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INNER LANDSCAPES (PAISAJES INTERNOS) 2022 / video / color / 8:34 min. 'Inner Landscapes' is a ten-minute short film shot on the private property where Spanish painter Antoni Tàpies lived and worked. His studio, surrounded by nature, faces the black mountain in the Barcelona province. The voice in the film reflects the perspectives of different people encountered in this landscape. This work was part of a collaboration with the Kupferstichkabinett National Museum in Berlin, Germany. “Looking at things in a certain way. Looking at light, motion, water, the horizon. Matter is like a mirror. Observing the landscape, I felt new feelings. Sometimes I try to put a name but I can’t; it’s a new experience. Every time I watch the landscape, there’s a change inside...” Short excerpt from video. Follow my vimeo page for the full version: https://vimeo.com/annaswagerman "I felt new feelings without a name." Clouds don't behave like we think they do, they have their own ways." "Everytime I observe the landscape, there is a change inside." Exhibition view 2021 / Kühlhaus / Berlin, GE

CALLING HOME (PAISAJES INTERNOS) 2020 / experimental video / color / 11 min. Calling home is a ten minute short film based on real telephone conversations, that offer a space to turn back inside. Short excerpt from video. Contact me for a link to the full version. "If we listen to the body, it's showing the right way." "That's why I go places, to be aware of what happens. If you don't confront you cannot align... no discovery." "Do you think you have to reach a point? All these moments are passing, everything passes." Exhibition view 2020 / LICHTBLICK / Berlin, GE

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I VE BEEN WATCHING 2019 / video / color / 1:45 min. Collaboration with actor Julien Colombet, inspired by the power of observation. Video still. Follow my vimeo page to see full version: https://vimeo.com/annaswagerman Video still Video still Exhibition view 2019 / Gustav Adolf Church, Berlin, GE

SAILING HOME 2023 / digital photograph / color ‘Sailing Home' is a photographic work inspired by the landscape paintings of Charles Angrand. Six photographers were invited by Van Gogh Museum to create a landscape, drawing inspiration from the landscapes painted by Van Gogh and his temporaries. This commission was part of the exhibition 'Van Gogh along the Seine: The Modern Landscape' , which was on view at Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam and Art Institute Chicago . The resulting works were exhibited at Van Gogh Museum during Museum night 2023 and at a 'floating museum' on the ferry from Amsterdam Central Station to NDSM-wharf, during Amsterdam Ferry festival 'Sailing Home', digital photograph, 2023 Source of inspiration: 'The Seine at Dawn', Charles Angrand (1889) 'Sailing Home' on view at the ferry, Museum night '23 'Floating museum' during Museum night '23 'Sailing Home' on view at the Van Gogh Museum, Museum night '23