Ute Vorkoeper



CV
Art historian, critic, curator, artist, born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1963.
Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg.
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Studied Fine Arts, German Literature and Pedagogics at the University of Dortmund, Germany, 1982-1990; postgraduate scholarship, 1990-92; Ph.D. 1997; postdoctorate scholarship, 1998-2001.

CONCERNS
(re)presentation of self / personal freedom; timebased / processual / collaborative artworks; shifting sites of art; media stories / transmedia theories; recent problems of mediation / curating / teaching; dialogue of art and theory / research.

PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS
transmedien - pilot project at Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, since 2001. get that balance: exhibitions, movies, videos, seminars, lectures, club, Kampnagel K3, Hamburg, 2001. Reinstallations of Ensembles of Anna Oppermann (+1993), e.g. at P.S. 1 / New York, 1999 and MCA Sydney, 1994. discord -sabotage of realities, exhibition, performances, Kunstverein / Kunsthaus Hamburg, 1996/97.

PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS
Founding member of the mailinglist "filiale", 2000; interventions - city projects, public space, Dortmund, 1996; Sites - Academy on time and sitespecific exhibition, Coal Pit Minister Stein, Dortmund, 1993; member of the Artists' House Dortmund, 1988-1993.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Contributions / reviews on contemporary artists and exhibitions in catalogues, textsamplers, art magazines such as Artbyte, NY; Kunstforum International; n-paradoxa, London; Springerin, Vienna; Telepolis.

"A gentle space. On involvement, personal freedom and exchanges in 'get that balance'." In: n-paradoxa. International Feminist Art Journal. London/GB, vol. 8, 2001, p. 42-44

"Anders Sein. Anna Oppermanns Vermittlungen zwischen Welten". In: Kunstforum International "Der gerissene Faden", vol. 155, 06-07 2001, p. 170-176

"Leidenschaftlich unentschieden. Ein Kommentar". In: Dialoge und Debatten. Zu feministischen Positionen in der zeitgenössischen bildenden Kunst. Ed. by Dorothee Richter, Bremen 2001, p. 130-133

"Als ob es möglich wäre. Make dreams come true. Widerspenstige Praktiken im Zeitalter von Informations- und Biotechnologien". In: Shedhalle, programme 2000. Zurich 2000, p. 34-36; first edition in: Telepolis. Magazin für Netzkultur, 31-07-2025 www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/sa/3556/1.html

"Anna Oppermann. Paradoxe Intentionen". Ed. by Ute Vorkoeper, Hamburg and Brussels 1998 (German/English)

Inke Arns, Ute Vorkoeper (eds.), "un-frieden / discord. sabotage of realities". Hamburger Woche der bildenden Kunst 1996, Hamburg 1997 (German/English)

Please visit
www.getthatbalance.de
www.transmedien.de
www.thing.de/filiale