Freya Hattenberger
Freya Hattenberger (* 1978 in Offenbach am Main ) is a German media and performance artist . She lives and works in Cologne .
Life
After spending a year in Vienna (2000), Freya Hattenberger began studying at the Art Academy for Media in Cologne in 2001 . She studied media art with Jürgen Klauke , Marcel Odenbach and Matthias Müller. In 2005 she received a study scholarship at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris . In 2006 she graduated with honors. In 2008 she received the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff scholarship and the sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists .
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Body and (social) space form the central aspect in her work. A review of generally accepted expectations of feminine and gender clichés takes place in video performances, video and sound installations and photo works. Sometimes objects from everyday life are also included in the form-finding process of their work in a ready-made manner. Freya Hattenberger is particularly interested in questions of the representation of femininity in relation to gender-specific forms of behavior and questions of autonomy .
However, "Freya Hattenberger does not only negotiate the question of femininity in the context of artistic creation, she does not stop at gender-theoretical questions and feminist criticisms, but suggests a transferability to existential questions and generally applicable dimensions of meaning." (Deborah Bürgel). The performative, often autobiographical elements deliberately provide a surface for irritation, a subtle irony seeks to undo ingrained perceptual patterns.
With Peter C. Simon , Freya Hattenberger is a founding member of the band "Les Éclairs". Their approach is to understand the process of sound generation as a performance , instead of giving a "normal" concert. In evocative actions, her music appears like a trip through broken sound images, noisy soundscapes , accompanied by the sometimes dreamy, sometimes scary sounding use of human voices.
During their performances, on-site improvisations merge with previously arranged chords. Electronics, everyday objects and things found on the way are also used as instruments. By looping and superimposing acoustic events, “Les Éclairs” explore the poetry of the moment on the verge of feedback and distortion. Every performance by “Les Éclairs” is a situationist reflection on the context of the performance.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2006: KÖRPEREIN / SATZ Municipal Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach
- 2006: Academy of the Arts , Berlin
- 2006: Transmediale
- 2007: Expanded Media-Medien in the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart area
- 2007: Videonale 11 Kunstmuseum Bonn
- 2007: intrasections Kunstraum 3015, Paris (together with Peter C. Simon)
- 2007: INTIMACY Goldsmith College London
- 2007: The hidden meaning of things thrown away, Marta Herford
- 2008: Recently seen and admired Galerie Kunstagenten Berlin
- 2009: A tribute to Terry Fox (performance together with Peter C. Simon in the action space Hamburger Bahnhof , Berlin)
- 2009: Art Film Day 09, Malkasten (artist association) , Düsseldorf
- 2009: Video Performance - Models of Self-Contemplation, Kunsthalle Münster
- 2009: Video performances Mediations Biennale Poznań, Poland
- 2012: Pictures against the Dark. Video art from the imai archive at KIT , Kunst im Tunnel , Düsseldorf
- 2013: Anybody can have an idea, Museum Ostwall , Dortmund
- 2015: Düsseldorf Photo Weekend 2015 - same same but different, imai - inter media art institute, Düsseldorf
- 2016: Think of me when you are in glorious sunshine, Bräuning Contemporary, Hamburg
- 2015: Rates of Exchange, Museum of Contemporary Art, MSU Zagreb
- 2017: Society for the Appreciation of Brutalism, HMKV , Dortmund
- 2017: Channeled Tensions, performance as LES ÉCLAIRS, Museum Folkwang , Essen
- 2017: 5, Bräuning Contemporary, Hamburg
- 2018: Tbilisi Triennial, Tbilisi, Georgia
- 2019: Zeit & Raum, Bräuning Contemporary, Hamburg
- 2019: Meander Tapes - Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore
- 2019: Video archives tell, Videonale Bonn
Scholarships and Awards
- 2005 studio scholarship at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
- 2004–2006 scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
- 2007 Prize winner EXPANDED MEDIA, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
- 2008 sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists
- 2008 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff scholarship
- 2010 Transfer France-NRW, work stay at FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France
- 2012 Artist-in-Residence, Center de la Photographie Nord Pas-de-Calais, Douchy les Mines, France
- 2018 travel grant Georgia / Armenia from the women's cultural office in North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2018 Gerd Ruge grant from the Film and Media Foundation NRW (with Peter Simon and Marita Loosen-Fox)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter C. Simon: Les Éclairs. Retrieved April 14, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hattenberger, Freya |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photo and video artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach am Main |