André Lehmann – Schweizer Filmexperimente 1950

List of Films

Hörnli – ein Berg, André Lehmann, CH 1976, S-8 Farbe, 11 Min., silent

good night, André Lehmann, USA 1976, Live broadcast at Cable TV Manhattan, 17 Min.

Long Island, André Lehmann, CH 1977, S-8, color, 12 Min., silent

Westside Highway NY 77, André Lehmann, CH 1977, 9 Min, silent
Manhattan / 8 Standorte, André Lehmann, CH 1977, S-8, color, 13 Min., silent

Basel-Paris Paris-Basel, André Lehmann, CH 1977-79, S-8, color, 12 Min., silent

Hammerstrasse 158, André Lehmann, CH 1978-79, S-8, color, 16 Min., silent (Information Filmfront 6, p. 36)

Installation 1 (USA / 42 Tage), André Lehmann, CH 1979, Doppelprojektion, Spiegel. S-8, 2×12 Min. (Information and Installation-sketch Filmfront 8, p. 28)

Basel 1980, André Lehmann, CH 1981, S-8, color, 30 Min., sound

Star TV / Die Vögel, André Lehmann, CH 1982, S-8, color, 7 Min., silent

Ferner, André Lehmann, CH 1982, 16mm, 12 Min.

Esau und Jakob, André Lehmann, CH 1992, sound performance, ca. 40 Min.

g i n g, André Lehmann, CH 1993 / 97, 16mm, color, 33 Min., sound

BERLINNAHT, André Lehmann, CH 2000, videoinstallation, loop

BER-LIN 99/00, André Lehmann, CH 2000-03, 16mm, color, 21 Min., sound

Da und Dort (London, Berlin, Wien, Istanbul, Toronto,…), André Lehmann, CH, S-8, color, silent, work in progress since 2000

Bio

*1948, Zürich

From 1968 to 1973 André Lehmann worked as a primary- and secondary school teacher, before deciding to study painting at the Art School in Basel (class Franz Fedier). It was here that Lehmann started taking film courses with Werner von Mutzenbecher in 1976. From 1976/77 he went on an exchange year at the Cooper Union in New York, where he studied with Hans Haacke, Robert Breer and Douglas Davies. He also visited the Städelschule in Frankfurt as guest student in Peter Kubelka’s class from 1981-82. André Lehmann worked as a lecturer at the Basel Art School from 1987-2013. He lives and works in Basel.

Articles about (and from) the Author and his Work

Filmfront 6, Basel, August 1979 (Notes on Basel – Paris / Paris – Bâle, und Hammerstrasse 158 / Basel 1978)

Filmfront 8, Januar 1980 (Notes on Installation I)

Film Show, Roten Fabrik, Zürich, September 1981

FRI.ART-made in Switzerland, New York, 26.4.-8.6. 1985

Abbildung / Einbildung – Dichte Filme, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, 1986

Fritz 2, Berlin, 1986 (image-montage on the film ferner)

André Lehmann, Film direkt, Winterthur, April 2000

Lehmann Booklet Film Direkt CS
Production notes in Filmfront 6, page 35ff.

Interview with Lehmann by Fred Truniger and Thomas SchärerINTERVIEW MIT ANDRE LEHMANN