Carola Schmidt
Carola Schmidt (* in Horn , Lower Austria) is an international artist living in Berlin, who is primarily active in the fields of film, photography, multimedia and performance. She has also performed under the name Lulu Schmidt since 2012 .
Life
Carola Schmidt played the violin and piano as a child. She received her training at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the University of the Arts Berlin in the fields of film, photography, multimedia and performance. Her teachers include Erich Lessing , Gabriele Rothemann and most recently Rebecca Horn , with whom she was a master class student until 2007.
Her thesis on film "We ask you, seduce us!" (2008) was presented to the public for the first time in a solo exhibition in the house on Lützowplatz Berlin on 350 m². For this production she received the award for the best newcomer film at the Austrian film festival Diagonale 2008. Invitations from international galleries and film festivals and broadcast dates on WDR and ORF followed.
Carola Schmidt has already been represented with her work at exhibitions in Argentina, Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Austria, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary and the USA.
In addition to her artistic work, she has been working for the art and culture magazine "Eigenart" as an editor and photographer since 2003 and founded the photo and video production company UnidentifiedFlyingVideo for her commercial projects in 2008. This includes music video and stage video productions as well as staged photo sessions for various musicians such as the band MIA. She was also part of the artist collective Tangowerk .
As Lulu Schmidt, she performed at well-known Austrian festivals, such as B. Popfest , Electric Spring and Waves Vienna .
Awards
- 2010 Start-up grant from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture / Film Department for the Tangowerk feature film project
- 2009 Beethovenfest : production subsidy for "The last trick!"
- 2008 Diagonale : Best newcomer film for "We ask you, seduce us!"
- 2008 Sophie and Emanuel Fohn scholarship
- 2007 master class scholarship from Rebecca Horn / UDK Berlin
- 2006 Scholarship for the sound art stage with Ruedi Häusermann
- 2004 Scholarship for scientific work abroad, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://2008.diagonale.at/fetcharticle.php@puzzle&page=4674.htm
- ↑ http://www.fohnstiftung.at/Stipendiaten.pdf
- ↑ http://www.klangkunstbuehne.de
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schmidt, Carola |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Horn , Austria |