Voxi Bärenklau, born in 1960, lives and works as a cameraman and lighting/video designer in Vienna and Berlin. Immediately after leaving school, he initially worked as a painter and sculptor of kinetic sculptures with a synaesthetic focus. From 1984 to 1990, he studied film at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach under the Offenbach under the guidance of experimental filmmakers Werner Nekes and Helmut Herbst. Since 1989 he has worked as a cameraman in cinema and television production for directors such as Helge Schneider, Christoph Schlingensief, Uli Lommel and Adolf Winkelmann. From the first film shoots in 1987 until his death in 2010, he was one of Christoph Schlingensief's closest artistic collaborators. In 1999, he worked as a gaffer for Michael and Florian Ballhaus on Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome.
Schlingensief's Atta Atta at the Volksbühne Berlin was his first work as a freelance lighting and video designer for a theatre production. video designer for a theatre production in 2000. Previous artistic collaborations for theatre and opera productions include Kay Voges, Karin Beier, Johan Simons, Sebastian Hartmann, Jossi Wieler/Sergio Morabito and Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson.
From the winter semester 2021, Voxi Bärenklau will hold a lectureship in scenography at the Institute for Film and Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Since the beginning of the 2022/23 season, he has been permanently employed as lighting designer and cameraman at the Vienna Volkstheater.
Current roles:
- Video design in Meine geniale Freundin
Past roles:
- Video in Alkestis
- Video in Der Würgeengel