Felix Hörhager
Felix Hörhager (born September 9, 1968 in Munich ) is a German media artist , communication designer and photographer .
Life
After completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, graduating from high school and attending the Free Art Workshop in Munich, Felix Hörhager studied communication design at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich (diploma 1999) and at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, art teaching (state examination 2005) and video art (diploma 2007). Felix Hörhager has been working as a video photographer and graphic artist for Bayerischer Rundfunk since 1999 . From 2007 he also works for the German Press Agency as a freelance photo reporter and video photographer. In the same year he began to work intensively as an artist . In 2009 he exhibited the “TIME” project in the mirror of the “ Lothringer 13 ” in Munich and won the “Pressefoto Bayern” competition in the “Daily News” category. In 2010, the same award followed again in the same competition. The video photographer won three prizes in the “dpa Photo of the Year” photo competition. Felix Hörhager has been teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich since 2010. In the years 2009 to 2017 the video art work thought project was created , a film adaptation of his "thoughts after reading books" (Hermann Hesse / Siddhartha, Milan Kundera / Unbearable Lightness of Being, Jack London / Wolfsblut and Selma Lagerlöf / Nils Holgersson). The premiere of the thought project took place in Munich in 2018. The media artist has been working on the video collage Raumgedanken since 2018. The goal: to give astronauts “relaxation to take away”, tailored to the needs of space.
Filmography (selection)
- 2007: "The Seven Deadly Sins" - Diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich
- 2009: "Time" project
- 2011: "River Thoughts" (towards the south in the thought project)
- 2013: "Love Thoughts" (towards the east in the thought project)
- 2015: "Erdgedanken" (towards the west in the thought project)
- 2017: "Air Thoughts" (towards the north in the thought project), completion of the thought project
- from 2018 work on "Raumgedanken" - first sentence of the space project
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2009: "Time" project - Spiegel - Lothringer 13 Munich
- 2013: "Stuttgart ONE" - Stuttgart
- 2014: UNPAINTED as part of BYOB - Postpalast Munich
- 2016: UNPAINTED Lab 3 art fair - Munich
- 2017: UNPAINTED goes Venice - Venice
- 2018: Premiere Thought Project - Mathäser Kino Munich
Prices (selection)
- Press photo Bavaria 2009 - 1st prize daily news
- Press photo Bavaria 2010 - 1st prize daily news
- dpa photo of the year 2013 - 1st prize entertainment culture
- dpa photo of the year 2014 - 3rd prize entertainment culture
- dpa Photo of the Year 2018 - 1st Prize Features
Web links
- official homepage
- Homepage photography
- Exhibition: Modern art for Puchheim's town hall. Mercury, June 28, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sigi Müller: Video artist Felix Hörhager: Filming, floating, broadcasting: A "thought project". Evening newspaper, February 4, 2018. Accessed February 11, 2019.
- ↑ Thought project on freedom in Munich. In conversation with the video artist Felix Hörhager about his video interpretations. münchen.tv, July 4, 2017. Accessed February 11, 2019.
- ↑ 09.12. - 30.12.2010 - Exhibition "Pressefoto Bayern 2010" in the Bavarian State Parliament. Bavarian State Parliament. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ↑ The dpa pictures of the year: fine dust figures, a happy mother-in-law, frustrated DFB footballers and more. Press portal (news aktuell), January 23, 2019. Accessed February 11, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hörhager, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German media artist, communication designer and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |