Kai Schäfer
Photography
Germany
About the artist
Every groove, every label reference, every tonearm part is oversized and thus almost tangible.
The greatest albums in music history in the spotlight - on turntables that have become legendary in their own right.
The worldrecords series is a homage to analogue acoustic art, a homage to the warmest, perhaps most sensitive kind of sound carrier. In a certain way - and this is what makes the photo series so special - it is also a personal time machine for the viewer: music as a memory impulse of parts of one's own history, a triggering of earlier thoughts and feelings.
The soundtrack of one's own life.
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Kai Schäfer, born 1969 in Solingen, Germany, works as a photographic artist.
He created WORLDRECORDS in 2010 as an ongoing series of detailed photos of vinyl on turntables that offer both the appreciation of a dedicated fan. The series now comprises over 100 images.
The approach, precise down to the last detail, finds its ideal expression in the large format. Every groove, every label reference, every tonearm part is oversized and thus almost tangible. The special light that Kai developed for worldrecords plays a big part in making these effects real.
Original sizes are also available to fit any room.
Artist bio Kai Schäfer:
1. born 16.05.1969 in Solingen/Germany
2. finished Highschool in ́88 (Abitur)
3. finished Apprenticeship 1992 Rene ́ Staud Studios (http://www.staudstudios.com/de/)
4. freelance photographer since 1992
5. photo artist since 2010
6. based in Düsseldorf/Germany
Works | Series
Worldrecords
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The greatest albums in music history in the spotlight - on turntables that have become legendary in their own right. The worldrecords series is a homage to analogue acoustic art, a homage to the warmest, perhaps most sensitive kind of sound carrier. In a certain way - and this is what makes the photo series so special - it is also a personal time machine for the viewer: music as a memory impulse of parts of one's own history, a triggering of earlier thoughts and feelings. The soundtrack of one's own life.
References
Solo exhibitions
2022 solo exhibition Kunsthaus „sans titre“ Potsdam
2022 solo exhibition Auditorium Hamm 2022 group exhibition art-advisor Ratingen
2021 solo exhibition https://masterpieceart.co.uk London
2020 solo exhibition „RIVV“ Düsseldorf / Germany longtime-exhibition „me and all hotel“ Hannover
2018 Solo-Exhibition Heni-Gallery London / Great Britain Solo-Exhibition Mercedes-Benz Booth „TechnoClassica“
2017 Solo Exhibition Tonhalle Düsseldorf
2016 Solo Exhibition Gallery Artphotoby Paris
2014 Solo Exhibition Music-Festival Rock am Ring Germany
2014 Solo Exhibtion Kopeikin Gallery Los Angeles
2012 Solo Exhibition Music-Festival Rock am Ring Germany
Group exhibitions
2022 Artphotoby gallery Sophie Leiser France
2019 Road Trip Exhibition: galleries: "camera work" berlin
"Voss" Düsseldorf
"Ketterer Kunst" Munich / "gallery"
Frankfurtexhibition Galeria K Mallorca /
Spainmeeting the B-52's Cologne /
Germanyexhibition gallery "artphotoby" Paris / France
2017 Group Exhibition "Mythos Tour de France" (with Kraftwerk, Andreas Gursky & Co) Museum NRW Forum Düsseldorf
2015 PhotoPopUpFair Düsseldorf
2013 Miami Project Miami
2013 "Texas Contemporary" Houston
2013 ArtWalk & Auctions Google Los Angeles
2013 The Aipad Photography Show New York
2012 Group Exhibition "so what gallery" Düsseldorf
Museum exhibitions
2018 "Other Realities" Group Exhibition Museum PASO Drusenheim / France
2017 Fotofever Carrousel du Louvre ParisGroup Exhibition "Mythos Tour de France" (with Kraftwerk, Andreas Gursky & Co)
2017 Group Exhibition "Mythos Tour de France" (with Kraftwerk, Andreas Gursky & Co) Museum NRW Forum Düsseldorf
2017 Grieger Group Exhibition Museum NRW Forum Düsseldorf
2015 Fotofever Carrousel du Louvre Paris
2014 Fotofever Carrousel du Louvre Paris
Press
Professional photo 2017
https://www.profifoto.de/szene/ausstellungen/2017/06/21/worldrecords-by-kai-schaefer/
Local compass 2017
https://www.lokalkompass.de/duesseldorf/c-kultur/kraftwerk-signieren-kunstwerk-des-duesseldorfer-kuenstlers-kai-schaefer_a762369
The Village 2014
https://thedorf.de/gesichter/ein-tag-mit/kai-schaefer/
2016 Mint Magazine