Heiko Fischer & Torsten Lohrmann

Heiko Fischer (b. 1967) and Torsten Lohrmann (b. 1967) studied at the Institute for Theatre, Film and Television Studies in Cologne. Since 1989, they have produced various music and documentary videos independently of one another. In 1992, Lohrmann and Fischer began working together as ‘THR media hype’ and have since realised numerous video projects. Since 1995, the video makers have been working for private television companies.

Heiko Fischer’s videography: 1990 “Frontier”, music video, U-Matic, 4 min • 1990/91 “Zimbo” (with Meikel Brenken), TV satire clip, U-Matic, 2 min • 1992 ‘The host of Seraphin’, music video, U-Matic, 6 min • 1992 ‘Das Ritual’ (with Eric Sick), art clip/documentary about a performance by the Cologne-based artist Maria de Alvear, commissioned work, U-Matic, 15 min
Videography Torsten Lohrmann: 1991 ‘6 Minutes with bb’ (with K. Pitterling), documentary, U-Matic, 6.30 mins • 1991 ‘Circle mysterieux des adolescentes’, visual composition to the music of the same name from Igor Stravinsky’s ‘Le Sacre du Printemps’, U-Matic, 5.50 mins • 1992 “Kennst du das Land wo die Zitronen blühen?”, synchronisation of ballet and punk, Hi8 and U-Matic low, 1.50 min • 1992 “Two faces”, promotional video for a dance performance by Mike Herting, Hi8 and U-Matic, 11 min, commissioned by THR media hype: • Lohrmann and Fischer • 1992 ‘One day in America’, music video for the Cologne band Maix Minions, 4.40 min, S8, Hi8, Betacam and U-Matic, commissioned work • 1993/94 "U-Ebertplatz - ‘Document over 24 Hours’, video installation and exhibition, documentary 2 X, Hi8 and VHS, 1440.12 mins on 16 July 1994, Autonomes Zentrum Aachen, in collaboration with Kunstverein Mehrwert e.V. • 1993/94 “U-Ebertplatz – Document over 24 Hours”, short-cut version, documentary, Hi8 and U-Matic, 44 mins • 1994 “Thomas and the Cow”, documentary, Hi8 and Betacam SP, 2.52 mins • 1994/95 ‘Happy Chickens’, documentary, Hi8 and Betacam SP, 3 min 6 sec • 1995 ‘Sunday Outing’, documentary, Hi8 and Betacam SP, 7 min 35 sec • 1995 ‘Buenas tardes Amigo’ (with Christine Rack), musical western, Super 8 and Digital Betacam, 7.20 mins • 1995 ‘Les Frites Foutues’, promotional clip for the orchestra of the same name, Clownesque, Hi8 and Digital Betacam, 11 mins, commissioned work • 1996 ‘Oellers, Buster and Ilse’, documentary, Hi8 and Digital Betacam, 18 min • 1996 ‘Mama Techno and the Postman’, music video, Super 8 and Digital Betacam, 2.40 min