Françoise Cactus
Françoise Cactus (* 1964 in Villeneuve-l'Archevêque , Burgundy , France , bourgeois Françoise van Hove ) is a Franco-German author, musician and illustrator.
Life
Françoise Cactus grew up with three siblings in Villeneuve-l'Archevêque. She studied in Besançon , Paris and spent a year in Husum during her studies . In 1985 she met a Berliner in Norway, whom she followed to Berlin a short time later . There she moved in the squatter scene . She founded the band Lolitas and later with her partner Brezel Göring Stereo Total .
In addition to music, Françoise Cactus has also written several books and radio plays, and exhibited drawings and objects. One of their objects, called Wollita , a life-size crocheted doll, was shown in April 2004 by the tabloids Bild and BZ as evidence of a “child porn exhibition” in the Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien over 20 times over the course of two weeks. The theme of the exhibition, entitled “When Love Turns to Poison”, was dealing with the dark side of sexuality and the subject of sexual violence. In response to the media campaign, Françoise Cactus and Wolfgang Müller from Die Tödliche Doris wrote the book “Wollita - from ball of wool to superstar. Die Biographie ”, which appeared in October 2005 including a CD. The appeal “Wollita (18) must get the BZ culture award!” Was signed by over 250 artists and art educators.
Cactus and Brezel Göring are among the protagonists of the documentary “We will always go on” by George Lindt and Ingolf Rech, in which Berlin indie greats between 2000 and 2010 are portrayed.
Françoise Cactus describes himself as homeless . She appreciates Roger Vadim and his film Barbarella .
From 1986 to the mid-1990s she was a layout artist at taz .
Works
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Autobigophony . Schmitz, Kassel 1997 ISBN 3-927795-26-7
- 2004 as a radio play by: Bayerischer Rundfunk ISBN 3-927795-41-0
- Adventure of a provincial flower . Rowohlt, 1999 ISBN 3499209500
- Shiver parties . Rowohlt, 2000 ISBN 3499209942
- Neuroses for Valentine's Day. Stories Rowohlt, 2004 ISBN 3871344990
- When Love turns to Poison . Controversial art exhibition on love and sexuality in Berlin, Berlin-Kreuzberg 2004
- Wollita. From ball of wool to superstar (co-author Wolfgang Müller ). Schmitz, Berlin 2005 ISBN 3927795402
- Dawn of the Dorks
Radio plays
- Kurt Weill chases Fantômas ( Oliver Augst / Cactus / Göring), rbb, Radio France Culture 2018 - stage text together with Brezel Göring
- Alle Toten 1914 (Augst / John Birke), DLF Kultur , rbb , Volksbühne Berlin , hr 2014 - participation as speaker, singer, musician
- City of a thousand fires (Augst / Birke ), hr / swr 2012 - participation as speaker, singer
Awards
- 1999: Owl of the month
literature
- George Lindt and Ingolf Rech: We will always go on . a documentary about a decade of alternative music scenes in Berlin and Hamburg. Favorite book, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-943967-01-2 (book + DVD).
Web links
- Literature by and about Françoise Cactus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Françoise Cactus at perlentaucher.de
- stereototal.de
- Audio recording: Françoise Cactus reads from "Neurosen zum Valentinstag" (2004), for listening and downloading on Lesungen.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Thomas Winkler: "Rock'n Roll has become stuffy". In: taz.de. taz Verlags u. Vertriebs GmbH, June 13, 2015, accessed on March 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Kirsten Riesselmann: The Shangri-La of pop culture. In: taz.de. taz Verlags u. Vertriebs GmbH, November 1, 2012, accessed on March 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Kurt Weill chases Fantomas. In: www.neue-musik.org. Institute for New Music and Music Education, accessed on March 14, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cactus, Françoise |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | van Hove, Françoise |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-German author, musician and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villeneuve-l'Archevêque |