Julia Weißenberg
Julia Weißenberg deals with the new media in a very unique and original way to investigate socio-political and scientific topics of the present day, as well as connections between reality and fiction, identity and globalization, past and future. Her fundamental interest lies in the phenomenon of fictionalization in our (everyday) perception of reality. Weißenbergs range of topics is as diverse as her artistic practice: “I’m generally interested in exploring various media in the context of the topic I’m working on. I think these different works and materials can complement each other, but they can also exist on their own and independently.“
CV
1982 Born in Bergisch Gladbach, lives and works in Cologne
2012 Diploma with Honours, Academy of Media Arts, Cologne under Prof.Dr.Karin Harrasser, Prof.Matthias Müller, Prof.Johannes Wohnseifer
2012 Academy of Media Arts Cologne
2007 University of Applied Science, Communications Design, Düsseldorf
2016 Autocenter summer school, Workshop with Marco Roso (DIS), HMKV Dortmund
SELECTED GRANTS
2019 Artist in Residence, Sandnes, Norway
2019 Project Grant, together with Ellen Wagner, Kunststiftung NRW
2018 Production Grant, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IFA)
2018 64. Int. Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Promotional Prize of the NRW Competition
2017 25. Videokunst Förderpreis, Bremen
2017 Artist in Residence, Goethe Institut Beijing & Geka e.V., Beijing, China
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019
ANX’US, Kunstverein KJUBH, Cologne (s)
Before Trembling, AIR Sandnes, Norway (s)
We said no but did it anyway, CUBIC, Greifswald (s)
Behind the Screen, KINDL Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
Lust der Täuschung. Von Antiker Kunst bis zur Virtual Reality, Ludwig Forum, Aachen
Die Digitale, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf
An Ordinary Day Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
2018
25.Videokunstförderpreis, with Stefanie Schroeder, GAK Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
Raum D: Digitale Projekte, Schneesturm, Halle für Kunst und Medien Graz, Austria (s)
Die Stadt dringt in das Haus, Simultanhalle Cologne | MMoMA Moscow, Russia
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, NRW Competition, Oberhausen
Monitoring, Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, KulturBahnhof + Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel
Shared Spaces wrong places, Satellit Ausstellungsraum, Berlin
42. Open Air Film Festival Weiterstadt
The long now, Museum Goch, North Rhine-Westphalia
2017
DIAMONDS, Julia Weißenberg, Büro für Brauchbarkeit, Cologne (s)
Video of the month, Hartware Medienkunstverein, Dortmund (s)
Video works | Julia Weißenberg, Goethe Institute, Beijing, China (s)
Stranger Days, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria
Smoking Room, Artists Ashtrays, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Artist website
Instagram
Interview with Julia Weißenberg on artfridge.de
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