Johanna KEIMEYER

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Born in 1982. Graduated from University of the Arts, Berlin in 2012.

Recent main activities are
1. Video Projection on architecture with performance ("Everything is illusion."/2012/ landmarked, empty Swimming pool Oderberger Stadtbad, Berlin),
2.  Photo Exhibition of underwater pool photos ("Pool Around Me"/2012/ landmarked, empty Swimming pool Oderberger Stadtbad, Berlin),
3.  Video Projection on Fashion Outfits ("Wear off my skin"/2011/Fashion Week Berlin),
4.  Designing with nature (Honeyspoon/2011/DMY International Design Festival, Airport Tempelhof Berlin),
5.  Glass Work (Bottleship/2011/ part of Exhibition "Songs of the Sea" at National Glass Centre Sunderland, UK).

I presented a largescale video projection with performance on the over 100 years old domed structure in the landmarked, former swimming pool in Berlin. With the title "Everything is Illusion" it took place at the World Water Day of UNO, Thu 22. March 2012. I projected how water level rises between the columns, then I walk in the video on the balcony and jump into the water in the middle column. As a black silhouette I swim between the columns while you hear a text spoken by me, accompanied by violins. More and more swimmers enter the screen until it is totally black. As a performance I interact as well with the video.
_In the photo exhibition called "Pool Around Me" I created underwater scenes in over 50 hotel pools worldwide in collaboration with travel photographer Martin Nicholas Kunz.
I received the IDA International Design Award for a lamp creation called "La Rouge Pétillante", 2009.

About works / performance

My favourite activity is photographing and creating videos. I like to work cross media, to mix as much as it is possible different media and different programs to express myself and my message. I am most interested to project photos and videos on different surfaces like architecture (for example in the empty swimming pool in Berlin), people (for example with the fashion outfits), in different surroudings and contexts, adding sound and live performances. I like to address different senses of the audience with my work and love to work in a team to achieve it.

Everything is illusion
Large-scale videoprojection with performance

Everything is illusion
Large-scale videoprojection with performance

Pool Around Me
Photoexhibition of underwater photos in more than 50 hotel pools around the world

Pool Around Me
Photoexhibition of underwater photos in more than 50 hotel pools around the world

Pool Around Me
Photobook with underwater photos of hotel pools

Wear off my skin
4 Fashion Outfits with audiovisual Projection, 4 videos à 30 sec.

Wear off my skin
4 Fashion Outfits with audiovisual Projection, 4 videos à 30 sec.

Honey Spoon
silver coated honeycomb shapes made out of bees wax 15 x 6 x 2 cm

Tashure 2
Chandelier made out of recycled material  90 x 90 x 90 cm, PET bottles, all kinds of plastic bottles, 2 bulbs, cable

La Rouge Pétillante
Chandelier made out of recycled material  66 x 52 x 52 cm, Badoit bottles, 2 bulbs, cable