Corinna Schnitt

Biography Corinna Schnitt was born in Duisburg, Germany in 1964. Before adopting film as her primary medium, she trained as a wood-carver from 1986 to 1989, when she held an apprenticeship in Michelstadt, Germany. In June 1997, she founded Schnittraum, an independent storefront gallery and community art space in Cologne, Germany. She has received a number of awards for her experimental films. She has been a professor of Film and Video at the Academy of Fine Arts in Braunschweig since 2009. unspoken social norms, the human body and the natural environment. If speaking, characters in her films communicate in English or German.

Notable films

Whispering to Flowers or, Zu Blumen flüstern (2015) Whispering to Flowers (also referenced as Zu Blumen flüstern, in German) is a recent body of work which continues in Schnitt's exploration into nature and social conventions. This series of films each follow the same general format. In these works, which take place indoors, a floral bouquet is placed in the center of the frame and is repetitively "caressed" and spoken to softly by a young protagonist (most of them are women). The film has won several award and prizes.

Get out of your Clothes or, Raus aus seinen Kleidern (1998–1999) Get out of his Clothes (translated from: Raus aus seinen Kleidern) was shot on 16mm film. Towards the end of the film, the zoom out passes through a window which reveals a domestic interior of another apartment, where the camera is revealed to be located. From within this final interior setting, a seated woman is revealed to the left of a large window. It becomes evident that it has been her voice speaking for the duration of the video. According to the artist Siebren de Haan, "Schnitt's camera travels through architectonic barriers between private and public space," highlighting the themes of domesticity, public space and everyday urban dwelling in the video."

Career Schnitt's work has been recognized by a number of public and private institutions.

Exhibitions Since the 1990s, Schnitt has extensively exhibited her work at a variety of solo and group exhibitions held at galleries and museums. She has been included in over one hundred group exhibitions, internationally. She has also held solo exhibitions internationally, including at the Philipp von Rosen Gallery in 2019 and 2016, Sprengel Museum in 2015, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in 2012, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel in 2012, Museum Ludwig in 2007, and The Chinati Foundation in 2004.