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Rainer Eisch | |
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| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Education | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Academy of Media Arts Cologne |
| Known for | New media art, Video art, Sculpture |
Rainer Eisch (born 1967 in Thun, Schwitzerland) is a Swiss and German visual artist. He lives and works in Düsseldorf.
Rainer Eisch studied from 1992 to 1999 at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the class for the "Integration of Fine Arts and Architecture" with Professor Christian Megert. From 2002 to 2004, he completed postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Rainer Eisch lives and works in Düsseldorf.
For over 25 years, Rainer Eisch has been making use of the possibilities of 3D computer programs as they are used in science, research and the film industry. Unlike there, the artist does not use the technology to digitally simulate reality. On the contrary, he strives to deliberately obscure the visible. This raises questions about the possibilities and limits of digital media.
A recurring element in the artist's work is the endless loop. In his work Nous serons-nous jamais rencontrés ?, which was shown in Montreal and Cologne, he addresses this artistically.
In his pictures, video works and installations, Eisch explores the perceptive capacity of the human eye and memory processes. He is concerned with the economy of perception, which enables the viewer to couple fragments with previous images of experience.
In 2010, he produced and directed Cloudtank, a short German film that was inspired by a special effect in which artificial clouds are created using liquids.
Film-portrait by Lars Klosterman and Emmanuel Mir
Interview at Deutsche Welle TV Creativity, AI, and art
From 2013 to 2022, Eisch was an honorary member of expert committees of the German Cultural Council Berlin; 2016 to 2018 spokesman of the board of Deutscher Künstlerbund; 2016 to 2023 honorary board member of Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst Bonn; 2016 to 2022 Jury member, Cultural Foundation of the Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst Bonn (2020–22 Chairman).
