Empfangshalle

Empfangshalle (literally ''lobby'') is the name of a German performing art duo. It was founded by Corbinian Böhm and Michael Gruber in Munich ( Germany) in 1995.

Medium of their works is the society. They perform their art projects in the open, especially in popular places. Their art projects - more often than not - are a mystery to the viewers and often cause confusion. A typical example was the staged "Gei hin hol" '' ei: hi:n ho:l' mega-poster action with incomprehensible foreign language messages in Munich (2005).

Exhibitions and projects

(listed in chronological order)
* 1998:
** "Pagine per la Libertà", Pisa, Italy
** "Sag lächelnd Good Bye" (''say good bye with a smile''), Old North Cemetery of Munich, Germany
** Skulpturenprojekt (''project with sculptures''), Alentejo, Portugal
* 1999:
** "Play", Old North Cemetery of Munich, Germany
* 2000:
** "Drei-Sekunden" (''three seconds''), on the ramp in front of the Empfangshalle studio, Munich, Germany
** "Empfangshalle macht sich ein Bild" (''Empfangshalle gets an impression''), Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
** "Himmelfahrt" (''ascension''), Diocesan Museum, Freising, Germany
** "Laden und Löschen" (''loading and deleting''), Piazza, Munich literary house, Germany
** "Move me", subway entrances in Munich, Nuremberg and Berlin, Germany
** "Open Art", Maximiliansforum, Munich, Germany
** "Qualitätswochen" (''quality weeks''), state art gallery of Baden-Baden, Germany
* 2001:
** "Bitte melde Dich" (''please call back ...''), Brooklyn Bridge, New York City
** "Loch" (''hole''), joint project with Haubitz&Zoche
** "Kabûl Salonu", Istanbul, Turkey
* 2002:
** "Auf kürzestem Weg" (''taking the shortest way possible''), artists’ gallery ('Galerie der Künstler'), Munich, Germany
** "Auftraggeber mit Öffentlichkeit" (''customer with public''), Munich, Germany
** "Gelsenlos" (''Gelsen(kirchen) lottery ticket'')", Overtures, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
* 2003:
** "Cape of Good Hope", an art project in public space, Kuopio, Finland
** "Woher Kollege Wohin Kollege" (''buddy, where do you come from, where are you going''), an art project in public space, Munich, Germany
** Werkschau (exhibition of works), Kunsthaus Raskolnikow, Dresden, Germany
* 2004:
** premiere of "Woher Kollege Wohin Kollege" ''buddy, where do you come from, where are you going''), a documentary film of the same name as the art project, municipal museum, Munich, Germany
** "Brot und Butter" (''bread and butter''), municipal gallery in the Höhmannhaus, Augsburg, Germany
** "Schichtwechsel" (''change of shift''), hall 13, cotton spinning-mill ('Baumwollspinnerei'), Leipzig, Germany
* 2005:
** "Gei hin hol", ei: hi:n ho:l an art project in public space with mega-posters, Munich, Germany
** "Ein Kreuz für das 21. Jahrhundert" (''a cross for the 21st century''), diocesan museum, Freising, Germany
** "Willkommen in Leipzig" (''welcome to Leipzig''), together with ''Medium Green'' ('zwischengrün'), art association of Leipzig, Germany
** "Klopstockstr. Haus 6" (''Klopstock street No 6''), Petulapark, Munich, Germany
* 2006:
** "Eröffnungsausstellung H2 - Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst" (''opening exhibition H2''), Augsburg, Germany
** "as if we were alone", 'Ars Electronica', Linz, Austria (August 31 – September 5)
** "Klopstockstr. Haus 6", Petulapark Munich
** "Image Flux: China, Guangzhou
** "as if we were alone", Filmfest München
* 2007:
** "Mobile journey", 52nd Venice Biennale
** Fototriennale, Esslingen
** "Woher Kollege wohin Kollege", "urban stories", Berlin
* 2008:
** "Camp Berlin", Berlin
** "Werkschau", Kunsthaus Raskolnikow, and public space in Dresden
** "Paradoxien des Öffentlichen", Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
** "seesaw", Dina4, studio, Berlin
** "3+2=4" DG Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst, Munich
** "Golden Gate" Kunst am Bau project, Neues Schulzentrum, Fürstenfeldbruck
** "Seaplay" China Cup, installation work on the beach, Shenzhen
** "Wanderarbeiter" Shenzhen, video work and performance along with workers
* 2009:
** "Art on Site" NCCA Moskau and Goethe-Institut, Kaliningrad, Russia
** "Beauty and the beast" 3rd Moscow Biennale, Russia
** "Kunst zur Arbeit" Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim
** "The Benjamin Project" Gallery Diet, Miami, United States
** "Paradiso" Diocesan Museum, Freising, Germany
** "Wanderarbeiter" Shenzhen, video work and performance with workers
* 2010:
** "The Benjamin Project", single exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
* 2011:
** "Hinterm Horizont", realization of the " Kunst am Bau" concept for the Justizvollzugsanstalt Heidering, Berlin, Germany
** "taggen" at the KIOSK FRee, Sendlinger Tor, Munich, Germany
** "Isar Peak", within the scope of "transformations", Galerie Kampl, Munich, Germany
* 2012:
** "arabian countdown", temporary work in the Rotunda of the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, GermanyCountdown auf Arabisch
Bayerischer Rundfunk, 2 February 2012.

Awards and nominations

* 1999: Kestler-Häusler-Stiftung sponsorship award
* 2001:
** Erwin-und-Gisela-von-Steiner-Stiftung scholarship
** 1st, " Kunst am Bau" competition, Munich East work yard planningBetriebshof Ost
, City of Munich building board.
* 2002: Debutant of the Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Munich, and of Bavaria
* 2003: Art prize of the Fürstenfeldbruck district
* 2004: Young CIVIS media prize nomination of the "Woher Kollege Wohin Kollege" film, Vienna
* 2006: "der hausderkunst preis", Haus der Kunst art prize, Munich
* 2008: Erwin-und-Gisela-von-Steiner-Stiftung scholarship for the "Benjamin project"

External links

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References

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German artists
Art duos
1995 in Germany