Thom Kubli

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"Black Hole Horizon" - 2015

Thom Kubli (* 26. March 1969 in Frankfurt am Main as Thomas Werner Fred Kubli ) is a German-Swiss artist , composer and author .

biography

Thom Kubli produced electronic music for labels such as Harthouse and Source Records in the early 1990s . He became known internationally under the pseudonym Planet Jazz and True Frequencies , the latter in collaboration with Boris Hiesserer . In the mid-1990s, experimental performances and productions followed that dealt with the connection between sound and visual media.

From 1999 to 2004 Kubli studied at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne . In 2002 he developed the work Deterritoriale Schlingen in collaboration with Sven Mann. It was shown at the Transmediale Festival in Berlin in 2003 and received an Honorable Mention . In 2004, he and Sven Mann showed the work Determinale Verschweifungen as a solo exhibition at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City.

This was followed by exhibitions of his work at the Akademie der Künste , Berlin 2003, at Eyebeam in New York 2005, at the Transmediale Berlin 2005 and in the Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City 2009. In 2010, Kubli received a production grant from the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC ), Troy for the work Float! Thinktank 21 , which was exhibited at Marian Spore in New York that same year.

In 2012 he produced the work Black Hole Horizon in collaboration with EMPAC and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as part of a further production grant . Further development work on the installation took over four years. Black Hole Horizon was shown in 2015 by the Kunstverein Ingolstadt, in 2016 by Ars Electronica , Linz and in 2017 by the Electronic Language International Festival (FILE Festival), São Paulo and The Lowry, Manchester.

Since 2003 Thom Kubli has been working as a composer, author and director for various German-language broadcasters such as Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln , Deutschlandfunk Kultur or Südwestrundfunk . He has directed over 20 feature and radio play productions and is responsible for over 30 radio play compositions.

Scholarships and Awards

In 2003 and 2005 Thom Kubli received the Honorable Mention from Transmediale Berlin. In 2003 he received a scholarship from the Junge Akademie der Akademie der Künste, Berlin, and won first prize in the Interaction category of the Viper Festival, Basel. In 2005 he received a research grant from EMPAC, Troy and in 2006 a grant from TESLA, Berlin. In 2010 he received the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts as part of a production grant from EMPAC, Troy in 2012 received another production grant from EMPAC.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 2019: Radiosands, HeK / House of Electronic Arts, Basel
  • 2019: Radiosands, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
  • 2015: Black Hole Horizon, Kunstverein Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt
  • 2012: Black Hole Horizon, EMPAC, Troy / New York
  • 2008: Record Attempt, Figge Von Rosen Gallery, Cologne
  • 2006: Global Contentifier, Open Studio, Tesla, Berlin
  • 2005: Monochrome Transporter, Rachel Haferkamp Gallery, Cologne
  • 2004: Determinale Verschweifungen (4), New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

Group exhibitions

  • 2019: Human Limitations - Limited Humanity, Ars Electronica, Linz
  • 2018: Cultures Électronique et Arts Numériques, Scopitone Festival, Nantes
  • 2017: Humansbeingdigital, The Lowry, Manchester
  • 2017: Bubbling Universes, FILE Sáo Paulo
  • 2016: More Than Lovers, More Than Friends, Futura, Prague
  • 2016: Alchemists Of Our Time, Ars Electronica, Linz
  • 2014: Marler Medienkunstpreis 2014, Sculpture Museum Glaskasten, Marl
  • 2012: Active Presence: Action, Object and Audience, LABoral, Gijón, Spain
  • 2010: Summer Projects, Marian Spore, New York
  • 2010: Dancing on the Ceiling: Art & Zero Gravity, EMPAC, New York
  • 2009: Insideout, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City
  • 2008: Sonic Acts XII: Future Cinema, De Balie, Amsterdam
  • 2005: BASICS, Transmediale 05, House of World Cultures, Berlin
  • 2005: What Sound Does a Color Make, Eyebeam, New York

Radio play compositions (selection)

  • 2016: New York INSIDE. WDR
  • 2015: The Wupper. Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2014: not enough. Saarland radio
  • 2013: Three people and the salt in the sea. Deutschlandfunk culture
  • 2013: The Hibernat. WDR
  • 2012: Cici-Letters. WDR
  • 2010: compulsion. A detention. A note. WDR
  • 2009: the house. WDR
  • 2003: I'm in your ears, more or less. WDR

literature

  • Marcel Marburger: Thom Kubli. "Black Hole Horizon". Kunstverein Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt 2015, ISBN 3-00-049670-X .
  • Umi: The Politics of Sound: Thom Kubli's Sound Installations. CASE DE HABITARE China, No. 34, 2010, pp. 61-63, 130-131.
  • Kathleen Forde: What Sound Does A Color Make? Independent Curators International, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-916365-71-4 , p. 23.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kubli, Thoma. In: Sikart
  2. ↑ Planet Jazz. Retrieved October 13, 2017 .
  3. ^ True Frequencies. Retrieved October 13, 2017 .
  4. ^ Deterritorial snares. Retrieved October 13, 2017 .
  5. ^ Exhibitions - New Museum Digital Archive. Retrieved October 13, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Tom Kubli: FLOAT! Thinktank 21: Dancing on the Ceiling: Art & Zero Gravity curated by Kathleen Forde: EMPAC Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center: Troy, NY USA. Retrieved October 13, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Thom Kubli - FILE . In: FILE . ( org.br [accessed October 13, 2017]).
  8. ^ Black Hole Horizon, Kunstverein Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt
  9. ↑ Black Hole Horizon, EMPAC, Troy / New York
  10. ↑ Record Attempt, Figge Von Rosen Gallery, Cologne
  11. ↑ Human Being Digital, The Lowry, Manchester
  12. ↑ Bubbling Universes, FILE Sáo Paulo
  13. ↑ More Than Lovers, More Than Friends, Futura, Prague
  14. ^ Alchemists Of Our Time, Ars Electronica, Linz
  15. ↑ Marler Medienkunstpreis 2014, Sculpture Museum Glaskasten, Marl
  16. ↑ Active Presence: Action, Object and Audience, LABoral, Gijón, Spain
  17. ^ Summer Projects, Marian Spore, New York
  18. ^ Dancing on the Ceiling: Art & Zero Gravity, EMPAC, New York
  19. ↑ Insideout, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City
  20. ^ Sonic Acts XII: Future Cinema, De Balie, Amsterdam
  21. ↑ BASICS, Transmediale 05, House of World Cultures, Berlin
  22. ↑ What Sound Does a Color Make, Eyebeam, New York ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2017 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eyebeam.org
  23. ^ New York INSIDE, WDR
  24. ^ Die Wupper, Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
  25. ↑ Not enough, Saarländischer Rundfunk
  26. ↑ Three people and the salt in the sea, Deutschlandfunk Kultur
  27. ↑ Das Hibernat, WDR
  28. ↑ Cici-Letters, WDR
  29. ↑ compulsion. A detention. A note., WDR
  30. ↑ Das Haus, WDR
  31. ↑ I'm in your ears, more or less, WDR
personal data
SURNAME Kubli, Thom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kubli, Thomas Fred Werner (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss artist, composer and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main