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Thomas Köner (born 1965 in

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) is a multimedia artist whose main interest lies in combining visual and auditory experiences. The

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, in a review of Köner's work in 1997, calls him a "media artist," one who works between

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, ambient music and as one half of Porter Ricks dub techno. A noted characteristics of Köner's dark ambient style are low drones and static soundscapes evocative of desolate, Arctic places. For his audio-visual works, he was awarded Golden Nica at

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in Linz, Transmediale Award, Tiger Cub Award at

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, ARCO Award Best Young Artist in Madrid, among others. During Köner's solo exhibition of his video-art at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal, the museum described him as a major innovator in the contemporary music scene, as well as noted his collaborative practice which has led to his working with musicians, filmmakers and visual artists on installations and sound performances, and to his creation of six video works produced in two cycles, starting in 2003. 2006 Köner produced ''Station Eismitte'', a work inspired by

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's 1930 arctic expedition and named after the expedition's site. 2009 Köner created The Futurist Manifesto, a digital opera, to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the famous manifesto published in 1909 by

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. It was commissioned by EMAP/EMARE. This work has been performed live several times in festivals across Europe with Carl Faia and Iris Garrelfs. Thomas Köner has been creating music for silent films since 1994, which he performs himself or with a small ensemble. His music for

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'' was commissioned by the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris and was premiered there in 2013 as part of the supporting program of the ''De l’Allemagne 1800 – 1939'' exhibition. So far, he has created and performed scores for 30 silent films including

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'' (''The Adventures Of Prince Ahmed'') among others. Writing about his performance of

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said that: "Thomas Köner envelops ''Metropolis'' in 21 century sounds".

Album discography

* 1990 '' Nunatak Gongamur'' ( Barooni) * 1992 '' Teimo'' (Barooni) * 1993 ''

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'' (Barooni) * 1995 ''

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'' (Barooni) * 1997 ''

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'' (part of the ''Driftworks'' box) * 1998 '' Kaamos'' (

Mille Plateaux ''A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia'' (french: link=no, Mille plateaux) is a 1980 book by the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the French psychoanalyst Félix Guattari. It is the second and final volume of their collaborativ ...

) * 2001 '' Unerforschtes Gebiet'' (LP picture disc) ( Die Stadt) * 2002 ''

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) * 2003 ''Zyklop'' (

) * 2009 '' La Barca'' (CD version) ( Fario) * 2012 ''Novaya Zemlya'' (

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) * 2014 ''Cloître'' (with Jana Winderen) (

) * 2014 ''Tiento de las nieves'' ( Denovali) * 2016 ''Tiento de la luz'' ( Denovali) *2020 ''Motus'' (

)

Re-releases

* 1997 ''Teimo/Permafrost'' (2xCD re-release by

) * 2003 '' Unerforschtes Gebiet'' (CD release with bonus track) (Die Stadt) * 2004 ''

'' CD/DVD ( MillePlateauxMedia) * 2010 ''Nunatak • Teimo • Permafrost'' (box re-release by Type) * 2010 ''La Barca'' (expanded 2xLP version) (Fario) * 2014 ''La Barca (complete edition)'' (further expanded download version) (Thomas Köner

as Porter Ricks (with Andy Mellwig)

* 1996 '' Biokinetics (Porter Ricks album), Biokinetics'' (

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) * 1997 ''Porter Ricks'' (Mille Plateaux) * 1999 Porter Ricks : Techno Animal ''Symbiotics'' (

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) * 2016 ''Shadow Boat'' (Tresor) * 2017 ''Anguilla Electrica'' (Tresor)

as Kontakt der Jünglinge (with
Asmus Tietchens Asmus Tietchens (born 3 February 1947, in Hamburg), who also records under the monikers Hematic Sunsets and Club of Rome, is a German composer of avant-garde music. Tietchens became interested in experimental music and musique concrète as a chi ...
)

* 2001 ''0'' (Die Stadt) * 2001 ''1'' (Die Stadt) * 2002 ''-1'' (Die Stadt) * 2003 ''n'' (Die Stadt) * 2014 ''Makrophonie 1'' (Die Stadt)

Awards

- German Sound Art Award Deutsche Klangkunst-Preis / Produktionspreis WDR, Marl, 2004 - Golden Nica,

, Linz, 2004 - Tiger Cub Award, Best Short,

, 2005 -

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.05 Award, International Media Art Festival, Berlin, 2005 - ARCO Award Best Young Artist at Arco, Feria International de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, 2005 - Off Screen Award Best New Media Work,

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Toronto, 2007 - MuVi-Award for best German Music video, 55.

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Oberhausen, 2009 - Nomination for Nam June Paik Award, 2012

Artist-in-residence

- Cité International des Arts, Paris, 2001 - Villa Aurora, Los Angeles, 2006 - Villa Kamogawa, Kyoto, 2016

References

External links

Thomas Köner's websiteReview of ''The Futurist Manifesto'' on BCNinternet
(the link is broken as of 2017-05-05) *Review of ''Metropolis'' by Fritz Lang in El Pai

1965 births German artists Living people German experimental musicians People from Bochum {{Germany-artist-stub

Album discography

Re-releases

as Porter Ricks (with Andy Mellwig)

as Kontakt der Jünglinge (with Asmus Tietchens Asmus Tietchens (born 3 February 1947, in Hamburg), who also records under the monikers Hematic Sunsets and Club of Rome, is a German composer of avant-garde music. Tietchens became interested in experimental music and musique concrète as a chi ...)

Awards

Artist-in-residence

See also

References

External links

as Kontakt der Jünglinge (with
Asmus Tietchens Asmus Tietchens (born 3 February 1947, in Hamburg), who also records under the monikers Hematic Sunsets and Club of Rome, is a German composer of avant-garde music. Tietchens became interested in experimental music and musique concrète as a chi ...
)