TILL NOWAK: Short Films

Short film Presentation with artist and filmmaker Till Nowak on Thursday, March 13th, 2025.
This unique program of Nowak's short films and animation from the past two decades includes the viral hit "The Centrifuge Brain Project" and rarely seen experimental works done with HR Giger, among others. Nowak will introduce each film and provide context and insight into his creative process, presenting a narrative journey through his unique body of work. The surreal imagery in Nowak's work often revolves around parodies of society. Each piece is the product of computer animation, which can take months of work per minute of animation.
Presented within the context of the exhibition ON THE EDGE.
Admission is free.
All ages are welcome.
Light refreshments provided
PROGRAM:
6:30 PM Doors open.
7:00 PM Welcoming + Introduction
8:15 PM SHORT FILMS
9:30 PM End of Event
FILM SELECTIONS (subject to change)
-"Sightings" and other perspective mutations (2019-2021, 4 Min)
-"Roadtrip to Babel" (2011, 6 Min)
-"Sus" (2011, 3 Min)
-"Presence" (2018, 4 Min)
-"Spring" (2008, 3 Min)
-"Denken Sie Groß" Musikvideo für Deichkind (2014, 3 Min)
-"Folding Reality" (204, 3 Min)
-"Dissonance" (2015, 17 Min)
-"Extraction" (2020, 3 Min)
-"Works with HR Giger" (2007-2010, 5 Min)
-"The Centrifuge Brain Project" (2011, 7 Min)

ON THE EDGE
Till Nowak is known for his interdisciplinary work in fine arts, architectural installations, short films, and contributions to Academy Award-winning feature films. In his work, Nowak critically observes topics of civilization and social polarization. For more than 20 years, he has been experimenting with dimensionality as a metaphor for the relative nature of viewpoints. We share paces, like the city of Los Angeles, but reality looks differently from every person's position.
In this Exhibition, the spectator's standpoint becomes part of the concept: From afar, the large format prints show calm, floating geometric forms, while up close, the images reveal thousands of individual figures existing in interwoven systems of paths, stairs, or razor-thin planes, engaged in dreamlike struggles on the edge of stability and imbalance, connection, and isolation.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Till Nowak was born in Bonn, Germany in 1980 and has lived in Los Angeles/USA since 2015, he works with perspective as a visual metaphor. Using computer-generated images and films, he creates ironic portraits of society and civilization. He exaggerates his observations of human behavior in sometimes bizarre dream worlds that open new perspectives and ways of thinking for the viewer. As a "world builder," Nowak is also a sought-after designer for feature films. He recently worked as a concept artist with Francis Ford Coppola on his new film “Megalopolis” (2024). Previously, he was instrumental in designing the fictional state of “Wakanda” for the film “Black Panther” (2017) and the underwater world in its sequel, as well as the set design for the films “TRON Ares” (2024), “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017), “Midnight Special” (2015), “The Lion King” (2019) and many more.
He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nowak also had a friendship with the legendary surrealist HR Giger and his agent Leslie Barany, which led to various collaborations. Nowak's work has received numerous awards, including the Golden Lola for the German Short Film Award in 2012, the Young Artists Award of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2007, the “Cinema of Art 2013” award presented by jury president Cindy Sherman, the Grand Prix of the Anima Mundi festival in Brazil in 2015, the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Short Film Award 2006, and over 70 film awards from around the world. He is represented by Claus Friede*Contemporary Arts.
ON THE EDGE is on view at the Goethe-Institut from February 19th - March 27th, 2025
During Office Hours: February 19th - March 27th, 2025
Tuesday–Thursdays: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Fridays: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Secure, free Parking is available at Metro/Retail parking structure with rear entrance to the Goethe-Institut located at

Public transport is possible with the red line to MacArthur Park/Westlake stop. Using carpool or ride-share options are appreciated.
ON THE EDGE is presented in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and with the support of FONDATION ERICA SAUTER and Claus Friede * Contemporary Arts

Host or Publisher Goethe-Institut Los Angeles