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Markrokosmos
1998 - 2003
Can be seen in the film Kinectic
Opus 212
The Invention
1996
Can be seen in the film Kinectic
Conception
1996
Can be seen in the film Kinectic
Untitled
1997
La Danse
2008
Sisyphus
2000
Can be seen in the film Kinectic
Windows
2004
Mark's Museum
Bucherer
2007
Ping Pong Pakhuis
Portable Easel
1995
Clarinet Case
1994
Double Chair
1992
Jewelery Box
Music Stand
1989
Kinetic DVD
1989

Kinetic is a short film based on several kinetic objects by the visual artist Mark Bischof, objects in which rolling glass marbles play an important role. These apparati are not designed for any practical purpose, but as expressions of movement and rhythm.

The film consists of four studies of glass marbles in motion, how they roll and whirl. Four brief chapters, whose film images occasionally put one in mind of early abstract films, mechanical ballets of elements that turn, move and rush around, or of films that concern themselves, not with recording actions that take place before the camera, but with the rhythm and movement of the images themselves.

© Jan Wouter van Reijen-2004

music performed by: ROMEO KWARTET
no dialogue
25 minutes
dvd-technique: Thomas van der Linde
layout design: Guusje Thorbecke
The film is sponsored by ThuisKopie Fonds and the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

This film is available on DVD for the price of €13. For further information, contact Jan Wouter van Reijen

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Mark Bischof's musical career gave him the discipline and exercise in imagination to make concrete, in 1989, his early love for wood-working, and indulge his fascination for inventing trick mechanisms.

After years of experimentation in working wood and developing a varied range of art objects, Mark has found his preference is creating machines that work solely on the basis of gravitation and must be set in motion by hand. Transparency of construction is an important characteristic of these kinetic works, and an essential part of their attraction. One can always follow in detail what's happening and the delightful ways in which they move.

"I have deliberately challenged myself not to create my latest and more complex machines only to be functional, but also aesthetic," says Mark proudly, with a smile. "They must stimulate my fantasy, as well as the fantasy of those who observe them. "To accomplish this elusive task using concrete materials, I find I must follow my original idea at all times, using trial and error as I proceed, rather than work from sketches. This approach has, as a bonus, unexpected discoveries which occur from time to time. These keep the creative process alive in me. This is absolutely vital because it sustains me during projects which can demand years of work."

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2011- 2012
Markrokosmos and Opus 212 in phaeno, Wolfsburg/de
2010
completion of Opus 212
2009
participation in KlankKleurFestival, Amsterdam
2008
featured in Het Klokhuis again
2007
design of AION for Bucherer, Luzern/ch exposition in Teylers Museum, Haarlem/nl replica's of Mark's work are featured in Hollywood movie 'Fracture'
2006
featured in dutch TV Program 'Het Klokhuis' educative project PingPongPakhuis in Amsterdam
2004
Premiere on the international Film Festival Rotterdam of 'Kinetic', a film about Mark's work by J.W.van Reijen
1998 - 2003
creation of Markrokosmos
1997 - 1998
first abstract kinetic objects
1990 - 1996
creation of 'The Invention' and various works of applied art exhibition Slot Loevenstein/nl exhibition Ambient Art Gallery/ Amsterdam
before 1990
studies cello at the conservatories in Bremen/de and Amsterdam/nl
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