Ralf Filges

Born in Bielefeld in 1954 • 1981-87 Studied at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, graduating under Prof. Gottfried Jaeger • 1987 Scholarship from the German-French Youth Organization • 1994 IG-Medien Art Prize, ideas competition

Exhibitions (selection): 1984 Admission to the “Family of Camera-less Photographers,” Pierre Cordier, Brussels (B) • Galerie Foto-scene, Osnabrück • 1985 FILIGRAMME, FH-Galerie Lampingstrasse, Bielefeld • 1986 7th Symposium for Photography, FH-Bielefeld • Positions of Experimental Photography, Kunsthalle Bielefeld • 1987 State University of Photography Gallery, Arles (F) • Sequence Series, Museum of Photography, Braunschweig • 1988 NBKS, Oirschot (NL) • Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn • 1989 Exhibition and photo performance: " Dialogue with Silver Nitrate,“ Detmold City Hall • Photo performance: ”Cry of Light Quanta,“ 10th Symposium for Photography, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences • ”Art Actions in the Bielefeld Area“ • 1990 Exhibition and photo performance: ”Caution - Light Sensitive," Hallen für Kunst, Freiburg i.Br. • Art action “Daunenbefreiung” (Down Liberation), Alexanderplatz, Berlin • Art actions in Bielefeld • 1991 East-West photo exhibition, Architecture Museum, Breslau/Wroclaw (PL) • FAFETRO = 4 action cells with down and hand tools, Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld • 1992 Interactive photo installation with breathing mask/acute stretcher, photographic paper, and sunlight, Bielefeld • Rescue and growth experiments in photography, Westend train station, Berlin • Europe without Framework, International Photo Festival, Gallery IMAGE, Aarhus (DK) • Explosive installation with boulders and dew, Fuerteventura (Canary Islands/E) • Energy Transport, Energy Filling Station, installations with down and office furniture (brochure), Zeitarbeiten 2 in Manchester (GB) • 1993 Photo installation with stretcher and 2 infusion bottles (E/F), photographic paper and room light, Museum of Photography, Braunschweig and Kaerntner Landesgalerie, Klagenfurt (A) • “Mit Licht - Strahlende Bilder” (With Light - Radiant Images), photo installation with UV light, sunscreens with different sun protection factors, photo paper, Kunstverein Guetersloh • 1994 Art action “Move,” use of handcarts in the street network of Bielefeld • Art prize, IG-Medien, Stuttgart, ideas competition, Schlaraffenland - Sabotage Virtueller Welten, “Transformation of today's hygiene society into a down society” • 1995 Art actions in the city limits of Leipzig and Bielefeld, revitalization measures for consumer zones with the help of the air vortex generator • Art actions in the city limits of Lucerne (CH), two-day art action as air vortex aggregator, “Can you overcome yourself so that I can overcome you?”