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Rainer Kohlberger

Rainer KOHLBERGER (1982, Austria) is a Berlin-based visual artist, designer and filmmaker. His work is primarily based on algorithmically generated graphics that are exposed in live performances, experimental films and installations. His abstract audiovisual work field won the ZKM App Art Award for artistic innovation in 2011. In 2013, he won the Crossing Europe Local Artist Award for his video Humming, Fast and Slow (2013). Kohlberger’s short film not even nothing can be free of ghosts (2016) was selected for the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition at IFFR 2016. His experimental film Answering the Sun, a world premiere at IFFR 2022, was also nominated for a Tiger Short Award. With The Electric Kiss (2024) he joins IFFR for the fifth time.

Filmography

(selection, all short) Ghostwriter (2009, instal), Rain (2010), Colors of Noise: Part I & II (2011, instal), Arcana (2011), White Light/White Heat (2011, co-dir), Humming, Fast and Slow (2013), Moon Blink (2014), Colors of Noise: Part III (2014, instal), not even nothing can be free of ghosts (2016), keep that dream burning (2017), more than everything (2018), It has to be lived once and dreamed twice (2019), Answering the Sun (2022), The Electric Kiss (2024)

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Rainer Kohlberger at IFFR

  • The Electric Kiss

    An experience that overwhelms the senses, exploring the constructions of reality from a dystopian perspective.

    • Short & Mid-length

  • not even nothing can be free of ghosts

    Made without camera or film, Austrian artist Rainer Kohlberger’s algorithm-based abstractions engulf the cinema space with their light rhythms and opt

    • Bright Future
    • Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films

  • Moon Blink

    Abstract video ingeniously captures and controls the viewer’s gaze. From staring to toying with focus and depth. Breathtaking visual experience.

    • Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films

  • more than everything

    A subtle visual experiment in fooling the senses using stereoscopy that sends different visual information to each eye.

    • Ammodo Tiger Short Competition

  • Answering the Sun

    Surrender yourself to this hallucinatory sensory experience by visual artist Rainer Kohlberger.

    • Ammodo Tiger Short Competition