Basia Baumann
Invisible Art.
Basia Baumann is a filmmaker, writer, and visual artist based in Munich. Basia Baumann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts (ABDK) in Munich from 2009 and graduated in 2015 with the video film installation “How Long is a Moment”.
Her works explore perception, time, and the invisible patterns of human connection—often blending photography, video art, and narrative experimentation. Inspired by C. G. Jung’s theory of synchronicity, her art invites us to look twice and listen inward.
filmography
🏆 Awards & Exhibitions (Selected)
2025 – Coming Soon
2017 – Water Lollipops (Underwater photography, Mexico)
2016 – Follow Me – Disobey (Experimental film, twin format)
2015 – How Long is a Moment (7-min film installation, Diploma project, ABDK)
2013 – DIFRAME the Inner Child (Projection, Museum Kaufbeuren)
2013 – I, 61.2 cm² Parasit (Evaporating saline eye, video & object installation)
2011 – ONE MOMENT / Princess Island (Video + Trompe l’œil, ART HOMES Munich)
2010 – DIFRAME 61.2 cm² (Interactive installation, ART HOMES Istanbul)
2010 – U FEEL / U SEE / U HEAR (ABDK, interactive empathy installation)
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🎥 Filmography (Writer/Director)
🎬 Assistant Director Credits (Selection)
🖼️ Media & Technique
🎬 Awards & Exhibitions – Basia Baumann
2017 – Water Lollipops
Underwater Photography, Mexico
Experience fluidity as the universal element—one that can still be shaped from the outside.
2016 – „Follow me“
2015 – How Long is a Moment
Diploma Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ABDK). A 7-minute video installation exploring the elasticity of time. What is a moment? A fleeting touch, a kiss, a drop of water. How many encounters does it take to truly see the other?
2013 – DIFRAME – The Inner Child
Filmzeit Kaufbeuren, video projection on the facade of the town museum Basia Baumann sees the world through the eyes of a child—pushing boundaries and making the invisible visible.
This vibrant, ever-shifting installation draws viewers into an unexpected journey, visible from dusk during the Filmzeit festival.
2013 – I, 61.2 cm² Parasit
Annual Exhibition, ABDK Video projection of an eye onto evaporating saline solution. Over 10 days, approximately 1,500 droplets fall daily onto a 61.2 cm² copper plate—again and again on the same spot, symbolizing repetitive mistakes. The resulting transformation (or destruction) of the plate becomes part of the artistic process. Its untouched counterpart hangs at the entrance of the installation. (Co-production with Alke M. Scherrmann)
2011 – ONE MOMENT & PRINCESS ISLAND
Group Exhibition – Galerie der Künstler, Munich (ART HOMES)
A photo and video installation using trompe-l’œil techniques.
• PRINCESS ISLAND: 1.85 cm × 2.65 cm on aluminum dibond, captured using a Linhof Technika camera.
• HOW LONG IS A MOMENT: Installed in the bedroom of a stranger’s apartment.
You expect your own reflection—yet find a woman from the 19th century, taking her time in front of her vanity.
(Co-production with Alke M. Scherrmann)
2010 – I Just Want to Play
Annual Exhibition, ABDK
Abstract photo series, curated by Jean-Marc Bustamante and Anke Doberauer.
Requested for publication in the LFA Yearbook Calendar.
2010 – U FEEL / U SEE / U HEAR
Annual Exhibition, ABDK.
Interactive video installation & photography
How empathetic are you?
How do you feel listening to the deeply moving life stories of former foster children from around 1960—while seeing their faces, hearing their heartbeats, and sensing your own pulse in real time?
(Co-production with Daniel Hiepler)
🎥 Film Projects & Awards
Short Film: SARA
Written & directed by Basia Baumann
Filmography (Writer, Director, Producer since 2005):
– Unendlich (2005)
– Die Wache des Vuong (2006)
– What do you think? (2008)
– SARA (2008)
– Untitled27 (2013)
– Der Botschafter (2013)
– How Long is a Moment (2015)
– Follow Me – Disobey (2016)
Director’s Assistant – Selected References:
– Steven Spielberg (2016)
– Janusz Kamiński (2015)
– Marco Kreuzpaintner (2009)
– Dominik Graf (2007)
– Bryan Singer (2007)
– Volker Schlöndorff (2005)
– Jean-Jacques Annaud (2001)
– Alexander Witt (2003)
– John Bruno (2005)
– Sebastian Schipper (2007)
– Gregor Schnitzler (2003)
– Caroline Link (1998)
– Joseph Vilsmaier (1999)