Ulrich Mertens

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Ulrich Mertens (2019)

Ulrich AJ Mertens (* 1957 in Fürstenberg (Westphalia) ) is a German photographer , artist , author and lecturer who has dedicated himself to documenting the energy transition.

Career

From 1979 to 1985 Mertens studied visual communication at the FH-Bielefeld . He has been freelance since 1984 . Work stays took him to Marseille , Munich , Vienna , Offenburg and Worpswede . In 1987 he opened the agency “Atelier for Art and Photography”. Ulrich Mertens taught at the University of Paderborn , at the Institute for Design in Rheda-Wiedenbrück and at the Symmedia Academy for Design at the Fachhochschule des Mittelstands (FHM) in Bielefeld . Mertens place of work is Hamburg .

Poppy circle, photo U. Mertens

In 2006, Mertens designed a temporary work of art, an artificial poppy circle, on 80,000 square meters. The oil price shock at the beginning of the 1970s, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 and climate change and its consequences were and are important moments for Mertens, which motivated him, mankind's search for energy - initially in coal and uranium mining , now in the field of regenerative energy generation - to pursue. With his photographs of wind turbines he would like to show that wind turbines not only contribute to “saving the landscape” - as wind farm opponents claim - but can also be seen as a symbol of hope and progress in terms of climate protection .

Awards

  • 2013: Journalist Prize “Infinite Energy”, Renewable Energy Agency

Works

Wind farm Delfzijl, Netherlands, photo U. Mertens
  • Wind in sight . Landscape in Transition. Edition Bildperle, 2017, ISBN 978-3-946328-23-0 (English, German).
  • Rays . Photo works 1990-1992. Kunstverein, Paderborn 1992, ISBN 978-3-928126-35-9 (exhibition catalog with texts by Dr. Andreas Vowinckel).
  • Without a horizon . Photo works 1983–1990. Kunstverein, Paderborn 1991, ISBN 978-3-928126-16-8 (exhibition catalog with texts by Jörg Boström and Vilém Flusser).

Web links

Commons : Ulrich Mertens  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ulrich Mertens. CV. In: www.visuelle-konzepte.de. 2019, accessed December 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Person: Mertens, Ulrich. In: portal.dnb.de. 2019, accessed December 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ulrich Mertens: Good prospects: German landscapes between heaven and earth. (PDF; 40kB) On the paradigm shift in energy generation. A photo project. In: www.scheidewege.de. August 5, 2013, accessed December 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ ACADEMY, BIELEFELD. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Wenke Husmann: COUNTRY STYLE: waiting for Poppy. The artist Ulrich Mertens sown 80,000 square meters of poppy in a field near Paderborn. ZEIT online follows the natural growth and decay of the temporary work of art. In: The time . June 8, 2006, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ "PEL": Outside Growing. An artificial poppy circle is being created near Paderborn. The photographer Ulrich Mertens documents the process. In: The daily newspaper . May 22, 2006, accessed December 27, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Ulrich Mertens. Over. In: German Photographic Academy. 2019, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Vanessa Kanz: Asparagus tips. In: www.garten-landschaft.de. July 20, 2018, accessed December 27, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Winner of the journalist prize "infinitely much energy". Category: Photo. In: www.unendet-viel-energie.de. October 17, 2013, accessed December 27, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Jürgen Heup: New energy honored. Ulrich Mertens receives AEE journalist award. In: www.neueenergie.net. October 18, 2013, accessed December 27, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Ulrich Mertens and Alexandra Frank: Wind in sight. Energy change between utility and aesthetics. In: magazin.spiegel.de. 2019, accessed December 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Mertens, Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mertens, Ulrich AJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer, artist, author and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenberg (Westphalia)