Cornelia Sollfrank
Biography
Cornelia Sollfrank (Celle/Berlin/Hamburg) is an artist whose central concerns in her conceptual and performative works in 'mixed media' are the relation between art and politics, subversive potential of new media art, the advent of a new image of the artist in the information age, gender-specific handling of technology, as well as networking and communication as art. She was a member of the collectives 'frauen-und-technik' and '-Innen,' and initiated the Cyberfemininist alliance known as Old Boys Network. Her project 'female extension' (1997) was a hack of the first net.art competition initiated by a museum, in which she flooded the museum's network with submissions by 300 virtual female net artists. Her 'net.art generator' automatically produces art on demand. Her most recent project 'improved tele-vision' is an intervention in Arnold Schoenberg's composition 'Verklaerte Nacht' and consists of two parts: an online audio platform, as well as a sound installation. She published the readers 'first cyberfeminist international' (1988) and 'next cyberfeminist international' (1999). In 1999/2000 Sollfrank produced a body of work on the subject of 'women hackers'. Sollfrank is currently continuing to work on the idea of 'generative art', and is co-developer of the 'pool-prj'. Free-lance writer on net.culture for the online magazine 'telepolis'. WS 1998/99 and SS 1999 lecturer at the Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste, Hamburg. WS 2000/01 and SS 2001 lecturer at University of Lueneburg, Germany. SS 2001 and WS 2001/02 lecturer at University of Oldenburg, Germany. SS 2003 lecturer at University of Lueneburg, Germany. 1987-1990 studies of fine art (painting), Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. 1990-1994 studies of fine art, Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste, Hamburg. 1995/96 Multimedia Product Manager (Philips Media). Websites: - Cornelia Sollfrank -- http://www.artwarez.org - female extension -- http://www.obn.org/femext - net.art generator -- http://www.obn.org/generator - liquid hacking laboratory -- http://www.obn.org/LHL - women hackers -- http://www.obn.org/hackers - old boys network -- http://www.obn.org - improved tele-vision -- http://www.artwarez.org/improvedTV Prizes/ fellowships/ residencies: - 2. German Award for artistic photography (1991); - DAAD-fellowship (German Academic Exchange Servcie) USA, New York (1996/97); - Residency at the media lab of Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin (1997); - Fellowship of the city of Hamburg for fine arts (1998); - Fellowship for women in fine arts of the Senate of the city of Berlin (1999); - EMARE (european artists exchange program) residency at Duncan of Jordanstone University, Dundee, Scotland (2000/01); - Residency at the Women Artist Colony "Die Hoege", Germany (2001). Exhibitions/ projects/ conferences/ workshops/ performances: 2003 - 'fem snd' - Party & workshop, featuring women in electronic music, (together with Laurence Rassel and Maya C. Sternel), Melkweg Amsterdam in collaboration with next5minutes, conference for tactical media, Amsterdam, NL - net.art generator, Collection of Contemporary Art, Volksfuersorge/Le Royal Meridien, Hamburg, Germany; - 'sounds tactical', workshop in collaboration with 'transmediale' and Podewil, Berlin. Preparation for 'pool-prj.', a project for tactical use of sound, Cornelia Sollfrank & Laurence Rassel; - 'net.art generator', 'GENERATOR', minories art gallery, Colchester, Essex, GB; 2002 - 'have script, will destroy', E-[d]entity compilation, vdb, video data bank, Chicago, USA; - 'net.art generator', 'GENERATOR', Spacex Gallery, Exeter, UK; - 'net.art generator', 'GENERATOR', Liverpool Biennal, UK; - 'guided tour through hackerland', performance, Chaos Communication Congress, Berlin; 2001 - 'Unauthorized Access', 'Cross Female - Metaphores of the Female', Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Pforzheim, Germany; - 'Kuenstlerbilder', Galerie Mesaoo Wrede, Hamburg, Germany; - 'net.art generator', CYNET art, Ausstellung Projekttheater, Dresden, Germany; - 'networked reality', Solo Show, Galleri 21, Malmoe, Sweden; - 'net.art generator', Observatori, media art festival, Valencia, Spain; - 'improved television', 'cyberfem spirit', Edith-Russ-Site for media art, Oldenburg, Germany; 2000 - 'Have Code-Will Destroy', 'Tenacity - Cultural Practices in the Age of Global Information- and Biotechnologies', Swiss Institute, New York, USA; - 'Have Code-Will Destroy', 'Tenacity - Cultural Practices in the Age of Global Information- and Biotechnologies', Shedhalle, Zuerich, Switzerland; - 'Have Code-Will Destroy', 'UFO Strategies', Medienkunsthaus Oldenburg, Germany; - 'Net.Art Generator' @ Real 'Work', Werkleitz Biennal, Werkleitz, Germany; - 'Liquid Hacking Laboratory', 'Log-in', Kunstverein Nuernberg, Germany; - 'Unauthorized Access', 'CrossFemale-Metaphors of the Female', Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; - 'Have Code-Will Destroy', 'terr@media -- Game Patching and Hacking Sublime', FOURNOS, Center for Art and New Technologie, Athens, Greece; - 'Female Extension' at 'LA Freewaves Festival', Los Angeles; 1999 - 'Cyberfeminism', Video-Clips, 'Young Art in Hamburg', Kunsthaus Hamburg; - 'Cyberfeminism', Video-Clips, 'Crosslinks', intermedia exhibition-project, Gallery Marstall, Berlin; - 'next Cyberfeminist International', Organisation of the second international Symposion on the topic of Cyberfeminism, Rotterdam, NL; - Jury-Member of 'artgenda 2000', Helsinki; - 'The 100 Anti-Theses', 'Die Lesbarkeit der Kunst' (Legibility of Art), Kunstbibliothek, Berlin; - 'Old Boys Networking', 'net.condition', Center for Art and Mediatechnology, Karlsruhe; - 'Net.art Generator', 'Seriality, Rows and Nets', Public Gallery, Bremen; 1998 - Jury-Member of the international competition 'Mr. Netart 98'; - 'The New Woman', NEID Show, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; - Reader-Presentation at 'ars electronica, Linz; 1997 - documenta x, Kassel, Organisation of an international Symposion on the topic of 'Cyberfeminism' (Hybrid WorkSpace) 1996 - 'New Media -- Old Roles', Intervention at the Computer Fair 'CeBit', Hannover; - 'New Media -- Old Roles', Museum Louisiana, Kopenhagen, 'NowHere'; - '-Innen-Agents', comic strip in the book 'Net-Critique', ID-Archive, Berlin; - 'REALITY CHECK' Net.art event within the project 'Skin Laboratory', Hamburg; - Internet Art Competition of the Museum for Contemporary Art, Hamburger; - 'We are building your future': bill-board for a fictional building within the 'Architetural Summer', Hamburg; - 'remote viewing', ars electronica, Linz; 1995 - 'Narcicism in the Media, exemplified by Television', Performance Gallery 707, Frankfurt; - 'Generation @' 'falsch verbunden', Kunsthaus Hamburg, Interface III; 1994 - 'information art', Performance, HfBK, Hamburg; - 'Narcicism in the Media, exemplified by Television', Performance Westwerk, HH, Muenchner Kunstverein (Oh boy, it's a girl), Shedhalle, Zuerich ('When techno turns to sound of poetry') 1993 - Founding of the Artist group '-Innen'; - 'Narcicism in the Media, exemplified by Television', Performance, Produzentengalerie Kunstitut, Stuttgart; - 'The New Woman', postcard mailing; - '-Innen-commercials', Art Cologne, November-TV; 1992 - 'frauen-und-technik' (women-and-technology), founding of the Institute in Hamburg; - 'Envy-of-Penis'-Games, documenta IX art television, Piazzetta HH 1990 - 'Ihr vertraut Augsburg', Election Campaign, Performance and Folder; Lectures: 2003 - 'How do we create meaning through systemising of data', Data-based art Seminar, BALTIC The Centre of Contemporary Art, Newcastle/Gateshead, UK - 'Game Over' - Kunst zwischen Eventkultur und Imagepolitik, Ladyfest Hamburg, Westwerk Hamburg, Germany; - 'Kollaborative und vernetzte Praxis, ver