Tom Fecht
Tom Fecht (born January 11, 1952 in Frankenberg ) is a German publisher , author and artist .
Life
Tom Fecht studied cybernetics and art history in Berlin and New York . Since 1969 he has organized happenings , Fluxus campaigns , land art projects, installations and exhibitions in Germany and abroad.
In 1972 he opened the Elefanten Press Galerie in Berlin , first on Dresdener Strasse on Oranienplatz and later on Zossener Strasse 32 in Berlin-Kreuzberg .
In 1978, together with Patric Feest , Wieland Giebel , Norbert Gravius (later Federal Treasurer of the PARTY ), Maruta Schmidt and Erik Weihönig, he founded the Elefanten-Press-Verlag , based in Oranienstrasse .
Until 1992 Tom Fecht was the author, editor and curator of publications and exhibitions on art, design, satire and contemporary history. He taught at the Berlin University of the Arts , the Hamburg University of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Art in London.
Tom Fecht lives and works in Berlin, London and in the French department of Finistère .
Art projects
In 1988/89, Tom Fecht began developing the “Thinking Space” project for the German AIDS Foundation . With “ Quartelage-Quartelage-Quartelage for 16 horses and ring ” and the “ Cologne Fragment-12 minutes after Vitruvius ” elements of the country style are to be declined anew and linked to the urban space and the body.
The “ Mémoire nomade ” (“ Names and Stones ”) was created on the occasion of Documenta IX . With this the artist reminds of people who have died of AIDS . From a geographical network of over 40 temporary and permanent installations that were created between 1992 and 2000, Tom Fecht aims to create a “ nomadic memory and a Europe-wide epitaph of remembrance and practical solidarity with HIV-infected people ”.
" Injured love " became his sculptural theme in 1993, followed by photographic studies on body architecture. Since 1994 glass and thermal studies and color studies on the Isenheim Altarpiece . Sculptural photo works have been created since 1996 and a collaboration with architects developed.
In 1997 the artist initiated the “main laboratory” for the Hamburg University of Fine Arts, followed in 1998/99 by “ Moving to the Open ” on the secrets of spatial production.
“Cold Square” in the entrance area of the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn is one of the permanent installations of the “ Names and Stones ” project. The prominent deceased who are remembered for the cobblestones in the installation include Freddie Mercury , Michel Foucault , Keith Haring , Miles Davis and Rock Hudson .
Publications
- Tom Fecht, Jürgen Holtfreter: Karakiri , Berlin, 1984, ISBN 3-88520-134-8
- Tom Fecht, Sabine. Weißler: Plastic worlds. The stuff the goods are made of , Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-88520-167-4
- Käthe Kollwitz, Tom Fecht (editor): The colored work. Colored prints and color drawings by Käthe Kollwitz , Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-88520-251-4
- Tom Fecht, Dietmar Kamper : Moving into the open. Four attempts over space , Vienna, 2000, ISBN 3-211-83476-1
- Tom Fecht, Ulrich Heide, Dietmar Kamper: Tom Fecht. Names and Stones , Vienna, 2001, ISBN 3-211-83630-6
Web links
- Page by Tom Fecht
- Biography on the Aids-Hilfe website
- List of places with installations by Tom Fecht
- Names and stones in the Dortmund city garden
- Names and stones in Hamburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Image from the Elefanten Press Gallery : peer van daalen: Kreuzberg Dresdener Strasse. In: Digit . WDR, 1977, accessed January 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Gallery founded by Tom Fecht in Berlin in 1972, from 1978 as a publisher under this name.
- ↑ Small picture negative: Elefanten Press Galerie, 1981
- ^ Small picture negative: Exhibition by A. Paul Weber, Elefanten Press Galerie, 1977
- ↑ Small picture negative: Weber discussion, Elefanten Press Galerie, 1977
- ↑ Patrick Bahners: Voting is serious. In: FAZ.net . July 31, 2009, accessed October 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Thomas Loy : Maruta Schmidt: Forward and not forgotten - The publisher manages the downfall of left-wing projects , in: Der Tagesspiegel , July 17, 2000.
- ↑ Captain, we're sinking brand eins Issue 08/2001 - What moves people
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fencing, Tom |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher, author and artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankenberg (Eder) |