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Born 1976 in Dessau. Lives in [[Leipzig]]. Artist, DJ, designer, programmer, media historian. Francis Hunger investigates subject matters such as information technology, the technological, economical and political consequences of globalization, the East-West conflict and gender roles. His installations, videos, photographs and web-based projects are mostly preceded by long periods of investigation and research. Besides his art practice, Francis Hunger engages in his own and in collaborative curatorial projects as well as publications on related topics.
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'''Francis Hunger'''’s practice combines artistic research and media theory with the capabilities of narration through installations, radio plays and performances and internet-based art.
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Since 2024 Francis is lecturer (‘Künstlerischer Mitarbeiter’) at the class for [http://www.generativemedia.net/ Emergent Digital Media] at Academy of Fine Arts Munich.
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In 2020-2023 he was a researcher for the project [https://trainingthearchive.ludwigforum.de/ Training The Archive] at Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, critically examining the use of AI, statistics and pattern recognition for art and curating.
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In 2022 he co-curated with Inke Arns and Marie Lechner the exhibition [https://www.hmkv.de/exhibition/exhibition-detail/house-of-mirrors-artificial-intelligence-as-phantasm.html House of Mirrors – Artificial Intelligence as Phantasm] at HMKV, Dortmund.
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His Ph.D. at Bauhaus University Weimar developed a [http://databasecultures.irmielin.org/about-database-cultures/ media archeological genealogy of database technology and practices].
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In 2022/23 Hunger was guest professor at the [[Intermedia MKE Budapest|Intermedia program]] of the Hungarian Academy for Visual Arts, Budapest.
  
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Hunger’s artistic work is exhibited internationally. Increasingly he writes papers on the history of computing, Artificial Intelligence, art and curating. Numerous festival participations, talks, lectures, publications, screenings and academic lectures. He occasionally curates exhibitions, teaches at universities regularly and publishes on mastodon. [https://www.irmielin.org/cv/ (2024)]
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* http://www.irmielin.org/
 
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* http://databasecultures.irmielin.org
 
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* http://www.academia.edu/4778340/Storytellers_of_the_Information_Age_On_the_Media_Archaeology_of_Suzanne_Treister_and_Francis_Hunger
 
  
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== Publications ==
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* Search Routines. Tales of Databases. D21 Leipzig 2015, with [[Lena Brüggemann]]
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* History has left the building. Spector Leipzig, 2012, with [[Inke Arns]], [[Fabian Saavedra-Lara]]
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* editor, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=234 How I Learned to Love RFID]'', Dortmund: HMKV, 2006, [18] pp. {{en}}
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* Satellite, Border, Footprints. HMKV Dortmund, 2010, with Patrick Funk
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* Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System. Kettler Dortmund, 2008, with [[Inke Arns]]
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* editor, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=233 Satellite Voyeurism Reader]'', Dortmund: HMKV, 2008, 48 pp. {{en}}
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* Setun. An inquiry into the ternary Soviet computer. Institut für Buchkunst Leipzig, 2008
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* ''Setun: eine Recherche über den sowjetischen Ternärcomputer / Setun. An Inquiry Into the Ternary Soviet Computer'', Leipzig: Institut für Buchkunst, 2008, 200 pp. [http://www.irmielin.org/setun-an-inquiry-into-the-soviet-ternary-computer/] {{de}}/{{en}}
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* editor, with [[Inke Arns]], ''Anna Kournikova von memeright trusted system beseitigt / Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System'', Dortmund: Kettler, 2008, 224 pp. Catalogue. {{de}}/{{en}}
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* editor, with Patrick Funk, ''Satellite, Border, Footprints / Satellit, Grenze, Fussabdruck'', Dortmund: HMKV, 2010, 115 pp. With essays by Lisa Parks, Francis Hunger, Patrick Funk and the participating artists. [http://www.irmielin.org/footprints-over-dortmund/] [http://www.hmkv.de/satelliteborderfootprint/]  
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* ''Francis Hunger. History Has Left the Building'', ed. Inke Arns, Dortmund: HMKV, and Leipzig: Spector Books, 2012, 102 pp. [https://spectorbooks.com/book/history-has-left-the-building Publisher]. [http://www.irmielin.org/history-has-left-the-building-catalogue-2012/] {{en}}/{{de}}
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* ''[[Media:Francis_Hunger_History_Has_Left_the_Building_Suzanne_Treister_Hexen_2.0_2012.pdf|Francis Hunger: History Has Left the Building / Suzanne Treister: Hexen 2.0]]'', Dortmund: HMKV, 2012, 32 pp. With texts by Inke Arns and Fabian Saavedra-Lara. {{en}}/{{de}}
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* editor, with Lena Brüggemann, ''[[Media:Search Routines Tales of Databases 2015.pdf|Search Routines: Tales of Databases]]'', Leipzig: D21 Kunstraum, 2015, 134 pp. Catalogue. [https://issuu.com/kunstraumd21/docs/search_routines-tales_of_databases Issuu]. {{en}}
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* editor, with [[Inke Arns]] and Marie Lechner, ''[[Media:House of Mirrors Artificial Intelligence as Phantasm 2022.pdf|House of Mirrors: Künstliche Intelligenz als Phantasma / Artificial Intelligence as Phantasm]]'', Dortmund: Kettler, and Dortmund: HMKV, 2022, 207 pp. Exh. magazine. [https://www.hmkv.de/exhibition/exhibition-detail/house-of-mirrors-artificial-intelligence-as-phantasm.html Exhibition]. {{de}}/{{en}}
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* editor, with [[Inke Arns]], Eva Birkenstock, and Dominik Bönisch, ''[[:File:Training_the_Archive_Publication_for_educational_purposes_do_not_redistribute.pdf|Training the Archive]]'', Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, and Aachen: Ludwig Forum Aachen, 2024, 213 pp. [https://trainingthearchive.ludwigforum.de/ Project website], [https://trainingthearchive.ludwigforum.de/en/book/]. [https://www.buchhandlung-walther-koenig.de/koenig2/index.php?mode=details&showcase=1&art=1656141 Publisher]. {{en}}/{{de}}
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* [http://www.irmielin.org/texts-essays/ more]
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== Links ==
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* [https://www.irmielin.org/ Website]
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* [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6948-4256 ORCID profile] (academic texts)
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* [[Base:Mastodon|Mastodon:]] [[Mastodon::https://dair-community.social/@databasecultures]]
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[[Series:Media archaeology]]
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Latest revision as of 22:17, 6 March 2024

Francis Hunger’s practice combines artistic research and media theory with the capabilities of narration through installations, radio plays and performances and internet-based art. Since 2024 Francis is lecturer (‘Künstlerischer Mitarbeiter’) at the class for Emergent Digital Media at Academy of Fine Arts Munich. In 2020-2023 he was a researcher for the project Training The Archive at Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, critically examining the use of AI, statistics and pattern recognition for art and curating. In 2022 he co-curated with Inke Arns and Marie Lechner the exhibition House of Mirrors – Artificial Intelligence as Phantasm at HMKV, Dortmund. His Ph.D. at Bauhaus University Weimar developed a media archeological genealogy of database technology and practices. In 2022/23 Hunger was guest professor at the Intermedia program of the Hungarian Academy for Visual Arts, Budapest.

Hunger’s artistic work is exhibited internationally. Increasingly he writes papers on the history of computing, Artificial Intelligence, art and curating. Numerous festival participations, talks, lectures, publications, screenings and academic lectures. He occasionally curates exhibitions, teaches at universities regularly and publishes on mastodon. (2024)

Publications[edit]

  • Setun: eine Recherche über den sowjetischen Ternärcomputer / Setun. An Inquiry Into the Ternary Soviet Computer, Leipzig: Institut für Buchkunst, 2008, 200 pp. [1] (German)/(English)
  • editor, with Inke Arns, Anna Kournikova von memeright trusted system beseitigt / Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System, Dortmund: Kettler, 2008, 224 pp. Catalogue. (German)/(English)
  • editor, with Patrick Funk, Satellite, Border, Footprints / Satellit, Grenze, Fussabdruck, Dortmund: HMKV, 2010, 115 pp. With essays by Lisa Parks, Francis Hunger, Patrick Funk and the participating artists. [2] [3]
  • Francis Hunger. History Has Left the Building, ed. Inke Arns, Dortmund: HMKV, and Leipzig: Spector Books, 2012, 102 pp. Publisher. [4] (English)/(German)

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