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Ultimate Academy
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purpose Art Association
Chair: Inge Broska, Lisa Cieslik
Establishment date: 1987
Dissolution date: 2009
Number of members: 52
Number of employees: 3
Seat : Cologne
Website: www.ultimateakademie.de
Ultimate Academy Art Association

The Ultimate Akademie was an art project in Cologne that was dedicated to the mediation of contemporary art . Between 1987 and 1999 the organization office of the non-profit association was located at Mozartstrasse 60 in Cologne, from 1999 to 2009 in Weyertal 84. Not least because of its founder Al Hansen and the cooperation with artist colleagues such as Benjamin Patterson , Phillip Corner , Dick Higgins and Takako Saito was the link with Fluxus . Numerous collaborations have been developed from this network, also internationally.

history

The UA was founded by Al Hansen and Lisa Cieslik. The name refers to an idea by Al Hansen to found an academy in which all members are themselves professors. In 1987 the office at Mozartstrasse 60 in Cologne opened and the Ultimate Akademie opened its first official office.

In the first few years the focus was mainly on group exhibitions. In addition to thematic presentations, the main task was to stage the rooms in Mozartstrasse for joint action and performance evenings.

From 1990 on, interest shifted to realizing individual presentations. In the "One Artist Show" concept, selected members of the Ultimate Academy will be presented with their work.

In 1992 the Cologne dust office was opened in cooperation with Claudia Pütz, Bonn. As a result, a publication appears under the name DER STILLSTAND , which appears regularly every year until 2012. In addition to the exhibition activities, the focus is also on organizing courses. Another focus is the participation in Piazza Virtuale, a media project of Documenta IX . The members of the Ultimate Akademie performed regular performance activities over the duration of the Doukumenta via an “entry point” in the Moltkerei art space in Cologne.

Another focus was the opening of the “Ultimate Akademie Video Cafe”, which presented a video collection from international performance and action artists. In the years 1991–1995 the “ultimate lectures” regularly offered courses and lectures, such as B. "door-to-door-sales" by Alice Kinser and Andrew Walther, who were positioned between artistic action and standard training opportunities.

In 1994 the Ultimate Academy started a cooperation with the Urania Theater in Cologne. The performance evening was realized as a pilot event. Around 50 performers had the opportunity to present their performance in just one minute each. As a result, monthly themed performance evenings were organized by the Ultimate Academy in the Urania Theater from 1995 to 1996. The interactive performance menu also took place in the Urania Theater in 1995, a combination of permanent performance appearances and a menu offer. Under the working title "One day of my life in a box", the Ultimate Academy invited around 120 artists from various network structures to take part in a communication project. The classic form of the mail type was used to enable a real, practicable dialogue between cultures. With the two ART bingo events in 1995 and 1996, the Ultimate Academy showed its basic experimental character. An exhibition lottery realized two exhibitions as an overall concept from officially approved ticket sales, from drawing to vernissage to catalog creation.

The first ten years of the UA's activities ended with the presentation of the “ultinet.art” catalog in the Chapel Art Center in Cologne.

After Al Hansen

In 1999 the organization office was relocated from Mozartstrasse to the new rooms in Weyertal 84. From there, the work of the institute was taken into a new, further phase. In addition to the further development of the publication work of the "Standstill" project, it was above all performance concepts that were now in the foreground. An exchange with the Artoll laboratory in Bedburg in 2000 gave the impetus to expand the performance network, as well as the cooperation "Graz-Performance" with KAVN, Graz, which organized an exchange with the UA in 2003 in cooperation with the European Capital of Culture. A total of 24 performance evenings took place at nine Cologne art venues (including Moltkerei, Rachel Haferkamp Gallery, BBK Cologne), each of which was documented on video and presented two days later in Graz.

Until 2012, regular performance events for the annual publication of the “Standstill” magazine took place in cooperation with the Rachel Haferkamp gallery in Cologne. Overall, the Ultimate Academy has helped shape the development of the Cologne art scene over the past 25 years. In addition to the numerous activities in the gallery rooms on Mozartstrasse in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was above all the performance concepts that have in part been shaping the style up to the present day. As a network, the influence developed beyond national borders and contributed to the positioning of Cologne as an art metropolis in the 1990s.

Since 2019, documents, photographs and video recordings of the Ultimate Akademie have been archived by the Central Archive for German and International Art Market Research ZADIK.

Exhibitions

  • between 1987 and 2009 continuous exhibition activity a. a .:
  • 1987 "Battle painting" / Norman Junge
  • 1988 "Untitled", Andreas Fasbender, Elmar Jungherz, Pietro Pellini, Bernhard Peters
  • 1988 "Parallel", Al Hansen, Cap Grundträger, Lisa Cieslik, Axel Brand, Lu Court, RADAN VISION, Ralf Bageritz, Pietro Pellini
  • 1988 "Documenta Banana", The Banana Sprayer, Yola Berbesz, Axel Brand, Inge Broska, BUSY GANG, Gisela Cardaun, CHOUCHOU, Lisa Cieslik, Mario Espe, Johanna Farina, Al Hansen, Klaus Kästle, Pietro Pellini, Hans-Jörg Tauchert, Matilda wolf
  • 1989 "No coincidence", Andrea Bakos, Amadeo Balestrieri, Brand / Thom, Inge Broska, Lisa Cieslik, Shahin DE HEART, Al Hansen, Ruth Jäger, RJKirsch, Giggi Knäpper, Marcus Krips, Rick E. Loef, PARZIVAL, Pietro Pellini, Bernhard Peters, RADAN, Robert Reschkowski, Theresa Stoffel, HJTauchert, Ralf Vormbusch, Norbert Willing, Jo Zimmermann
  • 1991 "Money is Energy" Yola Berbesz, Roland Bergere, Bernd vd Brinken, Christian DE BIE, Petra Deus, Norbert Kasprzyk, Ruth Knecht, Ruth Knecht, Jörn Loges, PARZIVAL, Pietro Pellini, Enno Stahl, Theresa Stoffel, HJTauchert, Sabine Thom , Ralf Vormbusch, Jo Zimmermann
  • 1992 "TATA OST" / Leipzig Editions a. a .: Tobias E. Ellmann, Carsten Busse, Jan Wawrzyniak, Irene Kiele
  • 1993 "Auf Nasenhöhe" / GA [smell exhibition] based on a concept by RJ Kirsch with Yola Berbesz, Roland Bergere, Inge Broska, Bernd vd Brinken, Uli Göken / Jo Zimmermann, Rolf Hinterecker, Anja Ibsch, Pia Janssen, Jörn Loges, Pietor Pellini, Enno Stahl, Theresa Stoffel, HJ Tauchert
  • 1993 "Documenta MIKRO Fair", Birgit Berger, Martina Braun, Flick / Bergére, Lisa Cieslik, Carsten J.Boehm, Broska / Tauchert, Wolfgang Freund, Al Hansen, Gabriele Jahnke, Werner Galow, Hammes / Meiner, Ibsch / Stahl, Heike Kern, Kerstein, Knecht, Markus Lenzen, Parzival, Pellini / Berbesz, PSY, Beate Ronig, Corinna Schneider, Solitaire Factory, Walter Stehling, Susanne Veit, Zimmermann
  • 1995 "URBAN Ro / uT (ES) - The city as book I. Cologne-Neustadt"
  • 1996 "One day of my life in box", Bangkok, KONZ: office for global affairs, NET ART, Goethe-Institute, Bangkok, Helen Michaelson among others with: Scully Acosta, Kinser, Walther, Bodo Berheide, Budhette University, Armin Bardel , Hella Behrends, Birgit Berger, Michael Berger, Bergere, Berbesz / Pellini, Broska // Tauchert, Cracker Jack Kid (Chuck Welch), Theresa Drache, Barbara Ellmerer, Knopp Ferro, Nini Flick, Wolfgang Friederich, Ken Friedman, Gillian Gocking, Nicole Guiraud, Karla Götze, Volker Hamann, Reinhard Hammann, Mayumi Handa, Waldemar Heppner, Tom Hesterberg, Hinterecker, John Hopkins, Ibsch, Birger Jesch, Wolf Kahlen, Siglinde Kallnbach, Daniela Kieß, Ruth Knecht, Vollrad Kutscher, Silvia Langhoff, Ruggero Maggi, Christa Manz-Dewald, Nimal Mendis, Hiroko Nakajima, Anna Nomrowski, Ulrike Oeter, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Susanne Pareike, Ben Patterson, Elvira Reith, Petra Runge, Karla Sachse, Shozo Shimamoto, Judith Scherer, Jürgen Schön, Margret Schopka , Enno Stahl, Christoph Steeger, Inge Steinebach, Bernd Stellmacher, Helmut Sturm / Franz Voigtländer, Marianne Tralau, Wolfgang Vincke, Dietmar Vollmar, Dascha Verne / Michael Zepter, Willbrandt, Michael Wittassek, Arahmaiani, Nuttaphon Chaichana, Porntip Caipimansri, Thanom Chapakdee, Angelika Chotikapanich, Sivapichorn Chotachorn Ekphalakorn, Maitree Homthong, Wonek Juntalatip, Kosit Juntaratip, Charlemchat Jarandeeying, Sunthorn Kanjanasuwan, Morakot Ketklao, Naraporn Kheaewnonchai, Pathom Levttawewit, Sudarat Lowitayamone, Ronnakorn Maleevat, Mongkhola Nai Pai, Mongkhola Nai Chai, Phiennakorn / Piyaporn, Vokholsai, Piyaporn Pong Prasit, Thatree Pokavanich, Mana Poopichit, Chaiprasit Ruengrongsorakrai, Samhita, Athit Sarnapjrja / Sranpiriya, Vasan Sitthiket, Angela Srisomwongwathana, Toeingam Srisubut, Manit Sriwanichpoon, Kulasiri Suebnaphamus, Toapholangtamoon, Kulasiri, Suebnaphangtamus, Toapnaphangtamus, Suebnapholamspoon, Kulasiri Suebnaphangtamus, Toapholangti, Titapongtamus
  • 1996 "Ultinet.art" - Premiere at the Chapel Art Center - 10 years of the Ultimate Academy
  • 1999 "The STANDSTAND # 8"
  • 2001 "The STANDSTAND # 9"
  • 2002 "Der STILLSTAND # 10", 10th anniversary, guest in the Rachel Haferkamp Gallery, Cologne

Actions

  • 1992 Opening of the Cologne dust office / foundation of the "Staufreunde ne V." (Conc .: Claudia Pütz, Tauchert / Broska)
  • 1993 "100 Performances" / MM, Urania-Theater, CAP / Grundhub, Kirsch, Vormbusch, Olga da Laska, Bergère, Knecht, Busse, Drache / Stoffel / Möbius, Tom Toys, Rolf Persch, Flick, Trixi Weis, Pokoyski, Bernhard peters, Ibsch, solitaire factory, Wauer, Sam Dekker, Tom Koesel, Wolf, Fietse Nowitzki, Zimmermann, Ronig, Rick E. Loef, Soumaré-Lay, Meiner, Hammes, Hansen, Susanne Helmes, Stahl, SMR Motamedi, Broska, Kerstein , Thomas F. Fischer, Tauchert, Ingo Gräbner, Rudolf Hoffmann, Johannes Hamm, ro.ka.wi., Siglinde Kallnbach, Parzival, von den Brinken, Robert Reschkowski, Steponka Sunlowa, Frank Gerbothe, Rolf Hinterecker, Helena villalobos, knopp ferro , Guido Vogt
  • 1995 "Art-Bingo", exhibition lottery with a public drawing
  • 1995 "Performance à la carte", Rhine ship "Helvetia", Scoli Acosta, Birgit Berger, Inge Broska, Lisa Cieslik, Petra Deus, Theresa Drache, Nini Flick - Roland Bergere, GEBRÜDER KUNST, Benjamin Patterson, Phillip Corner, Volker Hanmann, Susanne Helmes, Rolf Hinterecker, Anja Ibsch, Roland Kerstein, Siglinde Kallnbach, Alice Kinser, Andrew Walther, RJKirsch, Tom Koesel, Ruth Knecht, Jürgen Raap, Robert Reschkowski, Beate Ronig, Takako Saito, Enno Stahl, HJTauchert, Carola Willbrand, Peter Wolf
  • 1995 "War Games" / (Urania Theater) SMRMotamedi, Thomas F. Fischer, PARZIVAL, Beate Ronig, Dietmar Pokoyski, RJKirsch, Boris Nieslony, Jo Zimmermann, Peter Wolf, Abdoulaye Soumaré / CAP Grundträger, Volker Hamann,
  • 2002 "Der STILLSTAND # 10", performance program in the Rachel Haferkamp Gallery, Cologne
  • 2003 "GrazPerformance", 24 performances, 12 months, 9 locations
  • from 2004 annual presentation of the current annual edition "THE STILLSTAND" with exhibitions, performances and actions
  • 2007 "InfoStand" with performance program, tease art cologne

literature

  • ultinet.art. The history of the Ultimate Academy from 1987 to 1997, KRASH Verlag, 1997
  • "DER STILLSTAND", annual editions 1999–2012

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Consumer Realism
  2. ↑ THE STANDSTILL | http://www.derstillstand.de
  3. ↑ Documenta IX | Documenta exhibition 1994
  4. ↑ "100 Performances"
  5. ↑ Urania Theater
  6. ↑ ArtBingo | http://www.koelnlink.de/ultimateakademie/artbingo/
  7. ↑ European Capital of Culture 2003 | http://www.graz03.at/
  8. ↑ ZADIK | https://zadik.uni-koeln.de/homepage/default.aspx?s=343