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.
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(Corbinian Böhm and Michael Gruber)
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" [gei: hi:n ho:l] mega-poster action with incomprehensible foreign language messages in Munich (2005).
Exhibitions and projects
edit(listed in chronological order)[1]
- 1998:
- 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", [gei: 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, Germany[2]
Awards and nominations
edit- 1999: Kestler-Häusler-Stiftung sponsorship award
- 2001:
- Erwin-und-Gisela-von-Steiner-Stiftung scholarship
- 1st, "Kunst am Bau" competition, Munich East work yard planning[3]
- 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
edit- Empfangshalle
- Literature by and about Empfangshalle in the German National Library catalogue
- Literature by and about Empfangshalle in the German National Library catalogue
References
edit- ^ "Werkverzeichnis". Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ Countdown auf Arabisch, Bayerischer Rundfunk, 2 February 2012.
- ^ Betriebshof Ost Archived 2006-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, City of Munich building board.