Heiko Daxl (21 September 1957 – 21 May 2012) was a German

media art New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video games, robotics, 3D prin ...

ist, exhibition

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owner and

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. Born in

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, Germany, he lived and worked in

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and

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Life

Until 1976 he grew up in Varel, Dangast and Neuenburg next to

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in the (

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). During his education at the

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High-School he learned about the medium film. He first studied

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and

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at the Technical University Braunschweig (1978), but changed to the

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, which offered at that time in Germany a unique course of studies in

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and

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. There he studied

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

with Franz Joachim Verspohl, Walter Grasskamp, Lothar Knapp and Jutta Held as well as

media studies Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...

with Joachim Paech, Werner Faulstich, Walter Fähnders, Peter von Rueden,

Ingo Petzke Ingo Petzke (born 18 September 1947 in Belm near Osnabrück in Germany) is an internationally acknowledged German film scholar, filmmaker and author. Ingo Petzke grew up in Osnabrück. He attended the Münster and Bochum universities and receiv ...

and Wolfgang Becker,. Here he was conferred his

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degree in 1985. He also studied German Language and Literature at the

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and Art History at the

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Work

In 1980 he founded, with others under the guidance of

, the Experimental Film Workshop Osnabrück, an annual festival for

experimental film Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, parti ...

art, which in 1988 became the European Media Art Festival (EMAF). Daxl was till 1992 considerably involved in the shaping of this worldwide important forum for

. From 1987 he has participated in

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cultural exchange programmes, visiting more than 50 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Australia. Together with Evgenija Dimitrieva and Keiko Sei, in 1990 to 1991 he edited the tenth and last edition of the international video art magazine INFERMENTAL in

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and

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

. He met his wife and partner

Ingeborg Fülepp Ingeborg Fülepp, born in (Zagreb, Croatia) is a Croatian artist, university teacher, curator and film editor. Life She studied film editing and film analysis at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, Academy for Theatre, Film and Te ...

through a Goethe-Institut cultural exchange programme. In 1991 they established the exhibition series Media Scape of international

, initially at the

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and later at the Museum for Contemporary Art in Zagreb (until 1999) and the Galerija Rigo and Muzej Lapidarium in

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(Cittánova),

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(from 2005). In 2006 this exhibition series was extended in co-operation with Noam Braslavsky under the title " Strictly Berlin" at the Galerie der Künste (GdK), Berlin. Daxl and Fülepp have worked together since 1990 under the name "mediainmotion" and "dafü®" within

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

video art Video art is an art form which relies on using video technology as a visual and audio medium. Video art emerged during the late 1960s as new consumer video technology such as video tape recorders became available outside corporate broadcasting ...

visual music Visual music, sometimes called colour music, refers to the creation of a visual analogue to musical form by adapting musical structures for visual composition, which can also include silent films or silent Lumia work. It also refers to methods o ...

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and

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. Through their teaching and involvement with the

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department of the

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in Berlin (1995–2002) they have worked with contemporary composers such as

Georg Katzer Georg Katzer (; 10 January 1935 – 7 May 2019) was a German composer and teacher. The last master student of Hanns Eisler, he composed music in many genres, including works for the stage. Katzer was one of the pioneers of electronic new music ...

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Milko Kelemen Milko Kelemen (30 March 1924 – 8 March 2018) was a Croatian composer. Life Milko Kelemen was born in Slatina, Croatia (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes). He studied under Stjepan Šulek in Zagreb, under Olivier Messiaen in Paris ...

Mona Mur Mona Mur (born 29.07.1960 in Hamburg) is a German vocalist, composer and audio designer. Early years Mona Mur was born Sabine Bredy in Hamburg to Poles, Polish parents. In 1982 she collaborated with FM Einheit, Mark Chung (musician), Marc Chung ...

Jorge Reyes (musician) Jorge Reyes (September 24, 1952 – February 7, 2009) was a Mexican ambient electronic musician who incorporated elements of his native Mexican culture into his music. He performed as the member of several groups (mostly known for his time wi ...

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, Amnon Wolman,

Dror Feiler Dror Elimelech Feiler ( he, דרור אלימלך פיילר; born 31 August 1951) is an Israeli-born Swedish musician, artist and left-wing activist. He is married to the artist Gunilla Sköld-Feiler. Early life and career Feiler was born in Te ...

Masami Akita is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by , best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada ...

(

Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by , best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada ...

Zbigniew Karkowski Zbigniew Karkowski (born 14 March 1958 – 12 December 2013) was a Polish experimental musician and composer. Karkowski was born on 14 March 1958 in Krakow, Poland. He studied composition at the State College of Music in Gothenburg, Sweden, ae ...

Elliott Sharp Elliott Sharp (born March 1, 1951) is an American contemporary classical composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer. A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City since the late 1970s, Sharp has released ...

Igor Kuljerić Igor Kuljerić (February 1, 1938 – April 20, 2006) was an important Croatian composer and conductor. His large opus followed the stylistic changes and evolutions of 20th and 21st century music. Biography Born in the coastal city of Šibenik ...

Ivo Josipović Ivo Josipović (; born 28 August 1957) is a Croatian academic, jurist, and politician who served as President of Croatia from 2010 to 2015. Josipović entered politics as a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ), and played a ke ...

and

Ensemble Modern Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries. Hi ...

. ''Heiko Daxl and Ingeborg Fülepp are renowned video and media artists who are at home in Berlin and in Zagreb and who are recognized in both cities. Since 1991 they work together as an artistic couple. The numerous works they have created bear witness to their joy of experimenting, always moving on the borderline to the unknown. Employing new technologies, they investigate different, so far unknown optic and acoustic phenomena. The observer's senses, his hearing, his sight and his touch, are always consciously engaged, irritating his perception. Daxl and Fülepp show new ways in the artistic exploration of the technical possibilities of creating sounds and abstract images which force the observer to an integrated reception. They seek to make the recipient think about the reality which is imparted to him in an artificial and technical way.'' Dr. Barbara Barsch, Director, ifa-Galerie Berlin, Institute for International Relation

May 2005

Exhibitions

They have had work commissioned by Budge-Palais (Hamburg),

Darmstädter Ferienkurse Darmstädter Ferienkurse ("Darmstadt Summer Course") is a regular summer event of contemporary classical music in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in 1946, under the name "Ferienkurse für Internationale Neue Musik Darmstadt" (Vacation Cou ...

for New Music (Darmstadt), Musik der Jahrhunderte (Stuttgart), Donaueschinger Musiktage (

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Festival for

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München,

Lehmbruck-Museum The Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum - Center for International Sculpture is a museum in Duisburg, Germany. Sculptures by Wilhelm Lehmbruck, after whom the museum is named, make up a large part of its collection. However, the museum has a sub ...

Duisburg,

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Köln

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Tokyo,

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Budapest,

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Stuttgart,

Music Biennale Zagreb Music Biennale Zagreb ( hr, Muzički biennale Zagreb, MBZ) is an international festival of contemporary music in Zagreb, Croatia, organized by the Croatian Composers' Society. The Biennale, founded by Milko Kelemen and held every spring of the odd ...

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (german: Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz; SPK) is a German federal government body that oversees 27 museums and cultural organizations in and around Berlin, Germany. Its purview includes all of Berlin's ...

(Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz Berlin)

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(Staatliche Museen zu Berlin),

Neue Nationalgalerie The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) at the Kulturforum is a museum for modern art in Berlin, with its main focus on the early 20th century. It is part of the National Gallery of the Berlin State Museums. The museum building and its ...

Berlin,

, INFERMENTAL, Budapest. Daxl has participated in festivals and exhibitions throughout the world.

References

* Heiko Daxl: "Musik des Lichts" in

(Hg.): ''Das Experimentalfilm-Handbuch'', Schriftenreihe des deutschen Filmmuseums'', Frankfurt am Main 1989 (only in German)
Infermental

International Media Art Award 2000

Virtual portal to Croatian Culture

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