Alain Bieber

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Alain Bieber with cat, 2013

Alain Bieber (born December 27, 1978 in Wesel ) is a German-French cultural manager and curator . He is the artistic director and managing director of the NRW Forum in Düsseldorf .

life and work

From 1999 to 2005 Alain Bieber studied general rhetoric, communication and political science, modern German literature and sociology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and at the Institut d'études politiques in Paris.

After an internship at the magazine Max and an internship at Spiegel Online , he worked from 2007 to 2010 as an editor for the art magazine ART in Hamburg. From October 2010 to March 2015 he was editor-in-chief of ARTE Creative , an online magazine, network and laboratory for contemporary culture of the European broadcaster ARTE in Strasbourg.

Bieber taught as a guest lecturer at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen in the media studies course. In 2004 he founded the weblog rebel: art and in 2005 the International Sticker Award together with Andreas Ullrich . From 2007 to 2008 he curated the video magazine OH! , from 2009 to 2010 the virtual kiosk and the fair for art magazines and fanzines GuteSeiten and from 2009 to 2010 under the title Parasites - illegal exhibitions “Art exhibitions in unauthorized places”.

Since April 1, 2015 he has been the artistic director of the  NRW Forum  in  Düsseldorf . His contract, which should expire in 2020, will be extended and the NRW Forum will be integrated into the Museum Kunstpalast as a "subsidiary" .

Since 2004, Bieber has curated solo and group exhibitions across Europe on political, technological and pop-cultural topics. Since 2017 he has also been the director of the Düsseldorf photo festival Duesseldorf Photo .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2004: FFFFFF # 000001 , group exhibition with Alexander Brener , Barbara Schurz , Florian Cramer, Monty Cantsin , Platoon, Mike Riemel, monochrom , Robert Praxmarer, Club of Polish Failures , Berlin
  • 2005: The ABC , group exhibition with 0100101110101101.ORG, Hans Bernhard, Front Deutscher Äpfel , Lokiss, Erosie, Influenza, Matt Siber , Ira Waldron, Neurotitan Berlin
  • 2006: Sticker safari, Hamburg
  • 2007: Blue, White, Red , solo exhibition with Aleksandra Domanovic, Pow Galerie, Hamburg
  • 2007: Sticker award exhibition, Grassimuseum , Leipzig
  • 2008: Sticker award exhibition, Fit gas station, Berlin
  • 2009: Co-curator of the Subversive Fair: Trade fair for counterculture , cultural capital Linz
  • 2009: Parasites 1 , solo exhibition with Antoine Lejolivet & Paul Souviron, Hamburg
  • 2010: Co-curator for the art program at the Festival MS Dockville Hamburg, with Tino Sehgal
  • 2010: GuteSeiten-Festival, fair for artist books and fanzines, Kunstverein Hamburg
  • 2010: Parasites 2 , solo exhibition with The Wa, Hamburg
  • 2010: Parasites 3 , solo exhibition with Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau, Hamburg
  • 2010: Parasites 4 , solo exhibition with Bronco, Hamburg
  • 2011: Urban Hacking School , workshop for the Perfusion Festival, Strasbourg, with Tony Weingartner, Vladimir Turner, Paul Souviron, Sean Hart, Mathieu Tremblin, David Renault, David Hurstel, Christophe Greilsammer
  • 2012: Solo exhibition with Florentijn Hofman , ARTE, Strasbourg
  • 2013: Film curator for the Werkleitz Jubilee Festival in Halle (Saale), with Barbara Visser, Alain della Negra, Mathieu Tremblin, Vladimir Turner
  • 2013: Public Jokes , group exhibition at the C. Rockefeller Center, Dresden, with Mathieu Tremblin and Vladimir Turner
  • 2013: And everyone so yeah! The vulgar avant-garde , group exhibition in the House for Electronic Arts Basel , with Alex von Bergen, David Horvitz, Evan Roth, Mathieu Tremblin, Tracky Birthday, Hasi International, Matthias Fritsch, Cindy Sizer, Helene Dams
  • 2013: Urban Hacking School , workshop for the Cityleaks Festival Cologne, with Brad Downey, The Wa, Allan Gretzki, Katzen & Krieg
  • 2013: Urban Hacking School , workshop for the Hans Peter Zimmer Foundation, Düsseldorf, with Brad Downey , Jérome Fino, Emmanuel Mir
  • 2014: Round 2. The Future Of DIY Activism , group exhibition with works by Aram Bartholl , Evan Roth, Mr. Impact / Andreas Ullrich, Adam Harvey, Dennis P. Paul, URA / FILOART, Mitch Altman, Simone C. Niquille, James Bridle , Vladimir Turner, Ondrej Mlady and Dmitry Morozov as part of the Russian DIY festival Delai Sam Moscow
  • 2014: Spielalon: Art & Arcade , group exhibition in the House for Electronic Arts Basel , with Evan Roth, JODI, Hussein Chalayan, ////////// fur //// art entertainment interfaces (Tilman Reiff, Volker Morawe) , Djeff, Andreas Ullrich, Ivan Kozenitzky, Frederico Lazcano, Mobileskino (David Pfluger, Florian Olloz, Gilbert Engelhard, Roland Schmidt), Remmy Canedo, Sergej Maingardt, Tobias Hartmann, Marie Wellershoff, Benedikt Haas & Marius Fietzek
  • 2015: Ego update. The future of digital identity , group exhibition in the NRW-Forum u. a. with Kim Asendorf, LaTurbo Avedon, Evan Baden, Arvida Byström, Kurt Caviezel, Robbie Cooper, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, MC Fitti , Alison Jackson , Erik Kessels, Florian Kuhlmann, Dafna Maimon, Onformative, Martin Parr , Evan Roth, Andreas Schmidt, Guido Segni, Oliver Sieber, David Slater, Amalia Ulman and Jonas Unger.
  • 2016: Olaf Breuning (retrospective, NRW forum )
  • 2016: Planet B. 100 ideas for a new world , group exhibition in the NRW-Forum u. a. with Alvaro Urbano, Armin Chodzinski, Atelier for special tasks, Ben J. Riepe, Brad Downey, Constantin Schlachter, Eric Winkler, Hörner / Antlfinger, Jan Holtmann, Labor Fou, Lars Zimmermann, Mathieu Tremblin, Merlin Baum, Valentina Karga, Vladimír Turner
  • 2017: Jan Böhmermann & BTF : Deuscthland ( NRW-Forum )
  • 2017: Erik Kessels ( NRW Forum )
  • 2017: Myth of the Tour de France , group exhibition in the NRW-Forum a . a. with Andreas Gursky , Kraftwerk , Reinhard Mucha , Robert Capa, Otto Berchem, Laurent Cipriani, Harry Gruyaert, Martin Höfer , Philipp Hympendahl, Richard Kalvar, Timm Kölln, Guy Le Querrec, Paul Smith, Olaf Unverzart, Stephan Vanfleteren, John Vink
  • 2017: Thomas Mailaender. The Fun Archive ( NRW Forum )
  • 2017: Unreal. A virtual reality exhibition ( NRW Forum )
  • 2018: Pizza is God , group exhibition in the NRW-Forum u. a. with Martin Kippenberger , John Baldessari , Paul Barsch, John Bock , Jennifer Chan, Cory Arcangel, Jonas Lund, Marco Bruzzone

Publications (selection)

  • Pizza is God. Kettler Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-386206688-9 .
  • Olaf Breuning. Gestalten Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-389955649-0 .
  • Planet B. 100 ideas for a new world. Verlag Walther König, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86335944-7 .
  • Ego update. A history of the selfie. Verlag Walther König, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86335831-0 .
  • OX: Poster Art , International Neighborhood Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-89955577-6 .
  • 1001 #Neuland , In: Expanded Narration. The new telling. Bernd Kracke (ed.). B3 Biennale Reader, Transcript Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8376-2652-0 .
  • Social utopias. Or: how political is art? In: Johannes M. Hedinger / Torsten Meyer (eds.): What's next? Art after the crisis. A reader. Kadmos, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86599-200-0 .
  • WOPPOW: Somali Pirate Fashion. Alain Bieber interviews UBERMORGEN.COM. In: Yana Milev (Ed.): DA - A Transdisciplinary Handbook of Design Anthropology. Internationaler Wissenschaftsverlag Peter Lang Frankfurt am Main / Bern / Berlin / Brussels / Vienna / Oxford / New York 2013, ISBN 3-63161906-5 .
  • Social utopias. In: Beware of Art! Series Art meets politics ; Federal Agency for Civic Education, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8389-0242-5 .
  • Art & Agenda. Political Art and Activism. Die Gestalten Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89955-342-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NRW forum: Alain Bieber. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Alain Bieber's biography. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Alain Bieber about ARTE Creative. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Into the future with Alain Bieber. In: Rheinische Post . Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Arne Lieb: Alain Bieber remains director of the NRW forum. In: rp-online.de. May 9, 2019, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ A day with Alain Bieber. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Annette Bosetti: Bieber takes over the photo festival. Rheinische Post, August 9, 2017, accessed on January 4, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Jan Böhmermann: deuscthland. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
  9. ^ "Pizza is God". Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Bieber, Alain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-German curator and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Wesel