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Born 1960 in Feilershammer. Lives in Celle, [[Hamburg]] and [[Berlin]]. 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]]. Facilitator of the conference series 'Next Cyberfeminist International'. 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.
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'''Cornelia Sollfrank''' (1960, Feilershammer, Germany) is a conceptual artist, interdisciplinary researcher and educator.
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Cornelia Sollfrank studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1987-1990) and Fine Art at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg (1990-1994). Since 1998 she has taught at various universities and art schools and wrote on issues in the nexus of media, art and (gender)politics. In 2011 Sollfrank completed her practice-led research at the University of Dundee (UK) and published her PhD thesis with the title ''Performing the Paradoxes of Intellectual Property''. In addition to her work in the artistic and academic field, Sollfrank gathered experience in the private sector by working as product manager for Philips Media for two years (1995-1996).
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Since the mid-1990s, Sollfrank has investigated the worldwide communication networks and transferred artistic strategies of the classical avant-gardes into the digital medium. Her special interest lies in experimenting with new models of authorship, in continuing various forms of artistic appropriation and in deconstructing myths around geniality and originality. In the core of this strand of works is the concept of her ''[http://net.art-generator.com/ net.art generator]'' (since 1998), a computer programme, which re-combines and collages material from the Internet. This project has directly influenced her practice-led research into the field of intellectual property. Related art projects are ''[http://artwarez.org/27.0.html copyright © 2004 cornelia sollfrank]'' (2004), ''[http://artwarez.org/projects/legalperspective/ Legal Perspective]'' (2004), ''[http://artwarez.org/20.0.html I Don't Know – A conversation between Cornelia Sollfrank and Andy Warhol]'' (2006), ''[http://artwarez.org/17.0.html MuseumShop]'' (2007) and ''[http://dejavur.org/ DÉJÁVU®]'' (2009).
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Against the backdrop of gender-specific and institution-critical approaches, a further thematic priority of Sollfrank’s work lies in the creation of forms of organisation (collective, network, collaboration) and communication structures as artistic practices. She was founding member of the collectives frauen-und-technik (Women and Technology, 1992) and -Innen (1994) and initiated and run the world-wide cyberfeminist network [[Old Boys Network]] (1997-2001), including the co-organisation of three international conferences on [[Cyberfeminism]] (1997, 1999, and 2001).  
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Sollfrank also co-edited the readers ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=1247 First Cyberfeminist International]'' (1998) and [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=1247 Next Cyberfeminist International] (1999). In her project ''[http://artwarez.org/femext/ Female Extension]'' (1997), the hack of the first competition on net.art run by a museum, Sollfrank flooded the museum with 300 virtual, female net.artists.  In 1999/2000 Sollfrank produced a series of works on the topic of ''[http://www.obn.org/hackers/ Women Hackers]''. Since 2006, Sollfrank re-enacts early feminist performance art in her series ''[http://artwarez.org/projects/refeministart/ Revisiting Feminist Art]''. With her conceptual music piece ''[http://artwarez.org/projects/improvedTV/ Improved Tele-vision]'' (2001/2011) she immodestly inscribed herself in the genealogy of avant-garde artists such as [[Arnold Schönberg]], [[Nam June Paik]] and [[Dieter Roth]].
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Whilst Sollfrank maintains an active international practice, she also works to support the development of critical Internet culture in Germany. She founded ''[http://artwarez.org/39.0.html echo]'', a mailing list for art, criticism and cultural politics in Hamburg (2003) and was co-founder and editor of the online magazine for art and criticism ''[[The Thing Hamburg]]'' (2006). In 2005/06, she conceived the culture-political intervention ''[http://artwarez.org/40.0.html Tamm-Tamm–Artists Informing Politicians]'' involving more than 100 artists, based on a dialogical principle.
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Since 2012 Sollfrank conducts research in the field of art and commons. Her project ''[http://artwarez.org/projects/GWYDH Giving What You Don't Have]'' is a series of filmed interviews which introduce relevant projects.  
 
   
 
   
Her 'net.art generator' automatically produces art on demand.
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==Works (selection)==
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* [http://artwarez.org/femext/ Female Extension], 1997. [http://www.obn.org/femext]
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.
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* [http://net.art-generator.com/ Net.Art Generator], since 1998. [http://www.obn.org/generator]
She published the readers 'first cyberfeminist international' (1988) and 'next cyberfeminist international' (1999).
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* [http://www.obn.org/hackers Women Hackers], 1999/2000.
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* [http://artwarez.org/projects/improvedTV/ Improved Tele-vision], 2001/2011.
In 1999/2000 Sollfrank produced a body of work on the subject of 'women hackers'.
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* [http://artwarez.org/projects/refeministart/ Revisiting Feminist Art], since 2006.
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* [http://artwarez.org/projects/GWYDH Giving What You Don't Have], since 2012.
Sollfrank is currently continuing to work on the idea of 'generative art', and is co-developer of the 'pool-prj'.
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==Publications==
Free-lance writer on net.culture for the online magazine [[telepolis]].
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* co-editor, with Old Boys Network, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=1247 First Cyberfeminist International: Old Boys Network Reader 1]'', obn, 1998, 88 pp. Documentation of September 1997 conference held as part of ''Hybrid Workspace'' at ''Documenta X'', Kassel. {{en}}
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* co-editor, with Old Boys Network, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=1247 Next Cyberfeminist International: Old Boys Network Reader 2]'', obn, 1999, 104 pp. Extended documentation of the March 1999 conference in Rotterdam. {{en}}
WS 1998/99 and SS 1999 lecturer at the Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste, Hamburg.
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* ''[http://artwarez.org/projects/nagBOOK/inhalt.html Cornelia Sollfrank: net.art generator]'', ed. & forew. Annette Schindler. intro. Ute Vorkoeper, Nürnberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst, 2004, 196 pp. With essays by Cornelia Sollfrank, Florian Cramer, Sarah Cook, Verena Kuni, interview by Richard Leopold. [http://artwarez.org/projects/nagBOOK/] {{de}}/{{en}}
WS 2000/01 and SS 2001 lecturer at University of Lueneburg, Germany.
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* ''[http://artwarez.org/projects/originalBOOK/inhalt.html Expanded Original]'', ed. Sabine Himmelsbach, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009, 144 pp. With texts by Jacob Lillemose, Silke Wenk, Gerald Raunig, Rahel Puffert. [http://artwarez.org/projects/originalBOOK/] [http://www.hatjecantz.de/cornelia-sollfrank-2296-0.html] {{de}}/{{en}}
SS 2001 and WS 2001/02 lecturer at University of Oldenburg, Germany.
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* editor, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=20272 Die schönen Kriegerinnen. Technofeministische Praxis im 21. Jahrhundert]'', Vienna: transversal texts, 2018, 225 pp. {{de}}
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:
 
* 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).
 
  
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==Interviews==
* [[Josephine Bosma]], [http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9707/msg00018.html "Interview with Cornelia Sollfrank"], 1997.  
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* Josephine Bosma, [http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9707/msg00018.html "Interview with Cornelia Sollfrank"], ''Nettime'', 1997.  
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* [http://www.taz.de/!5566843/ "Interview zur Transmediale: 'Ich wäre gerne ein richtig guter Troll'"], ''taz'', 31 Jan 2019. {{de}}
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* [http://artwarez.org/5.0.html more]
  
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==Links==
* http://www.artwarez.org
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* [http://www.artwarez.org Personal website]
* http://www.irational.org/tm/mr/cornelia.html
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Sollfrank Wikipedia]
  
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Revision as of 11:34, 2 February 2019

Cornelia Sollfrank (1960, Feilershammer, Germany) is a conceptual artist, interdisciplinary researcher and educator.

Cornelia Sollfrank studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1987-1990) and Fine Art at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg (1990-1994). Since 1998 she has taught at various universities and art schools and wrote on issues in the nexus of media, art and (gender)politics. In 2011 Sollfrank completed her practice-led research at the University of Dundee (UK) and published her PhD thesis with the title Performing the Paradoxes of Intellectual Property. In addition to her work in the artistic and academic field, Sollfrank gathered experience in the private sector by working as product manager for Philips Media for two years (1995-1996).

Since the mid-1990s, Sollfrank has investigated the worldwide communication networks and transferred artistic strategies of the classical avant-gardes into the digital medium. Her special interest lies in experimenting with new models of authorship, in continuing various forms of artistic appropriation and in deconstructing myths around geniality and originality. In the core of this strand of works is the concept of her net.art generator (since 1998), a computer programme, which re-combines and collages material from the Internet. This project has directly influenced her practice-led research into the field of intellectual property. Related art projects are copyright © 2004 cornelia sollfrank (2004), Legal Perspective (2004), I Don't Know – A conversation between Cornelia Sollfrank and Andy Warhol (2006), MuseumShop (2007) and DÉJÁVU® (2009).

Against the backdrop of gender-specific and institution-critical approaches, a further thematic priority of Sollfrank’s work lies in the creation of forms of organisation (collective, network, collaboration) and communication structures as artistic practices. She was founding member of the collectives frauen-und-technik (Women and Technology, 1992) and -Innen (1994) and initiated and run the world-wide cyberfeminist network Old Boys Network (1997-2001), including the co-organisation of three international conferences on Cyberfeminism (1997, 1999, and 2001).

Sollfrank also co-edited the readers First Cyberfeminist International (1998) and Next Cyberfeminist International (1999). In her project Female Extension (1997), the hack of the first competition on net.art run by a museum, Sollfrank flooded the museum with 300 virtual, female net.artists. In 1999/2000 Sollfrank produced a series of works on the topic of Women Hackers. Since 2006, Sollfrank re-enacts early feminist performance art in her series Revisiting Feminist Art. With her conceptual music piece Improved Tele-vision (2001/2011) she immodestly inscribed herself in the genealogy of avant-garde artists such as Arnold Schönberg, Nam June Paik and Dieter Roth.

Whilst Sollfrank maintains an active international practice, she also works to support the development of critical Internet culture in Germany. She founded echo, a mailing list for art, criticism and cultural politics in Hamburg (2003) and was co-founder and editor of the online magazine for art and criticism The Thing Hamburg (2006). In 2005/06, she conceived the culture-political intervention Tamm-Tamm–Artists Informing Politicians involving more than 100 artists, based on a dialogical principle.

Since 2012 Sollfrank conducts research in the field of art and commons. Her project Giving What You Don't Have is a series of filmed interviews which introduce relevant projects.

Works (selection)

Publications

Interviews

Links