Florian Thalhofer

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Florian Thalhofer (* 1972 in Burglengenfeld ) is a German documentary filmmaker and media artist .

Life

Thalhofer grew up in Schwandorf, Bavaria . After changing schools several times, he graduated from the Max-Reger-Gymnasium in Amberg in 1993 . After doing community service in a drug therapy facility in Berlin , he studied visual communication and experimental media design at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin (diploma 2000, master class student 2003).

Since 1997 he has focused on the topic of computer-based storytelling. Thalhofer's diploma thesis is the non-linear documentary "Korsakow Syndrome" (2000). In order to make this film, Thalhofer programmed his own authoring environment, the later Korsakow system , a program for creating non-linear and rule-based films.

Thalhofer taught from 2001 to 2005 together with Willem Velthoven and Heinz Emigholz in the interactive narration class at the UdK. In 2003 Thalhofer passed the master class examination with Joachim Sauter . Thalhofer's Korsakov system is used by media artists around the world. From 2001 to 2008 the Mediamatic Institute , Amsterdam organized workshops across Europe at which the Korsakov system was taught. Since 2008–2016, Thalhofer has continued to develop the software in collaboration with a research group at Concordia University in Montréal, Canada. Thalhofer was visiting professor at the German Literature Institute Leipzig (DLL) from 2005 to 2006, guest lecturer at the dffb in 2009 and guest lecturer at the UdK in the class of Heinz Emigholz in 2009/2010. He is co-founder of the Korsakow Institute in Berlin.

Works

  • “Kleine welt”, 1997, 54 short stories, what it's like to grow up in a small town, CD-ROM and internet work, published in 1999 and again in 2007 by Mediamatic, Amsterdam and 2001 by Spex-Magazin , Cologne
  • “Get Rich With Art”, 1999, board and computer game, in collaboration with Anja Lutz and Jim Avignon , shift! Publishing house, Berlin, 1999
  • “The Korsakov Syndrome ”, 2000, non-linear documentary on the subject of alcohol
  • “The LoveStoryProject”, 2002, Korsakow film about love, in collaboration with Mahmoud Hamdy
  • “7sons”, 2003, a Korsakov film about a trip to the Bedouins, in collaboration with Mahmoud Hamdy
  • “13th floor”, 2005, stories from the skyscraper, Korsakow film, in collaboration with Kolja Mensing , Verbrecher-Verlag , Berlin 2005, ISBN 3935843534
  • “Forgotten flags”, 2007, Germany after the soccer world championship, Korsakow film, in cooperation with Juliane Henrich, Mediamatic-Magazin, Amsterdam 2007 and Goethe-Institut, Munich 2008
  • “13terShop”, 2007, 31 days in the shopping center, Korsakow-Film, in collaboration with Kolja Mensing , mairisch Verlag , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 9783938539071
  • “Help, Freedom!”, 2008–2010, series of events at the Münchner Kammerspiele , in collaboration with Tobias Hülswitt
  • "Planet Galata - A Bridge in Istanbul", 2010, arte.tv WebDocumentation, "non-linear Korsakow documentary (...) about the microcosm of Istanbul's Galata Bridge in collaboration with Berke Bas"
  • "GELD.GR - Money and the Greeks", 2012–2013, Korsakow film, Korsakow installation and Korsakow show, about the financial crisis in Greece
  • “ Codonaut ”, 2019, Korsakow film about artificial intelligence, in collaboration with Stefan Westphal and Felix Pauschinger.
  • " Korsakow System ", since 2000, computer program for creating database-based films

Prizes and awards

  • 2013 nominated for the Sheffield Innovation Award
  • 2006 IBM Prize for New Media
  • 2005 nominated for the VIPER International Award
  • 2004 FILE, Brasil, Cinemactivity, 1st place
  • 2001 nominated for the VIPER International Award
  • 2003 nominated for the ZKM International Media Art Award
  • 2002 Reddot Design Award
  • 2002 Digital Sparks Award
  • 2002 literatur.digital Award
  • 2002 Multimedia Transfer Award
  • 2002 nominated for the ZKM International Media Art Award
  • 2001 nominated for the VIPER International Award
  • 2001 Werkleitz Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ codonaut - Where do we program to? Accessed April 11, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Thalhofer, Florian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German documentary filmmaker and media artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Burglengenfeld