Omer Fast
Omer Fast (* 1972 in Jerusalem ) is an Israeli video artist and film director .
He studied art at Tufts University (Bachelor 1995) and Hunter College (Master 2000). In 2015 he shot his first full-length feature film Remainder , which premiered on October 10, 2015 at the London Film Festival and celebrated its German premiere on February 15, 2016 at the Berlinale . His second feature film Continuity was also shown there. The film is an extension of the short film of the same name from 2012.
Almost has been a professor at the Karlsruhe University of Design since 2016 .
Prizes and awards
- 2009 National Gallery Prize for Young Art
- 2008 Bucksbaum Award from the Whitney Museum of American Art
Movies
- 2015: Remainder (German cinema release: May 12, 2016)
- 2016: Continuity (German theatrical release: November 17, 2016)
Exhibitions
- "Omer Fast. Talking is not always the solution ", Martin-Gropius-Bau , Berlin (2016)
- dOCUMENTA (13) , Kassel (2012) with Continuity (short film)
- Biennale di Venezia , Venice (2011)
- Kölnischer Kunstverein , Cologne (2011)
- Cleveland Museum of Art , Cleveland (2010)
- Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (2012)
- Whitney Museum of American Art , New York (2010)
- Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley (2009)
- Whitney Biennial , New York (2008, 2002)
- Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna (mumok), Vienna (2007)
- Carnegie Museum , Pittsburgh (2005)
- Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich (2004)
- Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurt (2003)
literature
- Sabine Schaschl (Ed.): Omer Fast. In memory . Berlin (The Green Box) 2010, ISBN 978-3-941644-14-4 .
- The Casting ( Mumok ), Matthias Michalka (ed.), Walter König, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-86560-403-3
- Astrid Weg, Cologne, Omer Fast, Kölnischer Kunstverein , Artforum, Feb 2012
- Barbara Pollack, "True Lies?", ART News, February 2010
- Andreas Schlaegel, "Nothing But the Truth", Programma Magazine, Spring 2010
- Mark Godfrey, TJ Demos, Eyal Weizman, Ayesha Hammed, "Rights of Passage," Tate Etc, Issue # 19, 2010
- Nav Haq, "Foresight into the New African Century," Kaleidoscope # 5, Feb 2010
- Holland Cotter, "Is It Reality or Fantasy?" New York Times, Jan. 7, 2010
- Elisabeth Lebovici / Maria Muhle, Omer Fast, Afterall, March 2009
- Chen Tamir, "Omer fast, New Magic Realism," Flash Art, Issue # 114, October 2008
- Tom Holert, "Attention Span", Artforum, February 2008
- Mark Godfrey, "Making History," Frieze, March / April 2006
- Nav Haq, " Omer Fast, Godville, " Bidoun, 2005
- Jennifer Allen, "Openings: Omer Fast," Artforum, September 2003
- Chris Chang, " Vision: Omer Fast, " Film Comment, July / August 2003
Web links
- Omer Fast in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hunter College Art Department
- Bucksbaum Award
- Whitney Biennial
- Tufts University alumni
- gb agency, Paris
- Arratia Beer, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hunter College Department of Art: Alumni ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2008 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.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1847672/
- ↑ http://www.filmgalerie451.de/filme/continuity-2015/
- ↑ http://beta.hfg-karlsruhe.de/haben/omer-fast/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Almost, Omer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli video artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jerusalem |