Andreas Fischer, studied Fine Arts, graduate and master student at the Berlin University of the Arts. Freelance activities in artistic and museum practice, including as an exhibition curator and in the context of film projects. Since 1998 research assistant at IGPP.
Scientific career
Fields of work / research interests
His research and activities focus on the photographic history of occultism and parapsychology, the influence of magical, esoteric and occult traditions on the visual arts and historical parapsychology. One of his main interests at the moment is the history of mediumistic art.
Scientific collaboration and curatorial responsibility for exhibition projects on the art and cultural history of occultism.
Supervision of the archive of IGPP and scientific processing of archival holdings such as the estates of Albert von Schrenck-Notzing (1862-1929) and Louis Darget (1847-1921) as well as the audio, photo and film collection.
Projects and publications
Collaboration on numerous national and international exhibition projects on the art and cultural history of occultism, including as curator. E.g. for “Occultism and Avant-Garde – From Munch to Mondrian 1900-1915” [catalog], Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (1995); “In the Realm of Phantoms – Photography of the Invisible”, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany; Kunsthalle Krems, Austria; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (1997/1998) [catalog]; “Le 3ème oeil – photographie et l’occulte” resp. “A Perfect Medium – Photography and the Occult”, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2004-2005) [catalog]; Anna and Bernhard Blume – la photographie transcendantale”, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2015) [catalog]; “Be Happy! We Do Not Forget You”, Zander Collection, Bönnigheim Castle (2017/2018) [catalog]; “poltergeist phenomena! The Photographs of Leif Geiges”, House of the Graphic Collection in the Augustinermuseum Freiburg i. Br. (2021) [catalog].
