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'''Otto Kelmer''' ({{IPA-de|ɔto: kɛlmɐ|}}, born 28 January 1948) is a German film director, author, artist and [[psychoanalyst]].
'''Otto Kelmer''' ({{IPA|de|ɔto: kɛlmɐ|}}, born 28 January 1948) is a German film director, author, artist, and [[psychoanalyst]].


==Life and Work==
==Life and work==
Otto Kelmer was born in [[Bucharest]] in 1948 and emigrated with his parents to Germany in 1963. From 1966 to 1967 he studied script writing and directing at the [[Filmacademy Vienna]]. In the autumn of 1967, he took up his studies at [[Ruhr University Bochum]], majoring in psychology, specializing in media sciences and finally earning his doctorate in 1975 with the publication ''Television – Grandmaster of Violence?: The Unmasking of a Myth''.{{sfn|Kelmer|Stein|1975|pp=1–220}}
Otto Kelmer was born in [[Bucharest]] in 1948 and emigrated with his parents to Germany in 1963. From 1966 to 1967 he studied script writing and directing at the [[Filmacademy Vienna]]. In the autumn of 1967, he took up his studies at [[Ruhr University Bochum]], majoring in psychology, specializing in media sciences, and finally earning his doctorate in 1975 with the publication ''Television – Grandmaster of Violence?: The Unmasking of a Myth''.{{sfn|Kelmer|Stein|1975|pp=1–220}}


The German weekly ''[[Die Zeit]]'' offered Kelmer the opportunity to reach a wider audience through a full page article in its cultural review. During this period Kelmer shot a number of shorts, including ''CAGE'', which was shown at the [[International Short Film Festival Oberhausen]] in 1969.
The German weekly newspaper ''[[Die Zeit]]'' offered Kelmer the opportunity to reach a wider audience through a full-page article in its cultural review. During this period Kelmer shot a number of shorts, including ''CAGE'', which was shown at the [[International Short Film Festival Oberhausen]] in 1969.


In September 1979, [[Marcel Reich-Ranicki]], considered to be the most influential ''post bellum'' German literary critic, published a selection of Kelmer's aphorisms in the ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]''.<ref>Otto Kelmer: Aphorismen. ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (in German). 8 September 1975. p. 23</ref>
In September 1979, German literary critic [[Marcel Reich-Ranicki]] published a selection of Kelmer's aphorisms in the ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]''.<ref>Otto Kelmer: Aphorismen. ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (in German). 8 September 1975. p. 23</ref>


From 1979 to 1985, Kelmer was introduced to classical drawing and painting by two Romanian artists based in Germany and France, Serban Gabrea and Daniel Négo. In 1980, Kelmer’s drawing ''Uncontrolled multiplication of René Magritte'' was shown by the curators Maurice Rapin and Mirabelle Dors at the ''Salon Figuration Critique''/''Centre Culturel de la Rue du Louvre'' in Paris.{{sfn|Dors|Rapin|1980}}
From 1979 to 1985, Kelmer was introduced to classical drawing and painting by two Romanian artists based in Germany and France, Serban Gabrea and Daniel Négo. In 1980, Kelmer’s drawing ''Uncontrolled multiplication of René Magritte'' was shown by the curators Maurice Rapin and Mirabelle Dors at the ''Salon Figuration Critique''/''Centre Culturel de la Rue du Louvre'' in Paris.{{sfn|Dors|Rapin|1980}}
After taking part in numerous group exhibitions at venues like Schloß Ringenberg Wesel in 1983 and [[Lehmbruck Museum]] in [[Duisburg]] in 1984, Kelmer was invited to exhibit his installation ''Tantalus' Dining Room'' at the internationally renowned avantgarde Galerie Löhrl in [[Mönchengladbach]].
After taking part in numerous group exhibitions at venues like Schloß Ringenberg Wesel in 1983 and [[Lehmbruck Museum]] in [[Duisburg]] in 1984, Kelmer was invited to exhibit his installation ''Tantalus' Dining Room'' at the avantgarde Galerie Löhrl in [[Mönchengladbach]].


As well as pursuing his artistic activities, Kelmer completed his training as a psychoanalyst from 1982 to 1991 with professors Tobias Brocher and Edeltrud Meistermann-Seeger, both known for their unorthodox role in further developing the theory and practice of [[psychoanalysis]].
As well as pursuing his artistic activities, Kelmer completed his training as a psychoanalyst from 1982 to 1991 with professors Tobias Brocher and Edeltrud Meistermann-Seeger, both known for their unorthodox role in further developing the theory and practice of [[psychoanalysis]].


Kelmer advanced his film studies mentored by master directors like [[Krzysztof Zanussi]] and [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]], as well as the script wizard [[Frank Daniel]]. Between 1991 and 1992, Kelmer wrote and directed the partly authentic, partly fictional ''The Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí'' for the German television channel [[ZDF]]. The film received numerous national and international accolades including the [[Grimme Award]], the audience Award of the Marler Group for the best TV production of 1992, as well as the Prix du Jury at the International Festival of Films on Art FIFA in [[Montréal]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/3CITELIBRE221994/3%3DCITE%20LIBRE%3D22%201994#page/n33/mode/2up |last=Villeneuve |first= Paquerette |title=''Le festival de l'art pour l'art.'' |date=May 1994 |format=PDF |access-date=4 February 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.org/stream/3CITELIBRE221994/3%3DCITE%20LIBRE%3D22%201994#page/n33/mode/2up |archive-date=4 February 2018| ref=harv }}</ref>
Kelmer advanced his film studies under the mentorship of directors like [[Krzysztof Zanussi]] and [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]] as well as screenwriter [[Frank Daniel]]. Between 1991 and 1992, Kelmer wrote and directed the partly authentic, partly fictional ''The Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí'' for the German television channel [[ZDF]]. The film received numerous national and international accolades including the [[Grimme-Preis|Grimme Award]], the audience Award of the Marler Group for the best TV production of 1992, and the Prix du Jury at the International Festival of Films on Art FIFA in [[Montréal]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|last=Villeneuve|first=Paquerette|date=May 1994|title=''Le festival de l'art pour l'art.''|url=https://archive.org/stream/3CITELIBRE221994/3%3DCITE%20LIBRE%3D22%201994#page/n33/mode/2up|access-date=4 February 2018|language=fr|format=PDF}}</ref>


For the Dalí film Kelmer created among other art works the sculpture ''Narcissistic Triptych or Mirroring Apollo'', which has since then been exhibited in the Film Museum Düsseldorf. The film was shown twice in the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]] in Paris: 1994 at the 4e Biennale Internationale du Film sur l´Art{{sfn|Breteau-Skira|1994|p=89}} and 2013 as part of the Salvador Dalí retrospective, curated by [[Jean-Hubert Martin]].<ref>[https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/resource/ciXpxr/ro49Xyr ''La Collection secrète de Salvador Dalí.''] on the Website of ''Centre Georges Pompidou''. Retrieved 29 January 2018.</ref>
For the Dalí film, Kelmer created, among other art works, the sculpture ''Narcissistic Triptych or Mirroring Apollo'', which has since been exhibited in the Film Museum Düsseldorf. The film was shown twice in the [[Centre Pompidou]] in Paris: in 1994 at the 4e Biennale Internationale du Film sur l´Art{{sfn|Breteau-Skira|1994|p=89}} and in 2013 as part of the Salvador Dalí retrospective, curated by [[Jean-Hubert Martin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=La Collection secrète de Salvador Dalí|url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/resource/ciXpxr/ro49Xyr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027030020/https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/resource/ciXpxr/ro49Xyr|archive-date=October 27, 2017|access-date=29 January 2018|website=Centre Pompidou|language=fr}}</ref>
As part of the exhibition ''Charade – Rochade'' at the Haubrok Collection Berlin in 2012, Kelmer's trailer for a not-yet-existing film was one of the most excitedly received and discussed exhibits.{{sfn|Kelmer|2013|pp=114–115}}{{sfn|Kelmer|2013|pp=116–117}}
As part of the exhibition ''Charade – Rochade'' at the Haubrok Collection Berlin in 2012, Kelmer's trailer for a not-yet-existing film was one of the most excitedly received and discussed exhibits.{{sfn|Kelmer|2013|pp=114–115}}{{sfn|Kelmer|2013|pp=116–117}}


==Distinctions==
==Distinctions==
* 1993: ''The Golden Adolf-Grimme-Award for The Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí''
* 1993: The Golden Adolf-Grimme-Award for ''The Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí''
* 1993: ''The Audience Award of the Marler Group for the best TV production of 1992 for The Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí''
* 1993: The Audience Award of the Marler Group for the best TV production of 1992 for ''The Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí''
* 1994: ''Jury Prize at the Festival International du Film sur l'Art FIFA Montréal for La collection secrète de Salvador Dalí''
* 1994: Jury Prize at the Festival International du Film sur l'Art FIFA Montréal for ''La collection secrète de Salvador Dalí''


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
'''Books'''
'''Books'''
*{{cite book |last=Breteau-Skira |first=Gisèle |date=1994 |title=4e Biennale Internationale du Film sur l'Art 19–24 octobre 1994. |trans-title= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Presses Universitaires de France |isbn=2-85850-811-9| ref=harv }}
*{{cite book |last=Breteau-Skira |first=Gisèle |date=1994 |title=4e Biennale Internationale du Film sur l'Art 19–24 octobre 1994. |trans-title= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Presses Universitaires de France |isbn=2-85850-811-9}}
*{{cite book |last1=Dors |first1=Mirabelle |last2=Rapin |first2=Maurice |date=1980 |title=Figuration critique, Salon, 16 juin-14 juillet 1980. Centre culturel de la rue du Louvre |trans-title= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Figuration critique |isbn=3-487-06908-3 |ref=harv |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/cataloguedesmanu00muse }}
*{{cite book |last1=Dors |first1=Mirabelle |last2=Rapin |first2=Maurice |date=1980 |title=Figuration critique, Salon, 16 juin-14 juillet 1980. Centre culturel de la rue du Louvre |trans-title= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Figuration critique |isbn=3-487-06908-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/cataloguedesmanu00muse }}
* {{cite book |last1=Kelmer |first1=Otto |last2=Stein |first2=Arnd |date=1975 |title=Fernsehen: Aggressionsschule der Nation?: Die Entlarvung eines Mythos |trans-title=Television-Grandmaster of Violence?: The Unmasking of a Myth |url= |language=German |location=Bochum |publisher=Studienverlag Brockmeyer |isbn=3-921543-21-5 | ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |last1=Kelmer |first1=Otto |last2=Stein |first2=Arnd |date=1975 |title=Fernsehen: Aggressionsschule der Nation?: Die Entlarvung eines Mythos |trans-title=Television-Grandmaster of Violence?: The Unmasking of a Myth |url= |language=German |location=Bochum |publisher=Studienverlag Brockmeyer |isbn=3-921543-21-5 }}
*{{cite book |last=Kelmer |first=Otto |editor-last=Haubrok |editor-first=Axel |title=Charade - Rochade 08.09.2012-09.10.2012 Haubrokshows |publisher=Distanz |date=2013 |pages= |chapter=''Wer ist Michel Würthle? und Was ist die neue Geheime Sammlung des Salvador Dalí für ein Film?'' |isbn=978-3-95476-006-0 |language=German |trans-title="Who is Michel Würthle? and The New Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí - What kind of Film is it Actually?"|url= | ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |last=Kelmer |first=Otto |editor-last=Haubrok |editor-first=Axel |title=Charade - Rochade 08.09.2012-09.10.2012 Haubrokshows |publisher=Distanz |date=2013 |pages= |chapter=''Wer ist Michel Würthle? und Was ist die neue Geheime Sammlung des Salvador Dalí für ein Film?'' |isbn=978-3-95476-006-0 |language=German |trans-title=Who is Michel Würthle? and The New Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí - What kind of Film is it Actually?|url= }}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://taz.de/!1628779/ ''29. Adolf Grimme Preis 1993. ''taz'']{{in lang|de}}. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
* [https://taz.de/!1628779/ ''29. Adolf Grimme Preis 1993. taz''] {{in lang|de}}. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
* [http://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?sucheNach=titel&wert=61454 ''Die geheime Sammlung des Salvador Dalí.'']{{in lang|de}}. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
* [http://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?sucheNach=titel&wert=61454 ''Die geheime Sammlung des Salvador Dalí.''] {{in lang|de}}. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
* [https://programm.ard.de/TV/arte/die-geheime-sammlung-des-salvador-dal-/eid_287246150385262 ''ARD TV. Die geheime Sammlung des Salvador Dali.'']{{in lang|de}}. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
* [https://programm.ard.de/TV/arte/die-geheime-sammlung-des-salvador-dal-/eid_287246150385262 ''ARD TV. Die geheime Sammlung des Salvador Dali.''] {{in lang|de}}. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
* [https://www.arte.tv/sites/de/corporate/la-collection-secrete-de-salvador-dali/''ARTE TV'']{{in lang|de}}. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
* [https://www.arte.tv/sites/de/corporate/la-collection-secrete-de-salvador-dali/''ARTE TV''] {{in lang|de}}. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
*[http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1515/2013389557-d.html ''Charade – Rochade: 08.09.2012–09.10.2012 Haubrokshows'']. ''Publisher description for Library of Congress.'' Retrieved 4 February 2018.
*[http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1515/2013389557-d.html ''Charade – Rochade: 08.09.2012–09.10.2012 Haubrokshows'']. ''Publisher description for Library of Congress.'' Retrieved 4 February 2018.


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Latest revision as of 21:49, 20 August 2024

Otto Kelmer
Born (1948-01-28) 28 January 1948 (age 76)
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Film director, artist, author, psychoanalyst
Years active1969–present
Awards1993: The Golden Grimme Award
1993: The Audience Award of the Marler Group 1994: Jury Prize at the Festival International du Film sur l'Art FIFA Montréal

Otto Kelmer ([ɔto: kɛlmɐ], born 28 January 1948) is a German film director, author, artist, and psychoanalyst.

Life and work

[edit]

Otto Kelmer was born in Bucharest in 1948 and emigrated with his parents to Germany in 1963. From 1966 to 1967 he studied script writing and directing at the Filmacademy Vienna. In the autumn of 1967, he took up his studies at Ruhr University Bochum, majoring in psychology, specializing in media sciences, and finally earning his doctorate in 1975 with the publication Television – Grandmaster of Violence?: The Unmasking of a Myth.[1]

The German weekly newspaper Die Zeit offered Kelmer the opportunity to reach a wider audience through a full-page article in its cultural review. During this period Kelmer shot a number of shorts, including CAGE, which was shown at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 1969.

In September 1979, German literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki published a selection of Kelmer's aphorisms in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.[2]

From 1979 to 1985, Kelmer was introduced to classical drawing and painting by two Romanian artists based in Germany and France, Serban Gabrea and Daniel Négo. In 1980, Kelmer’s drawing Uncontrolled multiplication of René Magritte was shown by the curators Maurice Rapin and Mirabelle Dors at the Salon Figuration Critique/Centre Culturel de la Rue du Louvre in Paris.[3] After taking part in numerous group exhibitions at venues like Schloß Ringenberg Wesel in 1983 and Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg in 1984, Kelmer was invited to exhibit his installation Tantalus' Dining Room at the avantgarde Galerie Löhrl in Mönchengladbach.

As well as pursuing his artistic activities, Kelmer completed his training as a psychoanalyst from 1982 to 1991 with professors Tobias Brocher and Edeltrud Meistermann-Seeger, both known for their unorthodox role in further developing the theory and practice of psychoanalysis.

Kelmer advanced his film studies under the mentorship of directors like Krzysztof Zanussi and Krzysztof Kieślowski as well as screenwriter Frank Daniel. Between 1991 and 1992, Kelmer wrote and directed the partly authentic, partly fictional The Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí for the German television channel ZDF. The film received numerous national and international accolades including the Grimme Award, the audience Award of the Marler Group for the best TV production of 1992, and the Prix du Jury at the International Festival of Films on Art FIFA in Montréal in 1994.[4]

For the Dalí film, Kelmer created, among other art works, the sculpture Narcissistic Triptych or Mirroring Apollo, which has since been exhibited in the Film Museum Düsseldorf. The film was shown twice in the Centre Pompidou in Paris: in 1994 at the 4e Biennale Internationale du Film sur l´Art[5] and in 2013 as part of the Salvador Dalí retrospective, curated by Jean-Hubert Martin.[6]

As part of the exhibition Charade – Rochade at the Haubrok Collection Berlin in 2012, Kelmer's trailer for a not-yet-existing film was one of the most excitedly received and discussed exhibits.[7][8]

Distinctions

[edit]
  • 1993: The Golden Adolf-Grimme-Award for The Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí
  • 1993: The Audience Award of the Marler Group for the best TV production of 1992 for The Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí
  • 1994: Jury Prize at the Festival International du Film sur l'Art FIFA Montréal for La collection secrète de Salvador Dalí

Bibliography

[edit]

Books

  • Breteau-Skira, Gisèle (1994). 4e Biennale Internationale du Film sur l'Art 19–24 octobre 1994 (in French). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 2-85850-811-9.
  • Dors, Mirabelle; Rapin, Maurice (1980). Figuration critique, Salon, 16 juin-14 juillet 1980. Centre culturel de la rue du Louvre (in French). Paris: Figuration critique. ISBN 3-487-06908-3.
  • Kelmer, Otto; Stein, Arnd (1975). Fernsehen: Aggressionsschule der Nation?: Die Entlarvung eines Mythos [Television-Grandmaster of Violence?: The Unmasking of a Myth] (in German). Bochum: Studienverlag Brockmeyer. ISBN 3-921543-21-5.
  • Kelmer, Otto (2013). "Wer ist Michel Würthle? und Was ist die neue Geheime Sammlung des Salvador Dalí für ein Film?". In Haubrok, Axel (ed.). Charade - Rochade 08.09.2012-09.10.2012 Haubrokshows [Who is Michel Würthle? and The New Secret Collection of Salvador Dalí - What kind of Film is it Actually?] (in German). Distanz. ISBN 978-3-95476-006-0.

References

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  1. ^ Kelmer & Stein 1975, pp. 1–220.
  2. ^ Otto Kelmer: Aphorismen. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 8 September 1975. p. 23
  3. ^ Dors & Rapin 1980.
  4. ^ Villeneuve, Paquerette (May 1994). "Le festival de l'art pour l'art." (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  5. ^ Breteau-Skira 1994, p. 89.
  6. ^ "La Collection secrète de Salvador Dalí". Centre Pompidou (in French). Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  7. ^ Kelmer 2013, pp. 114–115.
  8. ^ Kelmer 2013, pp. 116–117.
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