Jochen Finke

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Jochen Finke (born August 3, 1941 in Glogau , Prussian province of Lower Silesia ) is a German set designer .

Live and act

After graduating from high school in Grimma , an apprenticeship as a landscape gardener in Dresden , an internship as a theater painter in Stralsund and a discontinued study of garden architecture in Berlin, Finke studied from 1964 at the Berlin University of Fine and Applied Arts under Heinrich Kilger and obtained a diploma in set design in 1969. After a two-year master class course at the Berlin Academy of the Arts with Karl von Appen , his first set design work at the Berliner Ensemble and the subsequent engagement at the Deutsches Theater, he was chief set designer at the Berliner Volksbühne from 1980 to 1992 .

In addition to his work in Berlin, u. a. with the directors Adolf Dresen , Friedo Solter and Siegfried Höchst , it was Christoph Schroth in Schwerin and Cottbus, Wolfgang Engel in Dresden and Vienna , Peter Schweiger in St. Gallen and Joao Lourenco in Lisbon , for their productions Finke, mostly in collaboration with Renée Hendrix as a costume designer who designed the stage.

From his experience with elementary design processes, an extensive teaching activity had developed parallel to his theater work since 1974.

In 1986 Finke received the Goethe Prize of the City of Berlin and in 1987 the Critics' Prize of the Berliner Zeitung .

Finke lives in Berlin.

Teaching

From 1974 to 1990 Finke taught "Design / Space" at the Fachschule für Werbung und Gestaltung Berlin, from 1977 to 1979 "Design Basics of Scenography" at the Art College Berlin and from 1983 to 1989 "Scene and Space" at the University's Directing Institute for acting in Berlin . Together with Renée Hendrix, he led a summer semester for scenography at the Helsinki Theater Academy in 1985 and from 1994 to 2000 he held a teaching position for "stage design" in the architecture department of the Brandenburg Technical University in Cottbus .

Texts

  • "The Caucasian Chalk Circle". Visual arts. September 1971
  • "The game room". Theater of time. October 1976
  • "Metamorphoses". Theater of time. April 1979
  • "Heinrich Kilger". Sunday. March 1982
  • "Inventory". Theater of time. September 1983
  • "Moved into the picture". Theater of time. January 1986
  • "Mahagonny in Portugal". Podium. January 1986
  • "Keywords for the stage design". Theater of time. February 1986
  • "Heinrich Kilger". Sunday. March 1987
  • "The Nibelungen". Image and scene. Henschel Verlag 1988
  • "Plea for the set designer". Podium. January 1989
  • "Scenography Volksbühne". OISTAT. January 1989
  • "Room for Penthesilea". Catalog 27. Theatertreffen. Berlin Festival 1990
  • "Working with Angels". Direction in the theater. Fischer Verlag 1991
  • "I'm still hurting in the dungeon ..." The director Christoph Schroth. Theater documentary / Academy of the Arts. Berlin 2003

literature

  • Christoph Funke: "Tasso 75". Henschel Verlag Berlin 1978
  • Arnold Aronson, "Some Recent Soviet and East German Designs" Theater Design & Technology. Spring 1983
  • Dieter Kranz: "Honesty. Realism. Poetry". Sunday, 51st Berlin 1986
  • Michael Funke / Dieter Görne: "Wolfgang Engel stages Penthesilea". Theater work in the GDR No. 18. Berlin 1989
  • Friedrich Dieckmann: "Aids against the aging time". Kiepenheuer 1990
  • Dieter Kranz: "Narrative Scope". The German stage. September 2001
  • Hans Heinz Holz: "A turning point". Hebbel's Nibelung. The stage design. Aisthesis Verlag Bielefeld 2004

Works (selection)

  • 1966 Cabal and Love. Schiller. Kleist Theater Frankfurt / Oder
  • 1968 The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Brecht. Theater Zittau
  • 1970 Kikeriki. O'Casey. Berlin Ensemble
  • 1971 Cabal and love. Schiller. DT chamber plays
  • 1972 Juno and the peacock. O'Casey. DT chamber plays
  • 1975 Torquato Tasso. Goethe. German Theater Berlin
  • 1976 A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare. Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  • 1977 Swan Lake. Tchaikovsky. Komische Oper Berlin
  • 1979 Faust. First and second part. Goethe. Schwerin State Theater
  • 1981 Berlin Alexanderplatz. Doblin. Volksbühne Berlin
  • 1983 Tinka. Brown. Berlin Ensemble
  • 1984 Schluck und Jau. Captain. Volksbühne Berlin
  • 1984 The Nibelungs. Hebbel. State Theater Dresden
  • 1984 Hedda Gabler. Ibsen. Volksbühne Berlin
  • 1985 Mahagonny. Brecht / Weill. Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos Lisbon
  • 1985 Optimistic tragedy. Vishnewski. Volksbühne Berlin
  • 1986 Penthesilea. Kleist. State Theater Dresden
  • 1987 The Master and Margarita. Bulgakov. Volksbühne Berlin
  • 1988 Waiting for Godot. Beckett. Volksbühne Berlin
  • 1988 Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare. Teatro Aberto Lisbon
  • 1989 Hamlet. Shakespeare. Volksbühne Berlin
  • 1991 King Ottokar's happiness and end. Grillparzer. Burgtheater Vienna
  • 1992 The merchant from Venice. Shakespeare. Drama Frankfurt / Main
  • 1992 Quai West. Koltes. Volksbühne Berlin
  • 1992 The Threepenny Opera. Brecht / Weil. Teatro Aberto Lisbon
  • 1993 Othello. Shakespeare. State Theater Cottbus 1993
  • 1993 The robbers. Schiller. State Theater Cottbus
  • 1995 The way to Mecca. Fugard. Teatro Nacional D.Maria II Lisbon
  • 1996 Amphitryon. Moliere. State Theater Cottbus
  • 1996 Cosi fan tutte. Mozart. Theater St.Gallen
  • 1996 Romeo and Juliet. Prokofiev. State Theater Cottbus
  • 1997 Waiting for Godot. Beckett. State Theater Cottbus
  • 1997 Sweeney Todd. Sondheim. Teatro Nacional D.Maria II Lisbon
  • 1998 The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Brecht. State Theater Cottbus
  • 1998 La Clemenza di Tito. Mozart. Theater St. Gallen
  • 1999 Clavigo. Goethe. State Theater Cottbus
  • 2000 Madame Butterfly. Puccini. State Theater Cottbus
  • 2000 Teofane. Lotti. Theater St.Gallen
  • 2000 Effi Briest. Fountain. State Theater Cottbus
  • 2001 The broken mug. Kleist. Theater St.Gallen
  • 2001 Prince Friedrich von Homburg. Kleist. State Theater Cottbus
  • 2001 Nathan the Wise. Lessing. State Theater Cottbus
  • 2002 Peer Gynt. Ibsen. Teatro Aberto Lisbon
  • 2002 Tosca. Puccini. State Theater Cottbus
  • 2002 Danton's death. Büchner. Theater St.Gallen
  • 2003 Penthesilea. Schoeck. Kleist Forum Frankfurt / Oder
  • 2004 The little girl from Heilbronn. Kleist. State Theater Cottbus
  • 2004 The Nibelungs. Hebbel. Theater St.Gallen
  • 2006 The nose. Shostakovich. Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos Lisbon
  • 2006 The little girl from Heilbronn. Kleist. Landestheater Neustrelitz
  • 2007 Sweeney Todd. Sondheim. Teatro Aberto Lisbon
  • 2008 Faust. Goethe. State Theater Cottbus
  • 2009 Amphitryon. Kleist. Schauspielhaus Neubrandenburg
  • 2010 Cabal and Love. Schiller. Schauspielhaus Neubrandenburg

Collections

Jochen Finke's designs and models can be found in:

  • Schiller Museum Weimar
  • Gerhart Hauptmann Museum Erkner
  • Kleist Museum Frankfurt / Oder
  • City Museum Berlin
  • Archive of the Berlin Academy of the Arts

photos

  • Johann Wolfgang, Goethe Faust (2008)

  • Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd (2007)

  • Dmitri Shostakovich, The Nose (2006)

  • Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt (2002)

  • Giacomo Puccini, Tosca (2002)

  • Heinrich von Kleist, The Broken Jug (2001)

  • Antonio Lotti, Teofane (2000)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, La Clemenza die Tito (1998)

  • Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1997)

  • Maxim Gorki, The Last (1997)

  • Bernard-Marie Koltès, Quai West (1992)

  • Heinrich von Kleist Penthesilea (1986)

  • Bertolt Brecht The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1985)

  • Vsevolod Wischnewski, Optimistic Tragedy (1985)

  • Gerhart Hauptmann, Schluck and Jau (1984)

  • Friedrich Hebbel, The Nibelungs (1984)

  • Volker Braun, Tinka (1983)

  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe Faust 1 & 2 (1979)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jochen Finke: The Caucasian Chalk Circle . In: Fine arts . 1971.
  2. ↑ Jochen Finke: The game room . In: Theater of Time . 1976.
  3. ↑ Jochen Finke: Metamorphoses . In: Theater of Time . 1979.
  4. ↑ Jochen Finke: Heinrich Kilger . In: Sunday . 1982.
  5. ↑ Jochen Finke: Inventory . In: Theater of Time . 1983.
  6. ↑ Jochen Finke: Moved into the picture . In: Theater of Time . S. 1986 .
  7. ^ Jochen Finke: Mahagonny in Portugal . In: Podium . Podium, 1986.
  8. ↑ Jochen Finke: Key words on the stage design . In: Theater of Time . 1986.
  9. ↑ Jochen Finke: Heinrich Kilger . In: Sunday . 1987.
  10. ↑ Jochen Finke: The Nibelungs . In: image and scene . Henschel Verlag, 1988.
  11. ↑ Jochen Finke: Plea for the set designer . In: Podium . 1989.
  12. ↑ Jochen Finke: Scenography Volksbühne . In: OISTAT . 1989.
  13. ↑ Jochen Finke: Room for Penthesilea . In: Berliner Festspiele (Ed.): Catalog 27. Theatertreffen . 1990.
  14. ↑ Jochen Finke: work with angels . In: Direction in the theater . Fischerverlag, 1991.
  15. ↑ Jochen Finke: I'm still hurting in the dungeon ... The director Christoph Schroth . In: Akademie der Künste (Ed.): Theater Documentation / Academy of Arts . Berlin 2003.
  16. ↑ Christoph Funke: Tasso 75 . Henschelverlag, Berlin 1978.
  17. ^ Arnold Aronson: Some Recent Soviet and East German Designs . In: Theater Design & Technology . 1983.
  18. ↑ Dieter Kranz: Honesty. Realism. Poetry . In: Sunday . tape 51 . Berlin 1986.
  19. ↑ Michael Funke, Dieter Görne: Wolfgang Engel stages Penthesilea . In: Theater work in the GDR . tape 18 . Berlin 1989.
  20. ^ Friedrich Dieckmann: Aid against the aging time . Kiepenheuer, 1990.
  21. ^ Dieter Kranz: Narrative scope . In: The German Stage . 2001.
  22. ↑ Hans Heinz Holz: Times turn, Hebbels Nibelungen . In: The stage design . Aisthesis Verlag, Bielefeld 2004.
personal data
SURNAME Finke, Jochen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German set designer
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Glogau , Prussian Province of Lower Silesia