Performance – Contre-Jour Art

Abyss’25

Karlo — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:12:18 +0000

Mahalla: Into the Abyss with Orkgotik

Berlin Oberschöneweise 2025

I had the chance to make pictures from the performance „Into the Abyss“ a drag event at the Mahalla.
This is a part from the show and covers the exceptional transformation of the artist into something I would call „art species“. This reminded me very much into Kafkas book „Die Verwandlung“ (or engl „The Metamorphosis“).

The artists Orkgostik Instagram can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/orkgotik/

Blue Moon & Ashes’14

Karlo — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:17:01 +0000

Blue Moon & Ashes

Photo Exhibition in Studio „Herren Simpel“, Hamburg 2016

It is about a Butoh Dance Performance project in cooperation with the awesome Thai German Performance Artist Alyssa Warncke and myself as the Photographer Karlo Walz – Contre Jour Photography.
Self-Expression, Emotions, Energy, Fear, Joy, Bound and Unfold to Freedom is the subject of this Performance. It is more an inner struggle then the reflection of some geopolitical circumstances and changes.
Photography is Art in Action, Voyeurism, and it is also Participation, Immediacy and Mirror of what happens. Making pictures is also impacting what is happening. To increase this situation I used a wide angle lens and get very close (up to a hand breadth) to the artist while doing pictures which forces oneself to move similarly as the artist, foresee what she might do next and from an outer view this might look as a modern dance all together.

Ella Chemnitz’25

Karlo — Fri, 23 May 2025 19:14:47 +0000

Ella Gabal into the realm of the stages

Subbotnik Chemnitz with Dani Californiadrag

Ella Gabal in Chemnitz, Jan 2025. Was invited to her first show. The outing, to support this project of live with pictures, was very impressive.
It was part of a cultural event in Subbotnik Chemnitz together with Dani Californiadrag
I was very happy to join this and make some pictures..See the development and that amazing performance in Drag, Punkt and Rock’n Roll.

Totenpicknick’24

Karlo — Tue, 06 May 2025 23:10:52 +0000

Totenpicknick in the Mahalla

2024-November

I had the opportunity to make some pictures for the Totenpicknick in the Mahalla. In addition I was celebrated my birthday and we invited friends for this Picknick, this evening and this event.
It helped me a lot to mourne my beloved friend and lover and long years companionship „Christina“ to celebrate this with other people..
I painted for her an own symbol and make a small altar for her to remember as a symbol for compasion, remembering and what we should live for.

Manifest:IO’25

Karlo — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:56:45 +0000

Manifest:IO 25 in Berlin

THE THIRD EDITION OF MANIFEST:IO, THE SYMPOSIUM FOR NEW MEDIA AND ELECTRONIC ART

A full weekend of workshops, talks, performances, and an exhibition hosting works from interactive installations to spatial sound experiences. Below is a brief overview of what we saw at MANIFEST:IO 2025.
My small documentary which is mostly driven by subjective impressions walking around, talking to people, wittness the performances and heard the symposium talks.

Seasons Closing’21

Karlo — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:15:02 +0000

Konchord Musicvideo

MUSICVIDEO PRODUCTION „SEASONS CLOSING“ AT SCHLOSS SCHÖNOW, 2021-11

Being part of the media team of a music video production of „Konchord – Seasons Closing“ I took pictures to be used as „making of“.. The location was a historic castle in Mecklenburg Vorpommern in North Germany and the production took place in the garden in front of the castle..
Please check out Konsti Lackners music productions for example on soundcloud and I assume that the video from this production will go live soon.
https://soundcloud.com/konchord

Burning Man’14

Karlo — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:26:27 +0000

Burning Man 2014

Burning Man, Gypsy Power Flower Camp, 2014

Pictures from Burning Man 2014 at Black Rock City, Nevade, USA.
Was part of that famous „Gypsy Flower Power Camp“ from aka Moonshine – Camp Lead..
Disaster Camp at one point, but also a really loving and caring camp, maybe because of the issues.
Maybe still my most favourable one from all the years.

Burning Man’15

Karlo — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 23:59:53 +0000

Burning Man 2015

BRCU CAMP – PHOTOS FROM THE PLAYA

Got the chance to make some pictures from artists and burners.
I was so happy to dive into my doing, into my world. They offered me that rabbit hole and I jumped into it.

Yuddith’15

Karlo — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:51:31 +0000

Yuddith

Body Painting into Self Expression, Rotterdam, 2015

While Yuddith preferred to work as a self-expression artist doing black, gothic and blurred pictures, we did have cocreated the vision to do the opposite with a lot of light, some dust and beaming flames while she gets painted with liquid latex and a bit of black color.
Finally, this was a kind of dance to a heavy metal remix of Abba songs on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Rotterdam. I love to work with her, if only I could come much more often to Rotterdam. I love our work and our working together.
Finally, this was one of my first public body painting!