Bjørn Melhus

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Bjørn Melhus is a German-Norwegian media artist.

Most Popular Bjørn Melhus Trailers

Total trailers found: 19

Piaffe Trailer (2023)

04 May 2023

When her sibling Zara suffers a nervous breakdown, the introvert Eva is forced to take on Zara’s job as a Foley artist.

Doors of Reception Trailer (2019)

10 October 2019

Doors of Reception is a collage of door sounds from various science fiction films, creating an abstract sound painting of opening and closing colour fields.

[dramatic music continues] Trailer (2024)

04 May 2024

The film [dramatic music continues], which uses subtitles of audio descriptions from various war films, is a reflection on our current media consumption and the increasing normalization of war.

Freedom & Independence Trailer (2015)

23 April 2015

Against the backdrop of an unfathomable megalopolis, in a story that follows the associative qualities of a dream logic, the protagonists quote from concepts of neo-liberal elitism, and a mix of religious delusions and hallucinations of the apocalypse.

Ultima Thule Trailer (1989)

27 October 1989

Although photographer Horn has been back from Scotland for a while, he still has to think about his irritating and fleeting encounter with a stranger on his journey.

SUGAR Trailer (2019)

06 March 2019

In a post-apocalyptic world not dissimilar to the present, SUGAR, a humanoid robot that can feel, think and dance, is sent out to bring a human touch back to humanity.

Objet A Trailer (2024)

28 June 2024

Ingeborg and Adam live and work together as hand surgeons. Ingeborg is a kleptomaniac. During a fit, she hurts her ankle and gets a walking aid.

Cornflakes Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

The End Time Trailer (2019)

01 January 2019

“The End Time” was developed for the exhibition Spectral Afterlives at Sprengel Museum Hannover on occasion of the publication of “Spectral Afterlives – Bjørn Melhus and his Media Doubles” with an essay by Elisabeth Bronfen.

No Sunshine Trailer (1997)

19 October 1997

A short story about new bodies, the power of denial, and a state of no sunshine. Two infantile bodies float in a cyberspace ball, connected by two subconscious bodies in the background.

Ich weiss nicht, wer das ist Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Resolution Trailer (2023)

29 April 2023

Referencingthe death scene of Sol Roth, played by Edward G. Robinson, in the 1973 movie Soylent Green, and old man on a hospital bed moves through an endless hallway and reflects in a monologue on the 11years of his life and how husmands were able to avoid their own extinciton.

America Sells Trailer (1990)

01 July 1990

Das Badezimmer Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

In reference to the trailer of Psycho (USA 1960), narrated in German by Alfred Hitchcock himself, a gardener with a chainsaw guides us through the premises of the Herbert Gerisch Foundation in Schleswig-Holstein 51 years later.

Sudden Destruction Trailer (2013)

03 May 2013

An exorcist ritual in a hotel room at night falling on Which a spasm-ridden medium predicts "sudden destruction".

HOMESICK Trailer (2023)

18 March 2023

Captain Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

Melhus slips into the role of the captain of a space ship, accompanied by a bold man and a boy in his communion suit.

AGAIN AND AGAIN Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

In the video installation “Again & Again” Melhus tells—not without humor—the story of a person engaged in an inner dialogue on the subject of reproduction, only to be rejected by the clone whose qualities are superior to his own.

Far Far Away Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

With her green bow in her hair, a naïve Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz embodies an aspect of the artist’s own personal context.