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'''Cornelia Sollfrank''' (1960, Feilershammer) is an artist, researcher and university lecturer, living in [[Berlin]]. She studied painting at the Academy of Art in Munich (1987-90), fine art at the University of the Arts Hamburg (1990-94), and received her PhD from the University of Dundee (UK).
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'''Cornelia Sollfrank''' (1960, Feilershammer, Germany) is a conceptual artist, interdisciplinary researcher and educator.  
  
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Her means of expression include writing, performance, sound, video and (other) Internet-based formats. Recurring subjects in her artistic and academic work about digital cultures are authorship, self-organization, gender and techno-feminism. As a pioneer of [[Internet art]], Sollfrank built up a reputation with two central projects: ''the net.art generator'', a web-based machine producing art, and ''Female Extension'' (1997), her hack of the first competition for [[Internet art]] initiated by a museum in which she flooded the museum's network with submissions by 300 virtual female net artists.
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Her experiments with the basic principles of aesthetic modernism implied conflicts with its institutional and legal framework and led to her academic research. In her dissertation ''Performing the Paradoxes of Intellectual Property'', Sollfrank investigated the conflicting relationship between art and copyright.  
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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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The current artistic research project ''Giving What You Don’t Have'' brings together art projects that all contribute to the creating and maintenance of digital commons. Her recent performance ''À la recherche de l’information perdue'' is about gender stereotypes in the digital underground.
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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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She was a member of the collectives 'frauen-und-technik' and '-Innen', initiated the Cyberfemininist alliance known as [[Old Boys Network]], and facilitated the conference series ''Next Cyberfeminist International''.  
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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.  
 
   
 
   
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==Works (selection)==
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* female extension -- http://www.obn.org/femext
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* [http://artwarez.org/femext/ Female Extension], 1997. [http://www.obn.org/femext]
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* net.art generator -- http://www.obn.org/generator
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* [http://net.art-generator.com/ Net.Art Generator], since 1998. [http://www.obn.org/generator]
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* liquid hacking laboratory -- http://www.obn.org/LHL
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* [http://www.obn.org/hackers Women Hackers], 1999/2000.
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* women hackers -- http://www.obn.org/hackers
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* [http://artwarez.org/projects/improvedTV/ Improved Tele-vision], 2001/2011.
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* old boys network -- http://www.obn.org
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* [http://artwarez.org/projects/refeministart/ Revisiting Feminist Art], since 2006.
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* improved tele-vision -- http://www.artwarez.org/improvedTV
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* [http://artwarez.org/projects/GWYDH Giving What You Don't Have], since 2012.
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==Publications==
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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}}
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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}}
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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}}
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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}}
  
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==Interviews==
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* 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==
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* http://www.artwarez.org
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* [http://www.artwarez.org Personal website]
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* 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 12:34, 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

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