JOHNman

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JOHNman (John Eicke, born September 9, 1965 ) is a Berlin Living Doll artist. He is the only actor so far to have won the World Living Statues Festival in Arnhem, the Netherlands, twice (2010 and 2013) .

Artistic career

First projects

In 1987 John Eicke gave up his actual profession in favor of his artistic activity. At first he was an extra or small actor in numerous television and film productions. Shortly afterwards he joined the Berlin “Theater an der Spitze” (today bread factory ), where he worked as an actor and later also as a stage director. This is where his strength for wordless staging turned out to be. At the same time he works as assistant to the magician Peter Kersten , for whom he performed tricks, built props and prepared the stage.

As a living doll

In 1992 he first appeared as Living Doll. The previously little known form of entertainment in Germany was picked up by a group of artists and initially shown mainly at events and gala events. After two years, John Eicke began his solo career. He created the superordinate fictional character JOHNman, who can be modified into numerous other characters. At times he works with other Living Doll artists, but also with airbrushers, as in the "Color 2 Man" project with Enrico Lein. JOHNman's characters are now performing at festivals in Europe and around the world, including Canada, China, India, Ireland, Spain, Indonesia, Kosovo, Thailand and England. In 2015, JOHNman was hired by Circus Roncalli for the German Pavilion at the EXPO in Milan .

On January 3, 2017, John Eickes' appointment as international artistic director of the World Living Statues Festival 2017 was announced.

Awards

  • 2001 - Jury Prize at the Dornbirn Living Sculpture Festival in Austria
  • 2010 - with the character CANDYman first place at the World Living Statues Festival
  • 2012 - the character CANDYman wins the “Best Fringe Award” and “Fringe King Award” at the Fringe Festival in Shenzhen .
  • 2013 - the recently newly developed character BLANKO brought the second world championship title at the World Living Statues Festival

JOHNman has been taking part in the "International Cabaret Festival Insel Usedom" in Heringsdorf every year since 2002. He later became a jury member there and took over the jury chairmanship in a year.

Film and TV

Not only in his early days did John Eicke appear in TV and film productions. As a Living Doll, he was used several times in series, including the children's program Bim Bam Bino , the comedy series Die Dreisten Drei and the soaps Unter Uns , Butterflies im Bauch and GZSZ . He was also seen in the films The Ghostwriter , The International , Invasion and Speed ​​Racer in small roles (not as a Living Doll).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 15, 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.memo-media.de
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/travel/netherlands-festival-living-statues.html?_r=2
  3. ↑ http://johnman.de/referenz.html
  4. ↑ http://johnman.de/candyman_files/stacks_image_2912.png
  5. ↑ John Eicke nieuwe artistiek unfortunately World Living Statues . In: De Gelderlander (web) . January 3, 2017 ( gelderlander.nl [accessed January 5, 2017]).
  6. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/travel/netherlands-festival-living-statues.html?_r=2
  7. ↑ http://www.szfringe.org/
  8. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 15, 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.worldlivingstatues.nl
  9. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 15, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kleinkunst-festival.com
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0QETuvyKeU
  11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znOx_fTACoA
  12. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1viFMopyaig
personal data
SURNAME JOHNman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eicke, John (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German living doll artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1965