Photography works are on display as part of the '2013 MOPLA+Smashbox' group show at the iconic Smashbox Studios in West Hollywood - an official 'Month of Photograph Los Angeles' exhibition.
Reception: Wed, Apr 17, 7-10PM - runs through May 12, 2013.

As finalist of the international photography competition ONWARD Compé '13 some of my work is also on display in Philadelphia/USA starting with a reception on Sat, Apr 13, 2013. ONWARD Compé is part of the annual photography festival and conference in Philadelphia.

Finally, different type of work can be seen in the exhibition 'Photography and Environmental Concern' - curated by Kate Ware, Curator of Photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art. It is on display at the PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont/USA, March 30-April 20, 2013.

An assignment for the Theater Basel in Switzerland has been completed earlier this month and premiered on Feb 8, 2013. The production of this video on stage work for 'Like a Rolling Stone' started last December in Southern California deserts and is projected onto an oversized video backdrop.
The kind of integration/interaction between elements on screen, the actors, and the set design on stage makes this project very special. The shoots on the ground and in the air resulted in countless hours of footage, involved driving of many vintage cars, new Dylan interpretations as well as desert road movie sceneries and sixties aesthetics.

Upcoming exhibitions and new projects keep me busy just as the ongoing wrap-ups of the works from Joshua Tree. Photography work is on display at the OCCCA [Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts], as part of a group show starting today, Dec 1, and running through Jan 12, 2013. Some other work is also part of the new 'Landscape' issue of F-Stop Magazine, out today.
The first three conceptual series from JT can be seen here: Mirrored, Parking in the Park as well as the much acclaimed Tree Lightings. More to come.

A small selection of my daily diary notes from the first five weeks at the JT Highlands Artist Residency is now available for download. The JT Diaries read by the program's curators Jim Berg and Frederick Fulmer in their kitchen made their first appearances as an installation at the JTHAR exhibition in August. A limited edition of the whole diary in form of an audio book is set to be released in November.

This high desert environment had a great impact on me and I expect influences showing up in my works for years. It was also an incredibly productive time and it was an honor to be invited to extend the residency - not far away at the Rieman's guest house - for another six weeks. Now back in Los Angeles more details about the body of work in JT will be presented over time and some of the works are still ongoing.

I'm very proud of each of my sponsor partners and continuos relations with them. It's important to say that partnerships are only established with some companies producing very unique or high class products I'm absolutely convinced of their quality and value for my artistic processes and demanding productions. They are all carefully hand selected. Now it's time to announce some new partnerships.

A partnership with MaxBotix originally reaches back to 2006 and I'm excited that it has been renewed in June now and extended to use many more of their sensors and modules in upcoming works.
I also welcome Electrotap as a new sponsor. Their high-speed interface 'Teabox' f.i. has already been an integral part in some of the SOUND NOMADS performances in Israel before.
Last but not least I'm happy to have iWorkCase on board. Their riggid solutions for laptop use in extremes like the desert will be unvaluable. Their workstations are in use by many leading photographers, studios, and movie productions worldwide.

Finally, thanks for some support from Sekonic and MAC Group.
And a very special thanks goes to all people who supported the current artist residency on Kickstarter.

I was awarded an artist residency at Joshua Tree in California for July-August 2012. Today is day 4. This represents an exceptional opportunity to work in this high desert environment which is for me incomparable to anything else and a truly unique source of inspiration. During the residency interdisciplinary studies/experiments and a new series of site-specific works will arise.

New fairly large photography series are pre-released. See them all here.

Pop Licorice was shot in five different locations earlier this year. Mulholland (yes, indeed shot on Mulholland Drive this month) is a road trip with a stranger. A getaway with soap, romance, melancholia, and craziness.
Brian and Molly is partly inspired by Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, and Fitzcarraldo. An expedition with a certain mixture of madness and insanity but also sensuality and romance at the same time.