Résumé
Rob ≠ Chamber (real name: Robert Crahmer) was born 1986 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt (East Germany) and is now living and working as a freelance photographer / media designer / engineer for media technology / artist based in Berlin. The themes he is inspired by are of sensual aesthetic across various mediums, however the fascination for pictures that are unconventional and extraordinary is always present. The current style is primarily shaped by personal experience, aswell as creative resistance against the Status Quo.
The works often share a reoccuring ambivalence of contrasting emotions, ideas and symbols. Moreso a fascination with symptoms of suppressed psychological confrontation and a dramatization of the body can be found. With a subtle minimalist approach, the self-taught photographer creates intense personal moments created by means of rules and omissions, acceptance and refusal, luring the viewer in circles. His work challenges the binaries we continually reconstruct between Self and Other, between our own ‘cannibal’ and ‘civilized’ selves.
Beyond still photography, he is pursuing to expand his visual practice by painting, installations, and computer generated images to further express himself and keep his everyday balance. His works have been published internationally in a diverse selection of magazines, as well as in the form of fine art prints in group exhibitions. Rob ≠ Chamber currently lives and works in Berlin.Group Exhibitions
'Schattenseiten'
48 Stunden Neukölln – Das Kunstfestival
June 23 - 25, 2017
Berlin, Germany
'Fluid Identities'
48 Stunden Neukölln – Das Kunstfestival
June 22 - 24, 2018
Berlin, Germany
'Fluid Identities' #2
Come With Us Festival
July 06 - 08, 2018
Szczecin, Poland
'Der Beginn kommt zuletzt' • Open Atelier
48 Stunden Neukölln – Das Kunstfestival
June 15, 2019
Berlin, Germany
'Atelier Sale' • Group Exhibition
Puder Salon 22
February, 13-16, 2020
Berlin, Germany
'What could possibly go wrong?' • Collective Group Exhibition
Puder Salon 22
To be Announced
Berlin, Germany
'Been growing away from the light'
Dream Baby Dream Bar
To Be Announced
Berlin, Germany
Editorials
2019
Spinning Shades Magazine • Vol. 04 (Print, Germany)
Féroce Magazine • July Issue • Vol. 08 (Print, U.S.)
STYLÉCRUZE Magazine • October Issue • Vol. 29 (Print, U.S.)
ART OF PORTRAIT Magazine • Art of Nude Special - Vol. 11 (Print, Russia)
2020
Cover & Editorial for KEYI Magazine • January Issue • (Print, China / Berlin)
Femme Rebélle Magazine • April Issue • Vol. 04 (Print, U.K.)
Horizont Magazine • May Issue • Vol. 09 (Print, U.K.)
Vigour Magazine • September Issue • Vol. 18 (Print, U.S.)
Other Selected Publications:
PiB Guide • No. 13 • June / July 2017 (Print, Germany)
Βοτκα μεχρι Θανατου • Fanzine Issue No. 5 • March 2018 (Print, Greece)
Various Editors Selection • strkng.com • 2018 / 2019 (Online)