- Rolf Aamot
Rolf Aamot (b.
September 28 ,1934 ) is a Norwegian painter, film director, photographer and tonal-image composer.Aamot was born in
Bergen . He studied painting at the Art Academy of Oslo and Film at the Dramatic Institute ofStockholm (Sweden).He is known for his work as a painter, electronic painter, art photographer, graphic artist, film director, tonal-image composer and cultural author.His tonal-image work ”Evolution” (1966) with music by
Arne Nordheim was shown on Norwegian television in 1967. “Evolution” represented a milestone of a new art-form in which television for the first time was used as an independent picture-artistic means of expression. He worked with computer paintings on canvas and digital photographic paintings. He has continued to make video art and film art, often in collaboration with the painter and composerBjørg Lødøen and the photographer, dancer and choreographerKristin Linder .Since 1966, Aamot's works have been displayed in Scandinavia, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia, USA and Japan. His work is in several important public collections. Rolf Aamot has been represented at several international film and art festivals throughout the world.
Selected works
* [http://www.rolfaamot.com/photopaintings_gallery_1.htm Digital Photopaintings]
* [http://www.rolfaamot.com/computergraphics_gallery_1.htm Computer Graphic]
* [http://www.rolfaamot.com/electronicpaintings_gallery_1.htm Computer Paintings on Canvas]Tonal-image Compositions for Screen
Television
*”Evolution” (1966)
*”Relieff nr.2” (1967-68)
* ”BSK” (1968)
*”Visual” (1971)
*”Progress” (1977)
*”Structures” (1979)
*”Medusa” (1986)
*”Puls” (1986)
*”Nærklang” (1987)
* ”Expuksion” (1987)Cinema
*”Relieff” (1966-67)
*Kinetic Energy” (1967-68)
*”Vision” (1969)
*”Structures” (1970)
*”Actio” (1980)
*”Aurora Borealis” (1991)
*”Tide” (2000)
*”Energy” (2003)
*”U” (2005)
*”Ir” (2006)External links
* [http://www.rolfaamot.com/index.htm Rolf Aamot official website]
* [http://www.luminous-lint.com/_switchbox.php?action=ACT_SING_PH&p1=Rolf__Aamot&p2=ABCDEFGHIJKLN Luminous-Lint]
* Norwegian encyclopedia
* [http://www.pluto.no/lodoen/ Bjørg Lødøen official website]
* [http://www.kristinlinderphotography.com/ Kristin Linder official website]Literature
*"Norsk biografisk leksikon" (Norwegian biography encyclopedia), 1999-2005 band 10, Kunnskapsforlaget, Oslo, Norway).
* "Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon", band 1, München and Leipzig: K. G. Saur, 1992. [http://www.saur.de/akl/english/index.htm here]
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