Furniture are experienced physically. Sitting one stops, comes to himself - Sitting sharpens the sense of sight, generated structure and provides support. Helzles sofa looks like an island, a place of rest. The artist invites the visitor to be seated for the duration of a shooting on his sofa printed with portrait miniatures from people all around the world. This sprawling furniture like a base, a throne, as if the artists enhance the visitor. more...
The installation is housed in a room or in two adjacent rooms and consists of two parts. Part 1 is a photography station in which photographs are made of entering visitors, and Part 2 is an interactive projection in which the visitors who have been photographed are part of the action in several respects. more...
MEDIA ART PIECE by Wolf Nkole Helzle. The media artist Wolf Nkole Helzle has been working unwaveringly on expanding a unique archive since the mid-nineties. Wheter in Europe, Africa, or Asia - wether at an art exhibition, in a church, or on the street - in all these places, a chair, a lamp, a black background, and a camera have invited guests, visitors, and passers-by to participate in a photo shoot. more...
An interactive video installation by Wolf Nkole Helzle.
A parable on the life and perception of reality: Visitors can see only that part of the projected video on the wall, which "hides" their face surface. When no one acts as a connector in space, nothing is to be seen and also the sound ceases. more...
An interactive media installation by Masayuki Akamatsu and Wolf Nkole Helzle
International teamwork: The two media artists Masayuki Akamatsu (Japan) and Wolf Nkole Helzle (Germany) designed a new media artwork together. It deals with the recognition of our individuality in relation to humankind and interacts with the audience. more...
Wolf Nkole Helzle and Masayuki Akamatsu, 2009
The interactive installation showing 256 video portraits of different people trying to think nothing, so attempting to let what most solely the world seems to be constituted. The viewer is witness of impressive portraits of almost hypnotic intensity and vulnerability. more...
Looking for a way to expand my decades-long series of portraits now almost 40,000 people to animals, I learned to know. the friendly tenant of the goat farm Ensmad on the Swabian Alb, Albert and Kerstin Hellenthal They offered me their support so I could photograph at the beginning of December all animals of the herd individually. more...