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Günther Berkus
Günther Werner Berkus was an artist, musician and film director from Cork (city), Cork, Ireland. He was born on 20 April 1951 in Münchberg, Germany. As a teenager, he studied pharmacology at the University of Münster but rapidly switched to music and art. During that period, he discovered a love of electronic music and analog synthesizers which led him to playing with such people as Ralf Hütter and Florian Fricke. In the mid-1970s, he moved to Ireland where he made his home. He had been involved in contemporary art, performance art, computer graphics and fractal music production. He was one of the early pioneers of multimedia in Cork during the late 1980s/early 1990s with his unique series of Synergy workshops and concerts. He also participated in the Soundworks series of concerts, held at the Triskel Arts Centre and later in its successor, Intermedia. In 1995 under the name of ''Synergy Media Labs'', he was one of the first people to start Internet web hosting in the south- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunther Berkus
Gundaharius or Gundahar (died 437), better known by his legendary names Gunther () or Gunnar (), was a historical Kingdom_of_the_Burgundians#List_of_kings, King of the Burgundians in the early 5th century. Gundahar is attested as ruling his people shortly after they crossing of the Rhine, crossed the Rhine into Roman Gaul. He was involved in the campaigns of the failed Roman usurper Jovinus before the latter's defeat, after which he was settled on the left bank of the Rhine as a Foederati, Roman ally. In 436, Gundahar launched an attack from his kingdom on the Roman Empire, Roman province of Belgica Prima. He was defeated by the Roman general Flavius Aetius, who destroyed Gundahar's kingdom with the help of Hunnish mercenaries the following year, resulting in Gundahar's death. The historical Gundahar's death became the basis for a tradition in Germanic heroic legend in which the legendary Gunther met his death at the court of Attila the Hun (Etzel/Atli). The character also became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
