Stefan Römer
Stefan Römer (born March 11, 1960 in Katzenelnbogen ) is a German artist and author .
biography
From 1986 to 1991 Stefan Römer studied art history, ethnology and comparative religious studies in Bonn, Cologne and Berlin, and has worked as a freelance artist and journalist since 1991. Stefan Römer writes for Kunstforum , texts on art , Spex , Frieze , taz , Camera Austria , Springerin and Konkret on topics such as art or cultural theory; Previous priorities were, for example, artistic strategies of the fake and the criticism of original and forgery, ways of presenting contemporary art, the new values of the private public and new consumption as a capitalist end in itself, or self-organization at art universities. He was editor of the fanzine "Nervenpolaroid" in the 1980s and co-editor of the Munich artist magazine terrain vague (2003 to 2009). In 1994 he founded the fresh makers group .
In 1998 he received his doctorate from the Humboldt University in Berlin with The Concept of Fake (reviewer: Horst Bredekamp ). From November 1999 to 2002 he worked at the Art Academy for Media Cologne with the research project: Computer science, art theory and artistic practice of digital image media . From 2003 to 2009 he was Professor of New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , guest lecturer since 2007 at the Institute for Cultural Studies at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and since 2010 at the University of the Arts Berlin in the field of verbal communication .
In 2000 he was awarded the Prize for Art Criticism of the Working Group of German Art Associations.
Works in public collections
- German Association of Artists , Berlin
- Migros Museum , Zurich
- Van Abbemuseum , Eindhoven
- Herbert Foundation , Ghent
literature
Publications
- Fake as an original. A problem for art criticism. International Art Critics Association (AICA), Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-9805962-6-5 .
- Artistic strategies of fake - criticism of the original and forgery . DuMont, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7701-5532-7 .
- Corporate Psycho Ambient. Photo book with texts by Amit Mukhopadhyay and Clemens Krümmel. Schaden, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-932187-26-1 .
- Corporate Psycho Ambient. The (never ending) movie. German / English Film script for the film of the same name (1999), text by: Marie-Luise Angerer, Come back to daddy! Experience! The Photo Biennale Rotterdam. Cologne / Rotterdam 2003, ISBN 3-934177-09-3 .
- Encounters with Germans. German / English Photos and texts. revolver Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-936919-65-8 .
- Temporary Architectures / Temporary Architectures. Photo book. Schaden, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-932187-48-2 .
- Reports from the Conceptual Paradise / Reports from the Conceptual Paradise. with 56 artists. Silke Schreiber Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-88960-079-0 .
Films (selection)
- Faces in the wall, in the air , video clip, 1986.
- The Path of Healing , performance video documentation, Ballhaus-Disco, Bonn 1989.
- Art location Cologne? Video interviews at UnFair, 1993.
- Funky Expedition , for fresheners (by and with Annette Weisser, Uwe Hofmann, Stefan Römer), video clip architecture analysis, 5 min, 1995.
- Tomorrow is another day (Die Gespielte Kunstkritik) , with Stephan Dillemuth et al., Video, 10 min., 1996.
- The Analysis of Beauty , video montage of 88 slides (1993–98), approx. 10 min., 1998, on DVD: Graw Böckler, Loop pool, 2005.
- Corporate Psycho Ambient , Super8-Film, 19:30 min., 1999, DVD at: 235 media, Cologne 2004.
- Conceptual Paradise , documentary, duration: 110 min., 2005.
- Black Desert , 2 min., Video, Super 8 film, animation, 2007.
- Boulevard of Illusions - Learning from Novi Beograd , documentary, 25 min., 2007.
- People in Belgrade (passing Rezime Caffe) , video montage of 120 photographs, 6 min., 2007.
Sound
- The expansion of the alphabet , single, LAUREL productions 1988, distribution: a-musik, Cologne.
- normal citizen (stanley) , MC, 13 pieces, Tapesports, Cologne 2007.
Web links
- Website of Stefan Römer at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich
- Literature by and about Stefan Römer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Stefan Römer on kunstaspekte.de
- The concept of fake , dissertation Berlin 1998. With references.
- Conceptual Paradise ( Memento from October 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Online project on the documentary film from 2005 at the University of Lüneburg
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roman, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist (painting, performances, photo series, installations), art historian, professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Katzenelnbogen |