3d installation / exhibition (13 min) · 2025

The exhibition is dedicated to an almost forgotten form of photography, stereoscopy: two slightly offset images convey a spatial visual experience that goes far beyond the flat surface of traditional photography. The combination of stereoscopic technology and botany creates an artistic space that reinterprets questions about nature, perception, memory, and the present.

Stereoscopy became popular around 1850 after the invention of the stereoscope by David Brewster and the development of stereoscopic cameras. In the Victorian era, it advanced
to become a mass medium, but in the 20th century it was replaced by new media such as cinema, television, and digital imagery. Today, it is an almost forgotten field in the history of photographie.

In the digital age, the illusion of depth is omnipresent – in 3D films, virtual reality worlds, and computer simulations. But classical stereoscopy requires a different view, a calm, concentrated act of observation. It demands time, attention, and engagement with the seemingly insignificant, the quietly growing, the silent.

Time Passages

The video installation Time Passages forms the tranquil center of this exhibition. It is closely connected to the photographic series – in particular the Mandalas series and the slit-scan photographs, as it combines these approaches. The camera does not observe from a distance, but is part of a space that unfolds anew with each motif. Time is not frozen, but made visible as a process.

About Sebastian Cramer

Sebastian Cramer is a photographer, film director, and cinematographer. He began his career as an editor and director in advertising film before specializing in stereoscopic film projects in 2009. As a stereographer, he has worked on 3D productions with directors such as Wim Wenders and Michel Comte. He shot the Grammy Award-winning 3D Blu-ray The Catalogue for the pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk.

Since 2013, he has been working on the long-term photography project TWO VIEWS – a contemporary exploration of traditional stereo photography. The series in this form is presented at the NHM Vienna for the first time.

All works in this exhibition belong to the artist’s studio collection.