HEIDERSBERGER_4.2 - KRAFTWERK

2021

HEIDERSBERGER 4.2 - KRAFTWERK 50

Heinrich Heidersberger photographed the subject “Power Plant of Volkswagen AG” in 1971. It is now considered a key work of his oeuvre and a symbol of the cultural identity of the city of Wolfsburg.
In 2021, the photograph turned 50 years old. We gave voice to contemporary witnesses and protagonists, and explored how the image is received and contextualized today.
Project page for “Kraftwerk of Volkswagen AG”
 

Pathos Film, Florian Felix Koch. Supported by the City of Wolfsburg.

HEIDERSBERGER 4.1

2020

Heidersberger 4.1 

Documentation of the exhibition HEINRICH HEIDERSBERGER – STREETS, HOUSES, FORMS, BODIES! at the gallery UNO ART SPACE – UTE NOLL in Stuttgart.
The exhibition opening took place on May 22, 2020, as a Zoom vernissage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was moderated by Benjamin Heidersberger, son of the artist and an artist himself. Bernd Rodrian, curator of the Heidersberger Institute, guided attendees through the exhibition during the Zoom vernissage.

Pathos Film, Florian Felix Koch. Supported by the City of Wolfsburg.

Heidersberger 4.0

2019

HEIDERSBERGER 4.0

As part of the "Cultural Funding by the City of Wolfsburg – For Projects of Special Cultural Value to the City,” a large portion of the archive was digitized, tagged, and geolocated in 2019.

Pathos Film, Florian Felix Koch. Supported by the City of Wolfsburg.

The Rhythmograph

2014

THE RYTHMOGRAPH

The sculptural character of the Rhythmograph and its largely restored functionality contribute to an understanding of Heinrich Heidersberger's unique, abstract photographic works. The Rhytmograph stands on its own due to its spatial dimension, and with an understanding of its function, the Rhythmograms open up another level of understanding of the universal Heinrich Heidersberger for the viewer.

Video: Ali Altschaffel

105/10 MASTER FILM

2011

105/10 MEISTERFILM

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the “Friends of Heidersberger” association, the Heidersberger Institute presented numerous portrait photographs from June 8 to September 4, 2011, showing the internationally renowned artist and photographer Heinrich Heidersberger himself.
As part of the exhibition, the short film 105/10 by Ali Altschaffel and Sebastian Bisch premiered. They interviewed people from Heidersberger’s circle about their special experiences with the artist.

Video: Ali Altschaffel

THE SECOND REALITY - THE PHOTOGRAPHER HEINRICH HEIDERSBERGER

1999

THE SECOND REALITY – THE PHOTOGRAPHER HEINRICH HEIDERSBERGER

A journey through the world of memories. At over 90 years old, photographer Heinrich Heidersberger embarked on a path to relive significant milestones of his life with us. A life shaped by thought and work, cosmopolitan, artistic yet never artificial, always at interesting places and in touch with the times.

Book, direction, editing: Karl Heinrich Weghorn
Production: Cine Visa Film and AV Production
Editorial: Michael Krey
Camera: Uwe Brodmann, Gerdine Frenck, Karl Heinrich Weghorn, Andreas Zech
Sound design: Thomas Wolter
Computer animation: Michael Orthwein
Participants: Heinrich and Charlotte Heidersberger, among others

Deutschlandspiegel 150/1967

1967

Deutschlandspiegel 150/1967

Monthly report from March 30, 1967

Wolfsburg: bridge, modern high-rise, road traffic. People walking with children. Street and sidewalk with pedestrians, VW factory with residential buildings in the foreground (wide shot). Mittelland Canal and VW plant, medium wide shot. Ships on the bank, assembly hall: car production. VW Beetles on the assembly line and in the parking lot, Wolfsburg Castle in the background. Road traffic, castle in background. Castle roof. Facade being restored and roofing work. Artists of Schlossstraße 8: sculptures. Sculptor Peter Szaif at work. Painter Paul Kurt Bartsch painting on easel. Print workshop: guests from the USA, France, Italy, and Brazil working under the direction of Gustav Beck. Using light-pendulum devices, photographer Heinrich Heidersberger creates Rhythmograms. Experimental photo compositions. Street with traffic, people on escalator, sign "City Exit."

(0:04:23.13 - 0:06:34.02, Source: Das Bundesarchiv)

UFA-Wochenschau 347/1963

1963

UFA-Wochenschau 347/1963

from 22.03.1963

Wolfsburg. Photographer H. Heidersberger. Optical Rhythmograms. H. sets the machine (a grid with pendulums andweights) in motion, various close-ups of the complex pendulum system, a revolving light point on a dark background, H. turning a small crank at the machine with a built-in camera, medium close-up. H. shows a series of photos of the Rhythmograms, close-up, his face large in an interested observation, pendulum details, light point, photos, large. 

Camera: Jürgens

(0:02:52.10 - 0:03:40.12, Source: Bundesarchiv) 
 

Deutschlandspiegel 59/1959

1959

Deutschlandspiegel 59/1959

From August 27, 1959

Works/modern graphics by Braunschweig photographer Heinrich Heidersberger. Woman walking through exhibition space. Two men viewing pictures. Ball bearings. Artificial flash. Various negatives. Montage of positives and negatives. Tubes. Architecture: contrast between old and new. Cobblestones. Heidersberger with his self-developed machine: a large frame with pendulums and weights for his optical Rhythmograms. Heidersberger demonstrates the pendulum system. Heidersberger at the machine. Aperture opens: behind it, an eye appears. Rhythmogram.

(10:05:40 - 10:07:35, Source: Das Bundesarchiv)