The visit to the Weimar Bauhaus by the ghost of Oskar Schlemmer

A tribute to painter, theatre designer, and scenographer Oskar Schlemmer (1888–1943), this video offers a digital reimagining of the Cabinet of Figures, originally created in 1922 at the Bauhaus school. Conceived during a residency in 2009, it features students embodying the spirits of the place, transfigured through artificial intelligence — a kind of “cinematic modelling clay” capable of teleporting the Bauhaus of Weimar into a new audiovisual materiality. The original soundtrack, composed by Rainier Lericolais, enhances the geometric dimension of the piece, weaving a subtle link between futuristic past and contemporary avant-garde.

A generative film by David Legrand
Music: Rainier Lericolais
Ghost of Oskar Schlemmer: Murat Haschu
Production : Isabelle Carlier
Acknowledgements : Werkleitz – Zentrum für Medienkunst (Halle, Saxe-Anhalt), Anne Körning (Bauhaus Film-Institut), les étudiants du Bauhaus-Universität de Weimar

Format: AI video, HD, black and white, sound
Duration: 12 min 10
Year: 2011–2023