Rafael Horzon
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Rafael Horzon (born December 2, 1968 in Hamburg ) is a German entrepreneur, author and furniture designer.
life and work
Horzon studied philosophy , Latin , physics and comparative literature without a degree in Paris, Munich and Berlin. In Paris he attended lectures by the philosopher Jacques Derrida . In 1995 he completed his training as a parcel driver for Deutsche Post. Since 1996 Horzon has founded various corporate projects such as the Berlintokyo gallery , the so-called Science Academy Berlin , the furniture store Moebel Horzon and the fashion label Gelée Royale .
According to his own statements, Horzon is repeatedly referred to as an artist . Even if his actions and appearances resemble art actions, he himself rejects this designation.
Horzon lives with his family in Berlin. He is married to the art director Patricia Woerler-Horzon. His work The White Book has been translated into French, Dutch and Italian.
Publications (selection)
- The third way . www Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-00-009677-9
- The white book . Suhrkamp, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-518-46279-9
Audio
- Not an artist, but an entrepreneur / designer: Rafael Horzon sues Wikipedia , 7.59 min minutes (1/2 year online), Deutschlandfunk Kultur , October 29, 2019
Web links
- Literature by and about Rafael Horzon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Rafael Horzon's website
- Alex Rühle : Rafael Horzon: The White Book - Impossible Ease of Being , Review. Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 29, 2010
- Tim Berge: Rafael Horzon: The Great Interview , in: Dear, December 5, 2017
literature
- Holger Schulze : "Wissenschaftsakademie", in: ders .: Heuristics. Theory of intentional work genesis, six theory narratives between pop culture, the private sector and what was once called art, Bielefeld: transcript 2005, pp. 59–61
- Moritz Baßler / Heinz Drügh : Super Reality , in: POP. Culture and Criticism, Vol. 5 (2014), pp. 81–86. doi: 10.25969 / mediarep / 2597
- Birgitta Krumrey: The author in his text: Autofiction in contemporary German-language literature as a (post-) postmodern phenomenon , Göttingen: V&R unipress 2015, pp. 145–172
- André Menke: Pop, literature and authorship: literary strategies and stagings by Wolfgang Welt , Rocko Schamoni and Rafael Horzon , Munich: Iudicium, 2016, pp. 256–325
- Stefanie Bremerich: Narrated misery - autofictions of poverty and deviation , Stuttgart: JB Metzler 2018, pp. 261–275
- Annekathrin Kohout : "Art and Success" , in: Pop. Culture & Criticism (12/2018), pp. 50–68
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florian Siebeck: This time we are making the squares very colorful. In: FAZ , November 21, 2016.
- ↑ Rafael Horzon: The White Book . Suhrkamp nova, Berlin 2010, p. 11 ff .
- ↑ Tim Berge: Rafael Horzon , January 28, 2013
- ^ Jochen Overbeck (minutes): Rafael Horzon AZ: The Elon Musk of Torstrasse, Berlin . January 5, 2018 ( welt.de [accessed October 31, 2019]).
- ↑ Peter Richter: Company Not Art, Süddeutsche Zeitung of 29 October 2019 Page 11
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horzon, Rafael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Horzon, Ludwig Amadeus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd December 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |