List of Films
Support-Surface, video, s/w, CH 1969, 12.18 Min.
Point Zéro, René Bauermeister/Charles André Voser, CH 1971, 16mm, 4 Min.
Processus, René Bauermeister, CH 1972, 16mm, 43 Min.
Visual Connection, René Bauermeister, CH 1972, 16mm, 7 Min.
Transvidéo, René Bauermeister, CH 1974
Layla in camp, Majnun lying without, Herbert Distel, René Bauermeister, CH 1975, S-8 / 16mm, 29 Min.
Bougies vénitiennes, René Bauermeister, s/w, Ton, CH 1975, 5 Min.
High Fidelity, CH 1975
Hommage à Duchamp, René Bauermeister, s/w, Ton, CH 1976, 6.17 Min.
Vidéoflore, CH, 1976, 5 Min.
à Elvis, René Bauermeister, s/w, Ton, 1977, 8.26 Min.
Ego, CH 1977
Aléatoire I et II, René Bauermeister, s/w, Ton, CH 1978, 8.12 Min.
V comme vélo, René Bauermeister, s/w, Ton, CH 1980, 6.03 Min.
Landscape, René Bauermeister, CH 1984, 10 Min.
Bio
* 1930 in Neuchâtel CH; † 1985 in Gland CH
After studying Applied Arts the Ecole d’Art in Biel and at the Ėcole d’Art in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Renė Bauermeister worked in the studios of André Lhote et Atélier Fernand Léger in Paris before returning back to Switzerland in 1954. Next to his profession as a teacher in secondary schools in Neuchâtel and La Chaux-de-Fonds, Bauermeister started working as artist in the late 1960s producing sculpture, photographs, videos and films.
Articles about (and from) the Author and his Work
René Bauermeister, “Quelques réflexions au sujet de l’art vidéo”, in: CLEG, April 1975, Brussels
René Baumeister, Studio International, May/June 1976, London
René Baumeister, “Vidéographie et créativité, March 1979 (unpublished)
Contribution to Video Corpus, Institut de l’Etude et de Recherche en Formation Visuelle, Dossier No. 10, Lausanne, 1979.
Jacques Monnier-Raball, “Bauermeister, René”, in: Biografisches Lexikon der Schweizer Kunst, hrsg. vom Schweizerischen Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, Zürich, 1998, S. 82.
René Bauermeister, “Un cinéma inscrit dans la mouvance d’un courant international”, CinémAction. Cinémas d’avant-garde, expérimental et militant, Dossier réuni par Guy Hennebelle et Raphaël Bassan, No 10-11, 142-147, 1980. cinemaction bauermeister-bross
Manuscript of a text which was published in CinémAction (CSZ, file Bauermeister): Bauermeister_SituationCinemaExperimental
Two articles on the screening of Bauermeisters films in “Club 44”, La Chaux-de-Fonds, September/October 1972:
Bauermeister_Gazette_Littéraire_19720930
Bauermeister_TribuneDeLausanne_LeMatin_19721007
Press release “Visual Connection & Processus”, catalogue of the films Suisse du Centre Suisse du Cinema
Screenings (Places and Dates)
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France, 1969
Galerue Club 44, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 1972
Galerie Impact, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1973
Kulturtäter, Biel, Switzerland, 1974
EXPRMTL 5, video section, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, 1974
Art Vidéo, Palais des expositions, Brussels, Belgium, 1975
The Video Show, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 1975
Towards Defining an Aesthetic, Third Eye Center, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1976
Artists Video Tapes, Biddik Farm Arts Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1977
Espace 78/1, Paris, France, 1978
Video Art 78, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, United Kingdom, 1978
Videowochen 79, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, 1979
Video 79, The First Decade, Rome, Italy, 1979
Espace 80, Paris, France, 1980
Video, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland, 1980
Swiss Art of the seventies and eigthies, Kunstmuseum Luzern 1981 70_80_Intro_Rene_Bauermeister
Jornadas de la critica 81, Videoarte suiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1981
Art vidéo, Retrospective et perspective, Charleroi, Belgium, 1983
Kulturtäter, Biel, Switzerland, 1983
Galerie Jonas, Cortaillod, Switzerland, 1983
Holdings of Films in Collections
Support-Surface, 1969, Kunstmuseum Luzern
Bougies vénitienne, 1975, Kunstmuseum Luzern
Hommage à Duchamps, 1976, Kunstmuseum Luzern
À Elvis, 1977, Kunstmuseum Luzern
Aléatoire I et II, 1978, Kunstmuseum Luzern
V comme vélo, 1980, Kunstmuseum Luzern
Miscellaneous
Awards and residencies
Point Zéro gewinnt den Preis in Nyon 1971. (überprüfen!)
Wins a prize at the first festival for video art in Locarno 1980.
Other sources
Bauermeister_Gazette_Littéraire_19720930 (Mappe Bauermeister CSZ)
Bauermeister_TribuneDeLausanne_LeMatin_19721007 (Mappe Bauermeister CSZ)
http://www.boa-muenchen.org/boa-kuenstlerkooperative/rene-bauermeister-suppert-surface-ausschnitt-tv-hammer–boa-galerie-ausstellung-320×240-6min–shokwave.htm