Dr. Holger Sierks of Max Planck Institute for Solar System Reserch, Göttingen. Photo Credit: Bernd Nicolaisen based on the Rosetta OSIRIS cameras: / Rosetta /MPS for OSIRIS Team
Series “Strata of Pilbara”
Professor Martin Van Kranendonk, University of New South Wales and Professor Kathleen Campbell, University of Auckland
Collaboration: The 3 D print and tableaux, CNC-milled into alabaster and gesso works were produced with Adam Lowe and the studio in Madrid.
Additional photography
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03/05/2024
NEW EXHIBITION – TRANSFORAMATION:
Don’t miss further opportunities to explore Bernd Nicolaisen’s work in Musée jurassien des Arts to May 26 2024.
«Bernd Nicolaisen has experimented with the relationship between photographic timespans and geological time in most of his work. Because nothing is harder to envision than the finiteness of our lives and the absolute infinity of time and outer space, Nicolaisen not only makes the unimaginable tangible, but he also interweaves scientific questions with those that are almost philosophical in na-ture. For example, by simply photographing the gnarly wood of some of the oldest trees on earth (Cycle Wood, 2005-2008), found in the White Mountains, he shows how relative the idea of chance is: The black markings that criss-cross the ancient wood of the pine trees are proof that time and probability are relative terms: every tree here has been struck by lightning at least once in its life-time. In terms of human lifetimes or even photographic exposure times, this is almost unimagina-ble.»
In collaboration with Bernd’s 8x10 Inch negative were transformed into depth maps that were CNC-milled into alabaster, giving depth and surface to the time-worn material that has been resisting the forces of nature. The images from «Inside Out – White Mountains» series (2022) open up new worlds and other times.
For info see documentaries - link in bio.
The exhibition catalogue is designed by and can pick up in the Museum Store.
Pictured here –
Rhythm of the heart, 2008, 2022, Haze, 2008, 2022, Dragon, 2007, 2022
milled alabaster, White Mountains, USA
100 x 80 x 4cm
We’re excited to unveil the exhibition trailer for «Musée Jurassien des Arts | Bernd Nicolaisen – Amedeo Baumgartner»!
🎥🌟 Dive into nature-centric masterpieces from March 17 to May 26, 2024.
Director Valentine Reymond : «Nature is the focus of the work of Bernd Nicolaisen and Amedeo Baumgartner.»
The exhibition brings together a selection of recent works focusing on «Oxidation Process of Water», «Strata of Pilbara», «Comet in Deep Space» and «Inside Out – White Mountains». : «BerndNicolaisen constantly pushes and expands the boundaries of photography, working with partners like Adam Lowe and his team of experts of in Madrid in order to find innovative ways to translate his images and imagination into suitable forms. These can range from standard photographic prints via tableaux and light boxes all the way to various elaborate and labor-intensive 3D relief objects, like 'Rhythm of the Heart.'» (2008 / 3D in Alabaster, 2022)
📘 Don’t miss the stunning exhibition catalogue designed by , available at the Museum Store, featuring insights from Valentine Reymond, Adam Lowe, Daniel Blochwitz, and more.
Published by Musée Jurassien des Arts, 4, rue Centrale 2740 Moutier, CH. ISBN: 978-2-9700757-9-0. www.musee-moutier.ch
Filmed by Patrick Hermann
Additional photography by Bernd Nicolaisen
For artwork see link in bio:
Trailer: Arco Event in Factum Art, 2023
Documentary: Inside Out – White Mountains, 2022
Documentary: Strata of Pilbara, 2020
Documentary: Restlicht, 2012
05/01/2024
COMING SOON!
Musée jurassien des Arts are thrilled to announce our major exhibition for spring 2024 will be the largest exhibition to date of works by the photographer Bernd Nicolaisen and the painter Amedeo Baumgartner.
The exhibition “Bernd Nicolaisen - Amedeo Baumgartner” will be on view Musée jurassien des Arts from March 17 to May 26 2024, 4, rue Centrale 2740 Moutier. Vernissage: March 16, 2024 at 5 p.m.
Curated by Valentine Raymond, director of the Musée jurassien des Arts the exhibition shows 30 large-format photographs and 3D works by Bernd Nicolaisen on alabaster, 3D printing in resin and printing on gesso in collaboration with Factum Arte, Madrid. The paintings by Amedeo Baumgartner are brought together and exhibited in the catalog “Bernd Nicolaisen – Amedeo Baumgartner” and the exhibition in Moutier in a unique “vis à vis” presentation by Valentine Reymond.
The exhibition by the two artists extends over three floors and will use breathtaking images from Bernd's series and to explore what inspiration time and earth's history can offer. With films in the exhibition by ; texts in the catalog by Valentine Reymond, curator Daniel Blochwitz and Adam Lowe - “Bernd Nicolaisen manages to merge art, science and technology to mind-boggling effect.”
For info about this exhibit please see link in bio: the documentary “Arco Event @ Factum Arte” and “Insight Out – White Mountains.”
Exhibit posters, documentation and catalog: Musée jurassien des Arts
Pictured here: Burgeon, White Mountains, USA, 2006, 2022 from
Print on gesso coated aluminium, 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm
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