Tom Fecht

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"Nature Forte" at the Waldschlösschen Academy , part of the project "Thinking Space: Names and Stones" (2006)
Cold square in the entrance area of ​​the Bundeskunsthalle (2006)
The AIDS Memorial Injured Love in the Peterskirchhof in Frankfurt am Main (2010)

Tom Fecht (born January 11, 1952 in Frankenberg ) is a German publisher , author and artist .

Stone in Memory of Freddie Mercury (2006)
Stone in memory of Michel Foucault

Life

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Tom Fecht studied cybernetics and art history in Berlin and New York . Since 1969 he has organized happenings , Fluxus campaigns , land art projects, installations and exhibitions in Germany and abroad.

In 1972 he opened the Elefanten Press Galerie in Berlin , first on Dresdener Strasse on Oranienplatz and later on Zossener Strasse 32 in Berlin-Kreuzberg .

In 1978, together with Patric Feest , Wieland Giebel , Norbert Gravius (later Federal Treasurer of the PARTY ), Maruta Schmidt and Erik Weihönig, he founded the Elefanten-Press-Verlag , based in Oranienstrasse .

Until 1992 Tom Fecht was the author, editor and curator of publications and exhibitions on art, design, satire and contemporary history. He taught at the Berlin University of the Arts , the Hamburg University of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Art in London.

Tom Fecht lives and works in Berlin, London and in the French department of Finistère .

Art projects

In 1988/89, Tom Fecht began developing the “Thinking Space” project for the German AIDS Foundation . With “ Quartelage-Quartelage-Quartelage for 16 horses and ring ” and the “ Cologne Fragment-12 minutes after Vitruvius ” elements of the country style are to be declined anew and linked to the urban space and the body.

 The “ Mémoire nomade ” (“ Names and Stones ”) was created on the occasion of Documenta IX . With this the artist reminds of people who have died of AIDS . From a geographical network of over 40 temporary and permanent installations that were created between 1992 and 2000, Tom Fecht aims to create a “ nomadic memory and a Europe-wide epitaph of remembrance and practical solidarity with HIV-infected people ”.

" Injured love " became his sculptural theme in 1993, followed by photographic studies on body architecture. Since 1994 glass and thermal studies and color studies on the Isenheim Altarpiece . Sculptural photo works have been created since 1996 and a collaboration with architects developed.

In 1997 the artist initiated the “main laboratory” for the Hamburg University of Fine Arts, followed in 1998/99 by “ Moving to the Open ” on the secrets of spatial production.

“Cold Square” in the entrance area of ​​the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn is one of the permanent installations of the “ Names and Stones ” project. The prominent deceased who are remembered for the cobblestones in the installation include Freddie Mercury , Michel Foucault , Keith Haring , Miles Davis and Rock Hudson .

Publications

  • Tom Fecht, Jürgen Holtfreter: Karakiri , Berlin, 1984, ISBN 3-88520-134-8
  • Tom Fecht, Sabine. Weißler: Plastic worlds. The stuff the goods are made of , Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-88520-167-4
  • Käthe Kollwitz, Tom Fecht (editor): The colored work. Colored prints and color drawings by Käthe Kollwitz , Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-88520-251-4
  • Tom Fecht, Dietmar Kamper : Moving into the open. Four attempts over space , Vienna, 2000, ISBN 3-211-83476-1
  • Tom Fecht, Ulrich Heide, Dietmar Kamper: Tom Fecht. Names and Stones , Vienna, 2001, ISBN 3-211-83630-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Image from the Elefanten Press Gallery : peer van daalen: Kreuzberg Dresdener Strasse. In: Digit . WDR, 1977, accessed January 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Gallery founded by Tom Fecht in Berlin in 1972, from 1978 as a publisher under this name.
  3. ↑ Small picture negative: Elefanten Press Galerie, 1981
  4. ^ Small picture negative: Exhibition by A. Paul Weber, Elefanten Press Galerie, 1977
  5. ↑ Small picture negative: Weber discussion, Elefanten Press Galerie, 1977
  6. ↑ Patrick Bahners: Voting is serious. In: FAZ.net . July 31, 2009, accessed October 13, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Thomas Loy : Maruta Schmidt: Forward and not forgotten - The publisher manages the downfall of left-wing projects , in: Der Tagesspiegel , July 17, 2000.
  8. ↑ Captain, we're sinking brand eins Issue 08/2001 - What moves people
personal data
SURNAME Fencing, Tom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher, author and artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankenberg (Eder)