Herwig Pöschl

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Herwig Pöschl (* 1950 in Oberndorf near Salzburg ) is an Austrian musician , cultural manager and curator . He has lived and worked in Berlin since 2009.

Live and act

Studies

Herwig Pöschl studied (1969–1971) composition and music with Mauricio Kagel and Iannis Xenakis in Cologne and with Karl-Heinz Stockhausen in Darmstadt . At that time he also completed instrumental studies with Christoph Caskel (percussion) in Frankfurt as well as studies in “composition and percussion” at the Mozarteum Salzburg.

There were also (1972–1976) studies in psychology and psychiatry with Igor Alexander Caruso and music psychology with Wilhelm Revers at the University of Salzburg (without a degree).

Activity as a musician

Herwig Pöschl was a member of the "Ensemble for New Music" (Cologne) founded by Mauricio Kagel in 1970 as a drummer , and then also played in well-known ensembles of new music such as "Spontan Music Group" (1971), " en: Just Music " ( 1971–1972), as well as in “Schallmomente” (1971–1974), before he had to quit working as a musician in 1974 due to an inherited muscle weakness.

Activity as a cultural researcher and cultural developer

Institute for Everyday Culture

Herwig Pöschl founded the "Institute for Everyday Culture" (IAK, with Raimund Gutmann) in 1981. Until 1990 he worked here (mostly on behalf of the Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky ) on development projects for cultural, social and economic change in mining and industrial areas, such as B. Mühlbach am Hochkönig , as well as iron ore . Back then (1985) he founded the Hallein Culture Forum, which is still active today, with Friedrich Bahner in the saltworks town of Hallein .

Cultural development plan of the city of Salzburg

From 1986 to 1989, Herwig Pöschl headed the first cultural development plan for the city ​​of Salzburg (as a staff position for Mayor Josef Reschen , including the tender for the Guggenheim Museum in Salzburg, which was then not implemented). As a result of the Salzburg cultural development plan at the time, the budget for free cultural funding was greatly increased and a cultural site program with new foundations (from the “Rockhaus Salzburg” to the Literaturhaus Salzburg ) was implemented.

Art curator for the city of Bernau near Berlin

In 2011, Herwig Pöschl was appointed art curator for the city of Bernau near Berlin following a tender process . There he curated the existing collection of sculptors from the former GDR such as Fritz Cremer , Waldemar Grzimek and others. a. He led (together with Rudolf J. Kaltenbach and Silvia Ch. Fohrer) the international sculptor symposium Stones Without Borders VIII, which took place in Bernau in 2011. He worked on strategic cultural planning for Bernau with various sub-projects, such as the architecture project “Modernity meets history”.

Management and development of cultural management trainings etc.

Culture and media management at the International Center for Culture and Management (ICCM)

In 1989, Herwig Pöschl developed, together with Hermann Glaser , Ingo Mörth , Walter Reicher , Franz Sattlecker (today head of the Schönbrunn Palace cultural and operating company ), Burghart Schmidt , Heiner Zametzer and others, one funded by the then Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Sport (arts section) Cultural management course especially for activists involved in autonomous cultural work in the third sector , first as a diploma course at the Vocational Promotion Institute (BFI) Upper Austria, then from 1991 as a university course at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) under the direction of Pöschl himself (organizational management) and Ingo Mörth and Walter Sertl (scientific director). In 1992 the "International Center for Culture and Management" (ICCM) was founded, first in Gmunden (until 1995) and then in Salzburg, which from 1992 acted instead of the BFI as the organizational provider of training under the direction of Pöschl. In 1997, the course was converted into a postgraduate university course "European Management Program for the Arts and Media" with the degree " Master of Advanced Studies (Arts and Media Management)" and the requirement of general cultural management training for all areas.

In 2004 the JKU - ICCM cooperation agreement was terminated and the course offered by the University of Linz was ended. The training was then continued in cooperation with ICCM - SMBS - University of Salzburg Business School (also in cooperation with Columbia College Chicago and Fudan University in Shanghai) as an MBA "International Arts Management" (until the ICCM went bankrupt in 2008).

Between 1989 and 2008, around 1000 cultural managers from 60 countries of origin were trained in these courses .

International Summer Academy for Culture Management / Salzburg Culture Forum

From 1990 to 2005 Herwig Pöschl headed the "International Summer Academy for Cultural Management" in Salzburg, a so-called "Capacity Building Training Project" founded jointly with Kulturkontakt Austria , which, according to the aim of Kulturkontakt Austria, is primarily aimed at participants from Eastern and Southeastern European cultural projects should develop and make it marketable. After Kulturkontakt Austria left the project (2003), it was continued for two years in cooperation with the Open Society Foundations by George Soros as the “Salzburg Culture Forum” for participants especially from the USSR successor states in Central Asia.

University course in cultural journalism and cultural public relations

Herwig Pöschl also developed, in cooperation with the communication scientist Kurt Luger at the University of Salzburg, a "university course for cultural journalism and cultural public relations", which was offered from 1994–1997 with the ICCM as the organizational sponsor.

“Music for Film & Media” at Danube University Krems

Starting in 2007, Herwig Pöschl developed a “Master's degree in Music for Film & Media” in cooperation with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the composer Peter Wolf , first for the ICCM itself and then for the Danube University Krems . This postgraduate course ( Master of Arts degree - MA) combines composition studies for various media formats (film, TV, interactive digital media and business audio) with the latest audio technology and music business knowledge. It started in a slightly modified form in 2013 at Danube University Krems .

Other activities and honors

further activities

  • Founding member of the Italian cultural organization “Fondazione Fitzcarraldo” (1998);
  • Co-editor of the “International Journal for Arts Management” ( ISSN  1480-8986 ) of the cultural marketing expert Francois Colbert at the HEC Montréal (1998–2008);
  • Co-founder (1992) and President (1996–2000) of the “European Network for Cultural Administration Centers” - ENCATC, based in Brussels.
  • Member of the international advisory board of the “UNESCO Cultural Management and Cultural Policy Chair”, Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts;
  • Visiting professor for cultural management at the Moholy Nagy University for Handicrafts and Design , Budapest (1995 to 2001);
  • Visiting professor for project management at the “Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana” - SUPSI, Lugano (2014);
  • Lecturer and scientific co-director of the annual “Corso di Perfezionamento per Responsabile di Progetti Culturali” - CPRC of the Fondazione Fitzcarraldo (2008–2016);
  • University lecturer for project management at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (1998–2004);
  • Member of the cultural advisory board of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and Art (1992–1998).
  • Member of the Salzburg State Cultural Advisory Board (1990–1999)

Honors

Publications (selection)

  • (2015) Dramaproject. For rainmakers in arts projects and cultural change , text on the concept of Drama-Project-Design, online , requested on September 5, 2016;
  • (2012) (also co-ed.) Foreword , in: Bernauer Stadtmarketing u. a. (Ed.): Modernity meets history. Baukunst-Architektur-Leben, Bernau 2012: City of Bernau, pp. 4–9 (no ISBN);
  • (2010) “What we really need is a thinking mananger” , interview with Lydia Varbanova, online , requested on September 4, 2016;
  • (2006) Cultural Policy in Austria , in: Giōrgos Poupēs, Vasias Tsokopoulos, Tasos Athanasiadēs (eds.): Patra - politistikē prōteuousa tēs Eurōpēs, Athens 2006: Synchronoi Horizontes, pp. 199-201 ( ISBN 9789603981824 );
  • (2000) Foreword , in: Lucie Bader, Barbara Haberl, Isabella Urban and Christine Weingartner (eds.): Seeing and being seen. Film marketing in small European film countries, Vienna 2000: PVS Verleger, pp. 13-14 ( ISBN 3-901196-41-2 ), also online , requested on September 4, 2016;
  • (1999) Round Table: How can training institutions meet the news trends and challenges? - contributions , in: Valeria Beolchini (ed.): MIMEH. Models of innovative management in European heritage, reader for the seminar, Torino, 4-6 November 1999, Torino 1999: Fondazione Fitzcarraldo, pp. 125–126, p. 130, also online , requested on September 5, 2016 (no ISBN) ;
  • (1997) International cultural relations and regional exchange - response , in: Simone Wesner, Adrian Palka (eds.): Challenges for Cultural Policy and Management in Central and Eastern Europe. An International Symposium Organized by the European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centers, Zittau / Germany, September 13th ‐ 15th 1996, Strasbourg 1997: Culture Committee, pp. 95–96 (no ISBN);
  • (1995) (with Jeff Bernard, Erich Fries, Gerald Gröchening, Klaus Nüchtern): Structures of autonomous cultural work in Austria. Volume 3: Program and cultural policy , Vienna 1995: Öst. Society for Semiotics (ÖGS) / Institute for Socio-Semiotic Studies (ISSS) ( ISBN 3-900494-23-1 );
  • (1994) On the Development of the New Cultural Sector in Austria , in: Robert Harauer, Jeff Bernard (eds.): "New culture" in Europe: structures, problems, developments. Proceedings of an international conference, Vienna, December 2-5, 1992, Vienna 1994: Öst. Society for Semiotics (ÖGS) / Institute for Socio-Semiotics Studies (ISSS), pp. 119–132 ( ISBN 3-900494-18-5 );
  • (1994) Good morning Chopin - cultural management is not a foolish process! Management between culture and Austria , in: Peter Strahlendorf (ed.): Yearbook Sponsoring 94/95, Düsseldorf etc. 1994: Econ Verlag, pp. 191–195 ( ISBN 3430149924 );
  • (1992) (with Heiner Zametzer and Wolfgang Reiter) Aesthetics and Exclusion: Plea for Open Cultural Work , Vienna 1992: IKUS - Institute for Cultural Studies (IKUS-Lectures no. 2/1992; ISSN  1021-2965 );
  • (1992) (Ed., Also: Foreword) Europa-Kultur-Region. Wels culture notes 16.-18. 10. 1992. Documentation , Wels / Gmunden 1992: International Center for Culture & Management (no ISBN);
  • (1991) (with Otto Hofecker) Culture and Urban Development in Austria. Study for the research project "The importance of culture for the economic development of cities in Germany", research field "Urban development and economy" ... on behalf of the Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development and the Federal Institute for Regional Studies and Regional Planning , Dortmund 1991: IRPUD - Institute for spatial planning at the University of Dortmund (no ISBN);
  • (1991) Saitensprünge , in: Strouhal, Ernst (Ed / Red.): Culture, Art, State. Upswing and swan song for the future of cultural funding. Articles, presentations and concepts that were developed as part of the "Future of Culture Promotion" working group of the Zukunfts- und Kulturwerkstätte from autumn 1990 to summer 1991; Vienna 1991: Zukunfts- und Kulturwerkstätte - Working Group on the Future of Cultural Promotion, pp. 77–82 ( ISBN 3-9500021-2-X );
  • (1991) Thinking-Values ​​Before Big Money , in: Franz Sattlecker, Gerda Themel (ed.): The practice of art sponsoring. A guide for artists and cultural groups, Vienna 1991: Signum Verlag, pp. 38–42 ( ISBN 3-85436-107-6 );
  • (1990) (Ed. / Red.) Vereinsservice , Salzburg 1990: Kulturamt der Stadt Salzburg (no ISBN);
  • (1989) (with Walter Reicher) Hot lava or cold ash. The Salzburg museums from a different perspective , in: Neues Museum. The Austrian museum magazine ( ISSN  1015-6720 ), No. 1/1989 , pp. 35–40, also online , accessed on September 5, 2016;
  • (1989) (with Adolf Andel and Rudolf Dorner): Österreichische Eisenstrasse. Expertise on behalf of the Austrian Working Group for Independent Regional Development (ÖAR) , Vienna 1989: ÖAR (no ISBN).
  • (1987) Stadtkultur - Lebenskultur , in: Heinz Dopsch (ed.): From city law to citizen participation. Festschrift 700 years of city law of Salzburg. Salzburg 1987: Museum Carolino Augusteum, pp. 213–217 (no ISBN);
  • (1984) (with Raimund Gutmann): Culture in the company - problems and perspectives of cultural work for employees. Results of a study in Salzburg companies , in: Österr. Journal for Sociology (special issue “Art-Culture-Society”, ed. Ingo Mörth ), pp. 168–182 ( ISSN  1011-0070 ).

Sources and web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on Spontan Music Group , requested on August 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ Details on Pöschl's involvement in Wikipedia.Audio ( memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , both queried on September 4, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wikipediaaudio.com
  3. ↑ Information on 'Sound Moments' online , requested on August 17, 2016.
  4. ^ Raimund Gutmann in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  5. ^ Publications of the IAK , requested on September 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ Homepage Kulturforum Hallein , requested on August 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ See: City of Salzburg (ed.): Kulturleitbild und Kulturentwicklungsplan der Stadt Salzburg, Salzburg 2001, p. 46, p. 65, also online , requested on September 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ Information on the museum project , requested on September 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ Information about Rockhaus Salzburg , requested on September 4th, 2016.
  10. ↑ Report on the appointment of Pöschl , requested on September 4, 2016.
  11. ↑ cf. Bernauer Stadtmarketing (ed.), Herwig Pöschl (ed.): Modernity meets history. Baukunst-Architektur-Leben, Bernau 2012, also online , requested on September 4, 2016.
  12. ↑ see information on cultural management training at the University of Linz , requested on May 4, 2020.
  13. ↑ Information on the "Arts Management" training in cooperation with ICCM-SMBS , requested on September 5, 2016.
  14. ↑ Description Salzburg Culture Forum , requested on September 5th.
  15. ↑ Reference to the university course in cultural journalism on the Kurt Luger homepage , requested on September 4, 2016.
  16. ↑ Information about training at Danube University , requested on September 4, 2016.
  17. ↑ cf. Fondazione Fitzcarraldo (ed.): Rapporto attività 2012 Fondazione Fitzcarraldo, Turin 2012, p. 8, also online , accessed on September 4, 2016.
  18. ↑ Brief description of ENCATC ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on September 4, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ifa.de
  19. ↑ s. ENCATC (ed.): Training in Cultural Policy and Management. International Directory of Training Centers - Europe, Russian Federation, Caucasus, Central Asia, Brussels 2003, p. 218, also online , accessed on September 4, 2016.
  20. ↑ Information on the MAS Cultural Management at SUPSI , requested on September 4, 2016.
  21. ↑ Info about Corso 2016  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on September 4, 2016.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / crpc.fitzcarraldo.it  
  22. ↑ Article in the magazine Kunst Fehler.at ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on September 4, 2016.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunst Fehler.at
  23. ^ Report on the award of the professional title , requested on September 4, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Pöschl, Herwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian musician, cultural manager and curator
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberndorf near Salzburg