Hans-Martin Ihme

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Hans-Martin Ihme (born August 15, 1934 in Montreal , Canada; † 2010 in Kiel ) was a German physicist and visual artist who is known for his program- controlled light art objects , with which he built a bridge between art and technology.

life and work

Ihme came to Germany in 1937 and graduated from high school in 1954. He completed his physics studies at the University of Kiel in 1960 with a diploma. Ihme then worked at the Institute for Applied Physics there until 1999 as a scientific employee in the field of marine measurement technology . The development of the Kiel sea probe for pressure, temperature and conductivity as well as the development of microprocessor-controlled, self-immersing probes are associated with his name.

Parallel to his scientific work, Ihme began working on program-controlled light kinetic objects in 1968, with which he gained artistic recognition. Until his death he devoted himself to the development of his "alternators", as he called them. The controlled sequence of light points creates movement patterns. They derive their effect from the ephemeral geometric orders that appear and then disappear again - as if controlled by chance - and which make one think of crystalline structures.

Since 1974 Ihme was a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1974 alternators . Kiel art gallery
  • 1978 data center in Kiel
  • 1983 Kinetics Light - Movement . Stadtbilderei Kiel (with H. Martin)
  • 1986 reflection, light, refraction . Room installation Stadtbilderei Kiel (with A. Muhlack)
  • 1987 Installation of a mirror room and other light machines . Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein
  • 1989 alternators . Museum electrum of the HEW, Hamburg, in cooperation with Galerie Meißner
  • 1994 Art and the medium of electricity . Stadtwerke Neumünster and Stadtwerke Lübeck
  • 2004/2005 Geological and Mineralogical Museum of the University of Kiel
  • 2006 University of Kiel, Botanical Garden / Greenhouses

Ihme also took part in exhibitions and a. in Braunschweig, Berlin, Linz and Eindhoven.

Working in public space

  • 1970 alternator . Location: Georgsplatz, Hanover, erected in 1971, dismantled and scrapped in 1993 due to repeated vandalism.
  • 1977 light kinetics . Light, steel. Location: Physics Center of the University of Kiel, Leibnizstrasse, Kiel
  • 1989/1991 mirror prism . Mirror, glass. Location: University Hospital Lübeck Campus

literature

  • Hans Martin Ihme. Room installations. Mirror room and other light machines . Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 1987
  • Electronic art - cybernetic objects. Four examples: Günter Dohr, Walter Giers, Hans-Martin Ihme, Peter Vogel . Exhibition catalog Kunstverein Braunschweig, Ed. B. Holeczek, Braunschweig, 1977

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In memory of the artist Hans-Martin Ihme . Physics Section, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, June 29, 2010
  2. ↑ a b Hans-Martin Ihme: Mirror prism . Art in public space Lübeck, Hanseatic City of Lübeck
  3. ↑ Ludwig Zerull: Art without a roof. Sculptures and objects in the cityscape of Hanover . Verlag Th.Schäfer, 1992, p. 85
  4. ↑ Kristina Herbst: From Antes to Wurmfeld: On the conservation approach to "street art" in Hanover . Master's thesis, University of Applied Science and Art, Hildesheim University of Applied Sciences, 2007
  5. ↑ Hans-Martin Ihme: Light kinetics . ART @ SH
personal data
SURNAME Me, Hans-Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Canada
DATE OF DEATH 2010
Place of death Kiel