CV

  • born on May 17th 1970 in Munich / Germany
  • studied at the Hochschule für Politik, Munich / Germany
  • apprenticeship as a goldsmith with Frank Müller, Munich / Germany
  • studied in the class for gold- and silversmith with Prof. Ulla Mayer
    (Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg; 1996-2002; Meisterschüler)
  • studied media art with Prof. Michael Saup / Prof. Mischa Kuball / Paul Modler
    (Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe; 2002-2005)
  • guest artist at the ZKM (Center for Art and Media) Karlsruhe (since 2006)
  • executive producer (representative of Hans-Burkhard Schlichting) at the radioplay department
    (Hörspiel-Studio & ars acustica) of the Südwestrundfunk (SWR2) Baden-Baden (2007-2008)
  • head of the Media art/sound department at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (2008-2015)
  • executive producer at the radioplay department (ars acustica) of the Südwestrundfunk (SWR2) Baden-Baden (since 2008)
  • lecturer for sound art at HfG Karlsruhe (since 2015)
  • lecturer for radio drama at KIT/ZAK (since 2017)

internship

  • SWR Baden-Baden (Hörspiel department SWR2; 2002)
  • ZKM Karlsruhe (Institute for basic research; 2005)

honours/prices

  • scholarship (media art) at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (2002)
  • scholarship (guest artist) at the ZKM (Center for Art and Media) Karlsruhe (since 2006)

projects and exhibitions (extract)

  • Klangskulpturen - object (Gasteig Munich, with Francois Baschet; 1991)
  • Wertsachen - exhibition / catalogue (Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg; 1997)
  • Silberschleifen - Hörspiel CD + installation (Rosenheim Lokschuppen "Nürnberger Silberschmiede"; November 2001)
  • Handgepäck - exhibition / catalogue (Korean Craft Promotion Foundation, Seoul, Korea; 2002)
  • Das letzte Band - theatre piece by Christina Müller after Samuel Beckett / 4 channel sound conception (media theatre HfG Karlsruhe; October 2002)
  • viscosys.net - media project / sound design, production and collaboration on the concept (HfG; 2002)
  • Spielstand - Hörspiel project CD / production project and 4 tracks for the CD (broadcasted by SWR2; July 27th 2003)
  • The RealUnreal - theatre piece by Steffen Schmerse / 8 channel sound concept (media theater HfG Karlsruhe; July 2003)
  • Mutabor - Hörspiel by Sabine Stein / music sampling (broadcasted by DeutschlandRadioBerlin; August 29th 2003)
  • Am Nerv der Zeit - DVD with interviews by Johann Gerhard Lischka / digitalizing and mastering (Edition ZKM Hatje Cantz; November 2003)
  • Die arabische Nacht - live Hörspiel by Marlene Baldauf from Roland Schimmelpfennig / 8 channel acoustic images (media theatre HfG Karlsruhe; November 7th - 9th 2003)
  • ichich - dance-theatre project by Sonja Füsti, Frank Halbig, Sabine Karb and Markus Vögele from Ingeborg Bachmann (media theatre HfG Karlsruhe; March 5th - 6th and June 18th 2004)
  • Die Gerechten - theatre piece by Albert Camus, staged by Jürgen Siehler / 4 channel sound scenography (Badisches Staatstheater Insel; season 03/04 and 04/05)
  • BACOSA - Saxophones/E-guitar/live-electronics (various gigs since June 2004; e.g. World New Music Festival / Stuttgart 2006) www.bacosa.de
  • Out Of Focus - film by Carsten Kraus and Philipp Rosenbeck / sound mixing and music (HfG Karlsruhe; September 2004)
  • SOL - audio visual installation by Florian Grond, Jesper Munk Jensen and Thorbjørn Lausten (Steirisc[:her:]bst (Musikprotokoll); October 21st - 24th 2004 / ZKM media theatre; November 6th - 7th 2004 / Esbjerg Kunstmuseum; March 15th - May 29th 2005 / Festival della Scienza; October 27th - November 27th 2005 / Future University Hakodate; February 6th - 9th 2006 / Tokyo Design Center; February 12th - 19th 2006) www.sol-sol.de
  • TransDADAexpress - Alvin Curran with Frank Halbig (live-broadcast of the EBU-evening of the Ars Acustica / SWR2; January 17th 2006 from 8.03 pm to 12.00 pm)
  • TransDADAexpress 2 / extraordinary renderings - Alvin Curran with Frank Halbig (broadcasted at SWR2; November 7th 2006 / live at ARD Hörspieltage at the ZKM; November 10th 2006)
  • Antarktika - a climatic time-travel - concert for string quartet, live-elektronics and video projections / 8 channel (December 10th 2006) www.antarktika.at