Ulrike Kaufmann

Ulrike Kaufmann with Paulus Manker and Erwin Piplits ( Nestroy Theater Prize 2010 )

Ulrike Kaufmann (born September 13, 1953 in Gai , Styria , † December 19, 2014 ) was an Austrian set and graphic artist , costume designer, actress and, together with Erwin Piplits, head of the Vienna Serapions Ensemble .

Life

Ulrike Kaufmann lived and worked in Vienna. She attended the Ortwein School (1967–1971), the technical school class for commercial graphics and photo technology. 1972–1975 she attended the stage design class with Louis Egg at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

In 1973 she founded the theater group “Pupodrom” in Vienna together with Erwin Piplits. The name refers to the oval play area as well as to art figures that have references to the fine arts (model in the triadic ballet by Oskar Schlemmer). "The masks" that appear in the game stand for the longings and dreams of humans.

The work of the theater group, which from the beginning cultivated the free interpretation of given themes, finally culminated in 1980 in the creation of the Serapionstheater, which was given a venue on Wallensteinplatz in Vienna and has performed in the Odeon on Taborstrasse since 1988 .

On December 19, 2014, Ulrike Kaufmann died of severe illness at the age of 61.

Awards

1983: Kainz Medal Promotion Prize
1984 City of Vienna Prize
1997: Kainz Medal Best equipment by Xanadu in the Odeon Theater
2000: Nestroy Theater Prize for Best Set by Nemo. Nemo Loquitur in the Serapionstheater
2005: Nestroy Theater Prize Best equipment by Xenos in the Serapion Theater
2010: Nestroy Theater Prize for Lifetime Achievement, together with Erwin Piplits

literature

Eugen Gross (Hrsg.): The Grazer Ortweinschule Bau-Kunst-Design 1876-2001 . Schneider Verlag Hohengehren GmbH, 2001
Erwin Piplits: Metamorphosis and Reality , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1998

Web links

Commons : Ulrike Kaufmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Ulrike Kaufmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ derStandard.at - Viennese theater director Ulrike Kaufmann died at the age of 61 . Article dated December 20, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Kaufmann, Ulrike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian set designer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 13, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gai , Styria
DATE OF DEATH	19th December 2014

[1] derStandard.at - Viennese theater director Ulrike Kaufmann died at the age of 61 . Article dated December 20, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014.