GRANTS AND PRIZES

2018
Stipend and residency – STIFTUNG KÜNSTLERDORF SCHÖPPINGEN. Schöppingen/Germany
Award Winner – KURZSUECHTIG Filmfestival. Leipzig/Germany (Best Film Experimental and Audience Award – for „Schneewittchen/Snow White“)
Nominated for Golden Trellick Award (shortlist) – PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL. London/UK (for „May on the Moon“)
Award Winner – CINEMA PERPETUUM MOBILE ISFF. Minsk/Belarus ( (Non)-perpetual Memory Award for „Atlas of the Wounded Buildings“)

2017
Award Winner – 16TH INTERNATIONAL KANSK VIDEO FESTIVAL. Kansk/Russia (2nd prize for „Atlas of the Wounded Buildings“)
Honorable Mention – KURZSUECHTIG FILMFESTIVAL. Leipzig/Germany (for „Atlas of the Wounded Buildings“)
Nomininated for the EMAF Media Arts Award of the German Film Critics Association (VDFK) (for „Schneewittchen/Snow White“), EMAF. Osnabrück/Germany
Award Winner – VKRATZE! 2017 DAYS OF GERMAN AND RUSSIAN SHORT FILMS (2nd prize for „Atlas of the Wounded Buildings“). Volgograd/Russia

2014-2016
Production grant (for SCHNEEWITTCHEN/SNOW WHITE), VIDEOSOUNDART, Milan/Italy
Honorable Mention at backup Festival (for INVENTORY), Weimar/Germany
Travel grant of Deutscher akademischer Austauschdienst DAAD, Rodchenko Art School, Moscow and Manifesta 10, St. Petersburg/Russia

2010-2012
Production grant of the Cultural office of Chemnitz/Germany for INVENTORY (Inventar); in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl
Travel grant of Deutscher akademischer Austauschdienst DAAD, Vilniaus Dailés Akademija, Vilnius/Lithuania
Production grant of the cultural endowment of the Free State Saxony/Germany for THE STATISTICAL MENACE (Die statistische Bedrohung); in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl

Until 2008
Production grant of the Cultural office of Chemnitz/Germany for ABOUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WAY TO GET RID OF YOURMONEY (Über die schönste Art sein Geld loszuwerden); in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl
Production grant of the cultural endowment of the free state Saxony/Germany for THE SCANDAL (Der Skandal); in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl
Production grant of the Arts Council England and supported by the Portobello Film Festival London – THE OBJECT‘S ORCHESTRA (Das Orchester der Dinge); in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl
Production grant of the cultural endowment of the Free State Saxony/Germany for WAITING ROOM (Wartesaal); in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl

EXHIBITIONS, PROJECTS AND SCREENINGS (selection)

2018
TALPE. WELL SAID, OLD MOLE (Offical Collateral event of Manifesta 12 – European Nomadic Biennial) – Group exhibition. Palermo/Italy
KURZSUECHTIG – Festival Screening. Leipzig/Germany (Arwarded Best Film Experimental and Audience Award)
RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN – Festival Screening. Berlin/Germany
CINEMA PERPETUUM MOBILE ISFF – Festival Screening. Minsk/Belarus (Award Winner)
23RD RIGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2ANNAS – Festival Screening. Riga/Latvia
ULTRACINEMA – Festival Screening. Xalapa/Mexico
PORTOBELLO WINTER FILM FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. London/UK
SZCZECIN EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Szczecin/Poland
LICHTKUNSTNACHT – Group exhibition. Schöppingen/Germany
PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. London/UK (Nominated for Golden Trellick Award – shortlist)
CINEMA PERPETUUM MOBILE FESTIVAL – Programmed Screening. Vilnius/Lituania
INDIELISBOA Lisbon International Independent Film Festival – Festival Screening. Lisbon/Portugal
RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN – Festival Screening. Paris/France
STUTTGARTER FILMWINTER – Festival Screening. Stuttgart/Germany

2017
XI. İSTANBUL INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN FILMS FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Istanbul/Turkey
AU REVOIR, EURIDICE (Video for Opera) – Schaubühne Lindenfels. Leipzig/Germany
16TH INTERNATIONAL KANSK VIDEO FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Kansk and Moscow/Russia (Award Winner)
LEIPZIGER JAHRESAUSSTELLUNG – Group exhibition. Leipzig/Germany
EMAF EUROPEAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Osnabrück/Germany (Nomininated for the EMAF Media Arts Award of the German Film Critics Association VDFK)
KURZSUECHTIG – Festival Screening. Leipzig/Germany (Awarded Honorable Mention of the jury)
VKRATZE! 2017 DAYS OF GERMAN AND RUSSIAN SHORT FILMS – Festival Screening. Volgograd, Russia (Award Winner)
CAIRO VIDEO FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Cairo/Egypt

2016
VIDEOSOUNDART – Video installation at Teatro Franco Parenti. Milano/Italy
BRAUNSCHWEIG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Braunschweig/Germany
MTV – MEDIA ART TELEVISE! – Group exhibition/installation. FAQ Ausstellungsraum Bremen/Germany
X. İSTANBUL INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN FILMS FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Istanbul/Turkey
EMAF EUROPEAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Osnabrück/Germany
GENIUS LOKI – Festival Screening. Weimar/Germany
RUNDGANG (open doors)/Meisterschüler presentation at Braunschweig University of Arts. Braunschweig/Germany
BACKUP FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Weimar/Germany
EIDÔLON PHILOSOPHICAL FILM FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Liévin/France
KURZSUECHTIG – Festival Screening. Leipzig/Germany
AFO ACADEMIA FILM OLOMOUC – Festival Screening. Olomouc/Czech Republic
OZARK SHORTS – Festival Screening. Lamar, Missouri/USA

2015
EXGROUND FILMFEST – Festival Screening. Wiesbaden/Germany
DIPLOMA EXHIBITION – HGB Galery, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig/Germany
ATLAS OF THE WOUNDED BUILDINGS. Video installation, Schaubuehne Lindenfels, Leipzig/Germany
E-WERK-FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Weimar/Germany
BACKUP FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Weimar/Germany – Honorable Mention for „Inventory“
VKUNST – Festival Screening. Frankfurt/Germany
EMAF EUROPEAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Osnabrück/Germany
STUTTGARTER FILMWINTER – Festival Screening. Stuttgart/Germany

2014
EMAF EUROPEAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Osnabrück/Germany
FOLKWANG MUSEUM – Screening. Essen/Germany
HOHE BONITÄT BEI STABILEM AUSBLICK – Group exhibition. Galery ARTAe, Leipzig/Germany

2013
THE SUPERSHOW – Group exhibition, curated by Kathy Rae Huffman. Halle 14, Spinnerei, Leipzig/Germany
NIGHTSHIFT – Group presentation of workshop held by Bjørn Melhus. Kulturbahnhof, Kassel/Germany
NIGHTSHIFT – Group presentation of workshop held by Bjørn Melhus. HGB Galery, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig/Germany

2012
INVENTORY (Inventar) – Paper installation. Project workspace of the Chemnitzer artist‘s alliance, Chemnitz/Germany; in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl
WE ARE HERE – Group exhibition. Galery Caminul Artei, Bucharest/Romania

2011
ABOVE SEA LEVEL – Video documentation/Paper installation at the project „Editing Spaces“, Vilnius/Lituania

2010
WHITE CUBE – 4-channel video installation, HGB, Leipzig/Germany
UNFOLDING THE IMPOSSIBLE (Die Entfaltung des Unmöglichen) –  3-channel video installation showing the unfolding of paper balls/rejections from art festivals. Leipzig/Germany
THE STATISTICAL MENACE (Die statistische Bedrohung) – Paper installation. Project workspace of the Chemnitzer artist‘s alliance; in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl

2009
ROUND TOUR (Rundgang) – Performance and photography. Gallery Artacker, Berlin/Germany; in cooperation with Andreas Miller

2007
ABOUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WAY TO GET RID OF YOURMONEY (Über die schönste Art sein Geld loszuwerden) – A money-throw-away-performance at a dry fountain in Chemnitz/Germany; sounds were taken from Fontana di Trevi in Rome/Italy; in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl

2006
THE SCANDAL (Der Skandal) – Video and sound installations. Alte Aktienspinnerei, Chemnitz/Germany; in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl

2005
THE OBJECT‘S ORCHESTRA (Das Orchester der Dinge) – Sound installation/performance. Atrium Westbourne Studios, London, at the Portobello Film Festival London; in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl
WAITING ROOM (Wartesaal) – Radio play installation, transmission using the speaker system of public transport. Chemnitz/Germany; in cooperation with Ingolf Höhl

PUBLICATIONS (selection)

2017
Selected for catalogue of AG Kurzfilm (German Short Film Association) as one of the best 100 short films 2017
Catalogue of 24th LEIPZIGER JAHRESAUSSTELLUNG, Leipzig/Germany

2015
VIOLATION OF ARCHITECTURE. GORDON MATTA-CLARK AND THE INSCRIPTION OF NARRATION IN ARCHITECTURE (ger.), diploma thesis, published by HGB Leipzig

2014
THE SUPERSHOW
An Exhibition of the class of „Mass Media Research and Art in Public Medial Space of Prof. Günther Selichar,HGB and Spinnerei Leipzig, curated by Kathy Rae Huffman, Arte fakt verlagsanstalt, jena und bendeleben 2014, isbn: 3-937364-54-4

2012
EDITING SPACES. RECONSIDERING THE PUBLIC, ger./engl.
An Exhibition in the Public [Media] Space of Vilnius/Lithuania, 2012 isbn 978-3-937364-51-3.

2010
HGB Buch, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy for Visual Arts), Institut für Buchkunst, Leipzig, 2010

2009
zweipluseins», exhibition catalogue, published by HGB Leipzig

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