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Luftwerk specializes in customized events, environments and scenic/set designs. They have developed creations for high profile international events, worked within theatrical productions and are continuously exploring their artistic medium. Their work has been exhibited within cultural institutions, galleries, public venues, site-specific locations both nationally and internationally.
Petra Bachmaier earned a BFA in 1999 from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and in 2000 she earned an MFA from the Hamburg Academy of Arts with special honors. Sean Gallero, originally from New York City, received a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999. Since 2000, both artists have collaborated in creating multiple art installations. They have gained recognition in various art forms over the years ranging from filmmaking, digital imaging, graphic and sound art, performance as well as sculpture. Their choice of focusing on multi-media installations and projection designs came as a natural evolution where their varied skills flow together to create a contemporary form of expression.
2010 a forest within - single channel video projection • vertical strips of tracing paper • 22 South Wabash • Pop-Up Art Loop • Chicago
2010 Dance of Forgotten Steps - Hedwig Dances • 2 channel video projection • The Dance Center of Columbia College • Chicago
2010 Doppelganger - interactive 2 channel video installation • 'Digital Incarnate' - The Arcade • Columbia College • Chicago
2010 Windwall - immersive lightbox wall sculpture • commission • EventQuest Inc • Abu Dhabi
2010 Red Kite Round-Up - 3 channel video projection set design • Chicago Children's Theatre
2009 Seacurrence - video projection installation & mixed media• Audible @ ESS • Chicago
2009 Treeline and Adrift - The Diorama Show • Home Gallery • Hyde Park • Chicago
2009 Featherlight (working title) - feather chandelier video installation • MASS MoCA 10th anniversary ball • North Adams, MA
2009 Salonabend - open studio salon night • sponsored by the German American Chambers of Commerce • Chicago
2009 Convergence - 2 channel video installation • Art Chicago VIP Reception • curated by Mitch Obstfield of i4design • MCA Warehouse
2009 Pepper's Ghost - video installation • Carnaval by Collaboraction • West Grand Studios • Chicago
2009 Seablossoms v.2 - 1 channel video installation/sculpture • The Elysian Ball • Christophe Gauspohl & Angela Eve • Chicago
2008 Earthly Tongues - Hedwig Dances • video backdrop and body projections• Ruth Page Theater • Chicago
2008 Adrift - 1 channel video projection, site-specific installation w/ Christophe Gauspohl • part of Descours • New Orleans
2008 Seablossoms - 4 channel video projection installation/sculpture • commission • Chicago
2008 Convergence - 1 channel video projection • SMart New Media Festival • Grand Rapids, Michigan
2007 Adrift - 3 channel video projection w/sound • The Chicago Cultural Center • Chicago
2007 Convergence - 1 channel video projection • New Media Lounge • Around the Coyote, curated by Livebox • Chicago
2007 Humble Sky - multimedia installation w/sound and video • Caro d'Offay Gallery • Chicago
2006 Against the Membrane - window projection • Caro d'Offay Gallery • Chicago
2006 Green Line - window projection w/Theaster Gates • Southside Chicago
2006 Doppelganger - interactive video installation • Hyde Park Art Center • Chicago
2005 Convergence - 4 channel video installation w/sound • Open End • Chicago
2004 Glentown - window slide installation • Former Naval Air station • Glenview, Illinois • Gelman Events
2003 Laborosa - performance installation • Urban Rituals Festival Tanzinitiative Hamburg • Hamburg, Germany
2003 Skywall - video projection on ice, mixed media with sound • commission • Chicago
2003 When Heaven Melts - slide installation w/ice and sound • Buddy’s Exhibition Space • Chicago
2001 Luft /Triologo - audio installation/performance • CAN Gallery • Chicago
2000 Sea Light in the Night - Super-8 film installation • Seamann's Mission • Hamburg, Germany
