Art of the senses: Heike Baranowsky inspires in Bamberg!

Art of the senses: Heike Baranowsky inspires in Bamberg!

The wait is over: From December 6th, 2025, the Kunstverein Bamberg e. V. the eagerly awaited exhibition “Heike Baranowsky – Soliloquio”. In the impressive setting of the Villa Dessauer city gallery, visitors can immerse themselves in the fascinating world of the German video artist until January 18, 2026. Baranowsky's work spans three decades and offers an exciting mix of video works, sculptures, cyanotypes and photographic image series.

What makes Heike Baranowsky's works so special? Her artistic practice is based on precise observation and a conceptual elegance that stimulates thought. She delves deeply into topics such as time, space and perception and takes the viewer on a journey that often emerges from years of research and concentrated perceptual situations. She observes light phenomena, movement sequences and architectural structures and uses the camera to re-measure and transform reality.

A look at the main work

The center of the exhibition is the stop-motion animation “Soliloquio” (2023). The work provides a unique look at the movement of sunlight in the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome. Baranowsky photographed a spot of light along the building's meridian line during astronomically significant days and transformed the individual images into a dynamic sequence. The flow of time becomes visible, revealing a meditative quality of natural light.

In addition, the exhibition also shows other key works such as “Eppur si muove” (2020), which illuminates the movement patterns of the stars and addresses the relationship between astronomical observation and illusion. “Moon Trip 2001” deals with the instability of the moon and the relationship between the camera, water, sky and the viewer. Baranowsky's works are the result of a process of observation, conceptual reduction and technical transformation, which makes them particularly impressive and diverse.

A companion work to the exhibition

Accompanying the exhibition, the book “At the Still Point” will be presented, which represents a good compilation of her artistic practice and the various groups of works. This gives visitors the opportunity to delve even deeper into Baranowsky's approach. Using digital processes such as time stretching and loop structures, she creates a special atmosphere that sharpens the viewer's visual thinking. Many of her works do without sound, which further contributes to the focus on the visual, as visitors experience the art in their own unique way.

Heike Baranowsky's works are not only a homage to video art, which has been a central part of the contemporary art scene since the 1960s, but also a window into a new perception of reality. Video art has evolved into a tool that has significantly expanded artistic possibilities and is capable of addressing social, political and personal issues. In this context, the exhibition becomes the ideal framework for dialogue about the role of video art in our modern world, which is so strongly influenced by visual impressions.

Visit the exhibition “Heike Baranowsky – Soliloquio” in the Villa Dessauer city gallery, where ⭐️ art and technology merge together in an exciting way. You can also find more information on art-in and that Bamberg media portal. Together with that Gerdes Gallery as a background, the exhibition is a highlight for art lovers and everyone who wants to experience the fascination of video art.