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WORLDRECORDS BACKSTAGE
The great albums in music history highlighted: on record players
that partly became legendary too.
worldrecords is meant to be a tribute to analog acoustic art, a
homage to the warmest, perhaps most sensitive type of sound
carrier. In a way – and that makes the photo series so special – it
is also a private time machine to the spectator: music as an impulse
to remember bits and pieces of one's personal history, a release
of former thoughts and feelings. The soundtrack of your life.
From a formal point of view, the precise approach down to the
last detail finds its ideal expression in large format. Each groove,
each label notice, each tone arm component is oversized and
thus nearly tangible. The special light KAI has developed for worldrecords contributes a great deal to make these effects real.
The photo series the artist started with early in 2010 today
includes around 100 pictures. The list "The 500 Greatest Albums
of All Time" in the "Rolling Stone Magazine" helped choosing the
most adequate titles.
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KAI SCHÄFER
Kai Schäfer lives and works in Dusseldorf
(Germany). At the age of 15, he bought his
first camera: the beginning of a great
passion.
Kai Schafer has been concentrating on his
first big photo-art-project “worldrecords”
since 2011. For this photo series, including
about 70 pictures up to now, he takes
pictures of the great albums of music
history, as for example The Clash, Pink
Floyd and Kraftwerk, in an oversized format
on record players that have become
legendary too. The result is a tribute to
unforgettable analogues worlds of sound.
›› BESIDES PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY, MY FOCUS ALWAYS HAS
BEEN ON MUSIC. THIS PHOTO
SERIES IS DEDICATED TO ALL
THOSE WHO SHARE WITH ME THE
PLEASURE OF REMEMBERING A
GREAT SONG, A PARTICULAR
ALBUM AND THAT VERY SPECIAL
PERSONAL MOMENT INVOLVED.‹‹
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Kai Schäfer developed and patented his
own special light for his photographs. This
light blurs the borders between
photography and painting, thus creating a
very unique effect…
Each groove, label notice or tone arm
component is hyper-accurate, tangible
and subtly audible.
“This project probably will fascinate me all
my life. There are still so many great
albums worth to be photographed!”
In December 2011, one of his pictures has
been sold at high prize at Christies
Germany ....a first great success on the art
market…
In 2013 “worldrecords” was already part
of an solo exhibition in Los Angeles, the
AIPAD artfair in New York, the “Berliner
Liste” in Berlin and the “artshow” in
Düsseldorf, with a huge success!
The next stops are London, Houston and
Miami!
For more details, please visit:
www.worldrecords.me or on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/kai.schaefer2
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›› FOR ME, MUSIC
AND LIFE ARE ALL
ABOUT STYLE.‹‹
Miles Davis
KIND OF BLUE
Miles Davis
Kind of blue
Rekokut
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HERE´S LITTLE RICHARD
Little Richard
Here´s Little Richard
Garrard
›› AND I´D LIKE TO GIVE
MY LOVE TO EVERYBODY,
AND LET THEM KNOW,
THAT THE GRASS
MAY LOOK GREENER
ON THE OTHER SIDE,
BUT BELIEVE ME, IT´S JUST
AS HARD TO CUT.‹‹
Little Richard
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Sting "The best of 25 years" on Dual
David M.-private, Düsseldorf
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EXILE ON MAIN STREET
The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main Street
Dual
›› YOU´VE GOT THE SUN,
YOU´VE GOT THE MOON,
AND YOU´VE GOT
THE ROLLING STONES.‹‹
Keith Richards
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“
›› I´LL ALWAYS BE
PETER PAN IN MY HEART.‹‹
Michael Jackson
THRILLER
Michael Jackson
Thriller
Ariston
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Led Zeppelin "IV" on Braun
Anrdeas P.-private, Düsseldorf
›› SIE IST EIN MODELL
UND SIE SIEHT GUT AUS.‹‹
DIE MENSCH MASCHINE
Kraftwerk
Die Mensch Maschine
Revox
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›› ICH ERZIEHE MEINE
TOCHTER ANTIAUTORITÄR,
ABER SIE MACHT TROTZDEM
NICHT, WAS ICH WILL.‹‹
Nina Hagen
NINA HAGEN BAND
Nina Hagen Band
Nina Hagen Band
Dual
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The Clash "London Calling" on Dual
Robert B.-private, Düsseldorf
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›› I´D RATHER SPEND MY TIME
LOOKING AT THE SKY
THAN LISTENING
TO WHITNEY HOUSTON.‹‹
Robert Smith
THREE IMGINARY BOYS
The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys
B&O
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›› I LIKED THE IDEA OF
BEING A WRITER AND
LETTING SOMEBODY
ELSE DO THE GRAFT.‹‹
Siouxsie Sioux
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Sony
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The Toten Hosen "Opelgang"
and Joy Division "unknown pleasures"
Replay-Showroom, Düsseldorf
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›› I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SAY AND I SAID IT.
MY GOD IS ROCK´N ROLL.‹‹
Lou Reed
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Thorens
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›› MUSIC IS PART
OF GOD´S UNIVERSE.‹‹
Cat Stevens
TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN
Cat Stevens
Tea for the Tillerman
Accutrac
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Pink Floyd "Dark side of the moon" on Dual
Tim M. - Bullerei, Hamburg
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“
“ I´LL ALWAYS BE
PETER PAN IN MY HEART"
Michael Jackson
THRILLER
Michael Jackson
Thriller
Ariston
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
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The Beatles
All you need is love
Braun
›› LOVE IS THE ANSWER AND YOU KNOW IT FOR SURE.‹‹
John Lennon
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›› I STILL HOLD ON THE
IDEA THAT A RECORD
CAN REALLY CHANGE
THE WAY I FEEL.‹‹
Dave Gahan
VIOLATOR
Depeche Mode
Violator
Luxman
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ACTIVITIES
December 2011
Christie's auction for Germany "heartbreaker"
November 2012
Arthouse exhibition, Los Angeles
December 2012
June 2012
April 2013
May 2013
July 2013
September 2013
September 2013
October 2013
October 2013
December 2013
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(Aids Düsseldorf)
Christie's auction for Germany "heartbreaker"
(Aids Düsseldorf)
Solo show at Rock am Ring, Die Toten Hosen and
Metallica signing world record.
Artfair AIPAD, New York
Google's art walk & auctions, Los Angeles
Solo exhibition KopeikinGallery, Los Angeles
Artfair Berliner Liste, Berlin
Art Show, Düsseldorf
Contemporary Texas, Houston
Parallax Artfair, London
Pulse Miami, Miami
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Christie's auction for the Aids Foundation
"Die Menschmaschine" in k21, Düsseldorf
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PRESS ARTICLES
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PHOTOGRAPHED BY KAI SCHÄFER
Worldrecords
Hansaallee 110
40547 Düsseldorf
Germany
T +49 (0)172 7366369
play@worldrecords.me
www.worldrecords.me