Alfred Banze

Alfred Banze (born September 29, 1958 in Kirchbauna ) is a German artist .

Life

1987 diploma in fine arts at the comprehensive university in Kassel - 1995 diploma postgraduate studies AV media at the art academy for media Cologne - since 2001 projects in Berlin children and youth institutions - 2003 guest professor at the university for film and television Potsdam in Potsdam - since 2004 workshops, seminars and lectures in Potsdam, Münster, Paderborn, Suva / Fiji, Bangkok / Thailand, Kunming / China, Accra / Ghana, Ha Tay / Vietnam, Georgetown / Guyana, Papeete / Tahiti, Varanasi, India.

Works

Alfred Banze makes films, performances, installations, drawings and objects. Since 2001 he has been working on artistic participation projects in which children, young people and adults, laypeople, artists and specialists from various fields are involved in artistic production.

Exhibitions

• 1993 "Shadow Art" in Oberhausen Castle, GA
• "Plato's Cave" in the Karl Osthaus Museum in Hagen, GA
• "Naturkunden", Heliosturm Cologne, GA
• “Desert Jerbs” EMAF Festival in Osnabrück, GA
• “Fish Museum”, Simultanhalle Cologne, with Carmen Mörsch
• 1994 “Lumen”, KHM in Cologne, with Anna Anders, Roswitha Berger and Egbert Mittelstädt
• "Naturkunde - 2", Academy of Arts in Budapest, GA
• "Night & Day", Chamber of Crafts in Cologne, GA
• “Introspection”, Paszti-Bott Gallery, Cologne, GA
• “Spectacle”, Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund, GA
• 1997 Circle Municipal Luxembourg, GA
• “Noa Noa”, Arting, Cologne
• “For the Heinrich Heine Year”, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, GA
• 1999 "Marae Taputapuatea", AKI Art Academy Enschede, NL
• "German Trained Artists", Galerie Koch & Kesslau, Berlin, GA
• “A trip to Jerusalem”, streaming event, Cologne Central Station and Brindisi
• "Remap" artwork Cologne GA
• 2000 “State Modulator” at “Stone of the Wise”, former Bundestag in Bonn, GA
• 2001 “An educational path of contemplation”, art cure, Lohmen, MVP
• 2002 “A Journey to Jerusalem”, website, film, installation. Municipal Gallery Boeblingen
• "Sounds of Lohmen" Lohmen, MVP
• “Grimm's Fairy Tales Today” at “Art on the River” in and around Kassel
• 2003 "Streetdancer" First New Media Art Festival Chiang Mai, Thailand GA
• “Layers of Water” Split Film Festival, Croatian Embassy Berlin
• 2005 “A Ghost in the Tree” Goethe Institute Bangkok
• “Pacific Plastic” art space Parkstrasse Berlin
• 2006 “Banyan Works” gallery Haferkamp Cologne
• "In The Heights" Golden Dragon Studios, Shangri La, China
• "In The Heights" Heidong Art Center, Lijiang, China
• 2007 “Anonymous Draftsman” Gallery Blumweiss Berlin, GA
• "Banyan Works" Metahouse Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• "Kopi Kaputa" with Matthias Schellenberger, Scotty Enterprises Producer Gallery Berlin
• “Banyan Works” gallery at Körnerpark Berlin.
• “Ganga Mokhsa” with Kritika + Fabricio de Canto, Lane 11 Gallery Varanasi, India
• 2008 “Vom Reisen” Kunstverein Usedom, with Christine Falk
• “Another China” Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, GA
• 2009 "Another China / Phnom Penh" Meta House Phnom Penh, Cambodia, GA
• "The Banyan Tree" The National Gallery Bangkok, Thailand
• "The Banyan Tree" Meta House Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• "The Banyan Tree" gallery in Körnerpark Berlin
• "The Banyan Tree" Gauguin Museum Tahiti
• "The Banyan Tree" Center des Metiers d´Art Tahiti
• 2010 "The Banyan Tree" National Museum Cook Islands
• "The Banyan Tree" National Museum Fiji
• "The Banyan Tree" Art Gallery Fürth
• “Stereo Greenhouse” Scotty Enterprises Producer Gallery Berlin
• “Anonymous draftsman” Uferhallen, Berlin, GA
• "Artone" Tone-Town, Japan, GA
• “Gulliver's sixth journey” Neue Sächsische Galerie Chemnitz, Germany, GA
• "VDO @ ART" Art Center Silpakorn University Bangkok, Thailand, GA
• 2011 "Pattern & Signs" Jamuree Gallery Chalalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand, GA
• "The Banyan Tree" Art Gallery Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India
• “The Banyan Tree” TCG Nordica, Kunming, China
• "Pattern & Signs" Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, GA
• "Landscape / 2D" centrifuge, Nuremberg, GA
• "The Banyan Tree" Kin Arts Studio, Kinshasa, RD Congo

Movies

• 1993 “Between blue wave mountains”, with Egbert Mittelstädt, video clip, 4 min
• 1994 “Eurospiriti”, live recording of the stage performance, video film 70 min
• 1995 “Ufoflieger” with Markus Käch, video clip 4 min
• 1996 “Kon-Tiki / Bodhisattva”, 7-part video film, 70 min
• 1997 “The Loreley - A song about home and its inhabitants”, video film, 25 min
• 2001 “The Camping Academy”, video film, 30 min
• 2003 “A trip to Jerusalem - a children's game from the holy war”, video film, 45 min
• 2004 "We others and I" video clip 1 min
• 2006 "Banyan Project" video film 70 min. "In The Heights" video film 35 min
• 2007 “A trip to Jerusalem - a children's game from the holy war”, video film, 45 min, comics version
• 2009 “Banyan Project” DVD 150 min
• 2010 "Exotica" video 6.30 min
• 2012 “Crossing the Line” video film 70 min

Projects, actions, performances

• 1994 “Eurospiriti”, multimedia stage performance
• 1995 “Kon Tiki / Bodhisattva”, campaigns in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the South Pacific
• 1997 “Backroads”, street performances, cycling through Europe
• 1999 “Marae Taputapuatea”, media performances, AKI Enschede, NL
• 2000/2001 "Flied Shlimp - On the way in Southeast Asia", travel + web project with Clea T. Waite
• 2001 "Kon-Tiki - Retro", media performance, Weiss art movement, Berlin - "Camping Academy in: An educational trail of contemplation", actions in Lohmen, MVP
• 1999–2002 “A Journey to Jerusalem”, campaigns between Europe and the Orient, website with communication structure, exhibition + film
• 2002 "Camping Academy in: Grimm's Fairy Tales Today", in and around Kassel - "Camping Academy in: Sounds of Lohmen", actions in Lohmen, MVP
• “The Grimm Brothers Karaoki Sound Apparat” stage performance in Hessisch Lichtenau and Kassel
• 2003 "Camping Academy in: The Club", campaigns in Lohmen, MVP.
• “Layers of Water” artist work camp on Vís, Croatia.
• "Hello neighbor - encounter with Islam" video project at Berlin youth centers
• 2004 "Video Breakdance" video project at Berlin youth centers
• “What I want to become one day” video project with children, B. Neukölln
• “A Ghost in the Tree” video project at Silpakorn University in Bangkok
• 2005 “Britzer Damm TV” video project with students, Thomas-More-Schule B. Neukölln
• "My greatest wish" video project with children, KH Sternschnuppe B. Neukölln
• “The Future Club of Lipschitz” video project with children and young people, JZ Lipschitzallee Berlin-Neukölln
• 2006 “Girls in the City” talk show / video project for girls, Berlin-Neukölln
• "Rütli News - Press Center" media project with students, Rütli School Berlin-Neukölln
• “19 reasons for Neukölln” Video + Audio workshop for young unemployed, NetJu eV. B. Neukölln
• "NW 80 - The Film" video, art + theater project for young people, JZ NW 80 B. Neukölln
• "In The Heights - A Video Performance Workshop Exhibition" produced at Lijiangstudio.org, China
• "Cyberboys + Cybergirls - An Internet Talk Show" for young people in B. Neukölln
• 2007 "In the Heights" performance at the Kunsthaus Oranienstrasse Berlin
• “Rotes Sofa TV” - Internet Video Girls Center Change of scene Berlin-Neukölln
• “Fire, Water, Earth, Air” - Podcast Project Girls Center Scene change Berlin-Neukölln
• “What I want to become one day” video project for pupils at the Otto Hahn School, Berlin-Neukölln
• “Stories from TV” video project for students at the Rainbow School, Berlin-Neukölln
• “Banyan Project am Weichselplatz” workshop with students from the Leonardo Da Vinci Gymnasium, Berlin-Neukölln
• "The first Turk from Neukölln" Neukölln video project Girls Center Scene change Berlin-Neukölln
• "Like you me - a service for young gangsters" video project in youth centers and in juvenile prisons in Berlin
• Since 2007 "Kopi Kaputa - AV Band from Berlin", performance project with Matthias Schellenberger
• 2008 "Bozkurt - Gray Wolves in Neukölln?" Video project in Neukölln youth facilities
• “Another China” cultural exchange and exhibition project with artists from China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, USA, Germany, Kunstverein Tiergarten Berlin
• Since 2004 "The Banyan Project" presentations and workshops in Tahiti, Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, China, Myanmar, India, Cambodia, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Guyana, Holland and Germany.
• Since February 2009 traveling exhibition "The Banyan Tree - Art + Encounters"
• "HOPE - United Nations Revisited" workshops, public events, video sessions in Germany, RD Congo, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, China.

publication

• Alfred Banze + Christine Falk: Another China Catalog of the exhibition at the Kunstverein Tiergarten Berlin, Berlin 2008.
• Alfred Banze: Banyan Works catalog of the exhibition at Scotty Enterprises, Berlin 2008.
• Alfred Banze + Christine Falk: Banyan catalog of the traveling exhibition "The Banyan Tree - Art + Encounters", Berlin 2009.

Web links

• HP of the artist
• Banyan project
• Projects for children, young people, adults, international cultural exchange
• HOPE - United Nations Revisited
• Banze on Youtube
• Kopikaputa
• Kopikaputa 2 }