Cornelia Sollfrank
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.
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:
- 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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