Theo Altenberg

Theo Altenberg (* 1952 in Mönchengladbach ) is a German artist, filmmaker and performer.

Life

After studying at the Werkkunstschule Krefeld, he lived from 1973 to 1990 in Otto Muehl's commune at Friedrichshof , where he helped to shape the organization of action analysis and provided artistic support as a photographer and filmmaker. His photographs show alternative, social and art history as well as everyday life in the municipality. The subject of his presentation are, among others, Günter Brus , Joseph Beuys and Hermann Nitsch . He was a co-founder of the Friedrichshof art office , publisher of AA-Nachrichten, a magazine for alternative lifestyle, and was involved as an actor in several community film projects. In 1986 he initiated the El Cabrito project on the island of La Gomera . Numerous exhibition projects deal with the processing of the social experiment at Friedrichshof. Altenberg now lives in Berlin and is artistically active in various media.

Exhibitions

• 2000: LKW art of living in the Kunsthaus Bregenz
• 2001: "Das Paradiesexperiment" in the PictureShow gallery in Berlin
• 2002: "St. Petri Schnee" in the Migros Museum for Contemporary Art in Zurich
• 2002: "ELF ZU 0" in the Abteiberg Museum in Mönchengladbach
• 2004: Life / Art / Work at the MAK Vienna
• 2004: "Le Plaisir" in the Brasilica in Vienna
• 2006: Wiener Aktionismus - The Hummel Collection in Mumok Vienna

Works

• Theo Altenberg and Oswald Oberhuber : Conversations with Beuys. Joseph Beuys in Vienna and at the Friedrichshof. , Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt 1988
• Theo Altenberg: The Paradise Experiment. The utopia of free sexuality. Friedrichshof Commune 1973-1978 , Triton Verlag, Vienna / Zurndorf 2001
• Theo Altenberg: ELF ZU 0. Triton, Vienna / Mönchengladbach 2002

Web links

• Literature by and about Theo Altenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Artist's website