PROGRAM REVIEW

2008
SHORT CIRCUIT
installation projection photography media-art

11/21/2008 – 12/14/2008

Works by Christian Dootz, Christoph Girardet, Ruth Hutter, Schahram Poursoudmand, Volker Schreiner and Alexander Steig

supported by Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover; collaboration with Eisfabrik e.V. and ART PRO MEDIA


FULLSCREEN - 13. Marl Videokunst-Preis
new art videos from Germany
09/05 – 09/28/2008
collaboration with the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl

Works by Daniel Burkhardt, Aki Nakazawa, Gudrun Kemsa, Clara S. Rueprich, Frank Bubenzer, Eli Cortinas Hidalgo, Roswitha von den Driesch/ Jens-Uwe Dyffort, Andreas Golinski, Florian Gwinner, Philipp Hartmann, Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Aurelia Mihai, Helmut Mittermaier, Johanna Reich, Harald Schleicher, Volker Schreiner, Daniela Schulz, Ignacio Uriarte, Maria Vedder und Ge-Suk Yeo.

supported by Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover; collaboration with Eisfabrik e.V. and ART PRO MEDIA


2007
"ASIA-EUROPE mediations"
KUNSTHALLE FAUST & FORO ARTISTICO
public space: Amtsgericht Hannover
Asian and European Contemporary Art HANNOVER - POZNAN - SHANGHAI
Installation Photography Object Video Media-installation Performance
6/27 - 8/5/2007

sponsored by: Land Niedersachsen, Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Stiftung für Deutsch-Polnische Zusammenarbeit, Hannover Marketing GmbH
supported by: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V., Kulturzentrum Faust e.V.
collaboration with: Zendai MOMA Shanghai, MONA Inner Spaces Poznan, Kultur und Justiz am Raschplatz e.V., Galeria Projektor Poznan


"12. Marler Videokunst-Preis"
new art videos from Germany
5/3 - 5/20/2007

collaboration with the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl

supported by Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover; collaboration with Eisfabrik e.V. and ART PRO MEDIA


2006
Stadtgespräch II: "Shrinking Cities - Shrink it positiv! But How?”
9/6/2006, 7:30 p.m.
panel discussion with Klaus. W. Eisenlohr, artist and film maker, Dr. Walter Prigge, foundation Bauhaus Dessau, Klaus-Dieter Weiss, architecture critic, moderator: Dr. Anne Müller von der Hagen

“Stadtgespräch” is a sequence of discussions about constructing, residing and living in the town, organized by the Architektenkammer Niedersachsen and the Landestreuhandstelle Niedersachsen


"StattLäden" - a district of a town becomes an exhibition venue; empty shops provide space for art
presentation of the project with videos, fotos, scetches and plans
9/2 - 9/3/2006
works by Anja Bremer + Beate Kirsch (D), Christian Dootz (D), Klaus W. Eisenlohr (D), Egbert Mittelstädt (D), Marnix de Nijs (NL), Stefan Panhans (D), Michelle Teran (CAN)

collaboration with Eisfabrik e.V. and ART PRO MEDIA


"wenn man weiss, dass man wegfährt"/ "when you know you'll travel"
2/23 - 3/19/2006

media and installations
works by Dennis Bettels, Dennis Feser, Alexandra Gerbaulet, Samuel Henne, Ingo Mittelstaedt, Katja Mittrenga, Andrea Röpke, Per Olaf Schmidt, Karin Then, Kathrin Wolkowicz. Guest artist: Barbara Hindahl

supported by Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Förderkreis der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig; collaboration with Eisfabrik e.V. and ART PRO MEDIA


2005
"TripTic"
12/1 - 12/18/2005
Norbert Meissner (D)
review - pictures, objects, installations, video documentations

supported by: Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover; collaboration with: Eisfabrik e.V. and ART PRO MEDIA


"Neue Deutsche Medienkunst"/ "New German Media Art"
11th Marler Video-Kunst-Preis and 4th Marler Video-Installations-Preis
9/22 - 10/16/2005
videos, installations, installation concepts
works by: Christoph Girardet/ Matthias Müller, Tim Coe, Stefanie Unruh, Claudius Wachtmeister, Patrick Palucki, Bettina Erzgräber, Canan Yilmaz, Matias Bechtold, Dorothea Etzler, Jakobine Engel, Gunda Förster, Wiebke Grösch, Frank Metzger, Oliver Held, Inge Kamps, Axel und Detlef Klepsch, Mischa Kuball, Katrin Leitner, Jenny Michel, Ingrid Mwangi, Andreas Rose, Claudia Aravena Abughosh, Jürgen Cill, Constantino Ciervo, Gerd Conrath, Pascal, Fendrich, Bernd Härpfer, Beate Geissler, Oliver Sann, Dominik Hebestreit, Jerome Pflüger, Eno Henze, Andreas Lorenschat, Rainer Junghanns, Martin Knott, Esther Neumann, Julian Rosefeld, Volker Schreiner, Eva Teppe, Miriam Thyes, Julia Weidner

supported by: Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Stiftung der Sparkasse Hannover, Stella Hotel Hannover; collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


"Review 91 - 05"
9/3 and 9/4/2005
Foro Artistico looks back on 14 years of media art, exhibitions and events with posters, videos and interactive CD-ROMs.


"Schalten Sie Ihren Fernseher ab!"/ "Switch Off Your TV Set!" - FLUXUS pioneers revisited
4/30 - 5/1 and 5/3 - 5/22/2005
Media installation and 24-hour-event by Hartmut Jahn (D)

supported by: Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Stella Hotel Hannover, erdmanns Filmproduktion Hannover
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


2004
"Stadt der Plätze"
9/4 - 9/5/2004
Media installation by Klaus W. Eisenlohr


supported by: Kulturbüro der Stadt Hannover, Stiftung Kulturregion Hannover, nordmedia Fonds GmbH
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


"shift - close up"
2/13 - 2/29/2004
European exhibition project in cooperation with Imagespassages (F), Art Gene (GB) and AV Arkki (FIN).
Mediea installations by Alli Maria Savolainen (FIN), McCormack & Gent (GB), Alexander Steig (D), Jean-Daniel Berclaz (F) and Sigrid Coggins (F)


supported by: Europäische Kommission/ Education et Culture 2000, Hannover Stiftung/ Stiftung der Sparkasse Hannover, Niedersächsische Lottostiftung, Bureau culturel français Niedersachsen, Stella Hotel Hannover, Kulturbüro der Stadt Hannover
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


2003
"Who's next?"
9/5 - 9/21/2003
Mediea installations by
Alexander Steig and Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag & Peter Carp

supported by: Stella Hotel Hannover, Kulturbüro der Stadt Hannover
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


2002
"Untouchable"
8/29 - 9/29/2002
Mediea installations by Anna Anders & Klaus Gasteier "Touchscreen", Andreas Siefert "Dropshadow", Jesse Klozenbücher "Falling Water"

supported by: Preview entertainment-technology Hannover, Henkel Printmedia GmbH Hannover, Stella Hotel Hannover, Kulturbüro der Stadt Hannover
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


"Cathedral of Emptiness"
3/8 - 3/23/2002
During the 2nd Festival of Women at the Ice Factory: the worldwide first show of the video installation "The Cathedral of Emptiness" of the New York multimedia and performance artist Kathy Rose.
Foro Artistico, Commedia Futura and Eisfabrik e.V. present this show of Kathy Rose together.


supported by: Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Bezirksrat Südstadt-Bult
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V., Commedia Futura


2001
FO:ROM_3/ Installation, animation, video lounge
October 2001 - May 2002, 10 Events

supported by: Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, novum! Werbemedien Hannover, Stella Hotel Hannover, nacamar, AA Computerprofis Hannover, nordmedia Fonds GmbH, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Gahrens & Battermann Hannover
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


"Only the Lonely"
8/31 - 9/23/2001
Media installations by: Hermen Maat, Scott Sona Snibbe, Wolf Helzle & Luigi Consalvo

supported by: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, novum! Werbemedien Hannover, nacamar, Radio Flora, AA Computerprofis Hannover, Königlich Niederländische Botschaft Berlin, Stella Hotel Hannover, Kulturbüro der Stadt Hannover
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


"Rencontre Vidèo - Video Wokshop"

5/2. - 5/4/2001 in Annecy, France
A meeting of young video authors, students and artists from France, Finland, England, Italy and Germany.
Participants for FORO ARTISTICO: Jan -Peter
E.R. Sonntag: "Modern Minimal Disco", sound installation (1996/99), Alexander Steig "Flying", video installation (2000), Karen Thiele: video documentations, Jochen Schloeder: "Die Winterreise", "Pastadropping", "Laterne, Laterne", video tapes (1999/00)

supported by: „Youth for Europe“/ Europäischen Gemeinschaft


2000
 "Imagespassages"
9/3 - 9/24/2000
Video, CD-ROMs and sound installations by: Christoph Girardet, Zaki Omar, Hanno Baethe, Jesse Klozenbücher, Björn Melhus, Volker Schreiner, Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag, Alexander Steig

supported by: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Opus 5, nacamar, Stella Hotel Hannover, Kulturbüro der Stadt Hannover
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


"SCAPE"
7/6 - 8/6/2000
An exhibition architecture with media installations by students of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, class of associate professor Volker Schreiner

supported by: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Opus 5, nacamar, Schaulandt Braunschweig, Stella Hotel Hannover, Kulturbüro der Stadt Hannover
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V., Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig


1999
FO:ROM_2/ Media and netart projects
December 1998 - May 1999, 12 Events

supported by: Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Sparda Bank Hannover, Opus 5, The British Council, event concept
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Atelier 10 Multimedia Webdesign, nacamar


"Sommerfrische"
7/22 - 8/1/1999
Video sculpturs, installations and internet projects from the film and videoclass of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
Works by:Christian Dootz, Gerdine Frenck, Henrik Freiberg, Katrin Herbel, Karen Thiele, Susanne Winterling, Frank Werner and Fei Zhou.

supported by: Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, nacamar, Opus 5
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V., Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig


1998
"RODEO"
7/23 - 8/2/1998
Video sculptures and installations from the film and videoclass of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Volker Schreiner (lectureship)
Works by: Anke Fischer, Gerdine Frenck, Ruth Hutter, Jesse Klozenbücher, Jan Korthäuer, Vadim Schäffler, Karen Thiele, Constance Westhoven and Fei Zhou.

supported by: Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Stadtbezirksrat Südstadt-Bult, nacamar, Opus 5
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V., Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig


1997
"Giacometti's Scale"
11/22/1997
MULTILINEAR Festival for Text + Image
(link opens in new window) presents Giacometti`s Scale, a video installation by Irit Batsry


up - and - coming
11/4 - 11/9/1997
Filmfestival and Foro Artistico present:

SIXCON, the virtual colonization of the 6th continent, a multimedia project by students of the Hochschule der Künste Berlin
LOOP-O-RAMA, an endlessfilm installation
ALIVE! CREATOR/DESTROYER, by Bernd Diemer, an artificial biosphere from the cyberworld of the www.


Das große Projektoren-Rennen/ The Big Film Racing
9/13/1997
11 years Film und Medienbüro Niedersachsen - 10 years FORO ARISTICO.
Together we are 21!!
Realisation: Film & Racing Promotor Jörn Zehe


FO:ROM_1/ Screenings und Performances
July - December 1997, 10 events

supported by: Kulturbüro der Stadt Hannover
cooperation with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


"Venetian Deer"
6/26/1997
Multimedia performance "die Veteranen" und "Stock, Hausen & Walkman"


"Under Coercion" 
2/13 - 3/9/1997
Video and computer installations by Beth B. (NY), Assaf Etiel (Israel), Graham Harwood (GB)


1996
"KUNSTMARKT Hannover - Zeitgenössische Kunst"/ "Art Fair Hannover - Contemporary Art"
11/21 -11/24/1998 in Hannover-Herrenhausen
Art playing together with new media and technology. Special show with works by Egbert Mittelstädt (video installation) and Gino Tavernini (licht sculpture)

cooperation of AG Kunstmarkt and Foro Artistico


"Subsoil"
11/14 - 12/8/1996
Video installations by Volker Schreiner and Christoph Girardet


"BUNA 4"
8/1 - 8/25/1996
Exhibition project by Olaf Arndt, Rob Moonen, Niels Peters, Alexander Thiele and Kerstin Weiberg and Richard Schütz


"Seilerstrasse"
5/10 - 6/2/1996 
Artists of the Ice Factory


"Shift"
3/28 - 4/21/1996
Video installation by Kjell Bjørgeengen (Norwegen)


"VideoMentale"
3/7 - 3/31/1996
Six artistic positions from Poland: Izabella Gustowska, Zbigniew Libera, Jozef Robakowski, Slawomir Sobczak, Jacek Staniszewski, Piotr Wyrzykowski


"TransVisionen"
1/12 - 2/4/1996
Video installations by Ana Torfs, Anne Quirynen, An-Marie Lambrechts, Peter Missotten (B) and Studio Azzurro (I)


"Wiedersehen"
12/14/1995 - 1/26/1997 
Media art from Lower Saxony


1995
"I-Beam Music"
8/19 - 8/20/1995
mechanized sound performance by Nicolas Anatol Baginski and Barry Schwartz (San Francisco, Ca.)


"Poets"
12/3/1995
music, words & video by Harald Bergmann (D)


"From The Personal Observatory"
10/19 - 11/12/1995
Video sculptures by Elsa Stansfield and Madelon Hooykaas (NL)


"Raw Material Vol. 1-11"
9/13 - 10/7/1995
Video composition for 11 monitors by Henning Lohner (D/USA)


"Sound Art '95"
6/3 - 6/24/1995
Sound installations by Christina Kubisch (D), Hans-Peter Kuhn (D) and David Rockeby (Can)


"Eislicht II"/ "Ice Light II"
4/20 - 5/14/1995
Gino Tavernini (D), Vito Orazem, Elmar Schüller and May Früh (CH)


"Frühlingserwachen"/ "The Awakening of Spring"
3/3 - 4/2/1995
78th autumn exhibition of the Art Association of Hanover, current works of six artists


"Partikelprojektion"/ "Particle Projection"
1/12 - 2/5/1995
Projektion installations and cinematographic sculptures.
Eleven artists from Deutschland and the Netherlands



1994
"4. Literaturforum Hannover"/ "4th Literary Forum Hannover"
10/21 - 10/30/1994
Truthtable by Mari Soppela (Finland/NL)
wet nurse / Die Amme II by Peter Dittmer (D)


"Sensible Systeme"/ "Sensitive Systems"
9/15 - 10/3/94
Two installations controlled by brainwave/ biofeedback
"Terrain 01" by Ulrike Gabriel, "braindrops" by Horst Prehn and Werner Cee (D)


"Enter 2 Installations"
3/10 - 4/17/1994
Multimedia environment by TODT (USA),
interactive video installation by Barney W. Haynes (San Francisco, Ca.)


supported by: Mediopolis Berlin e.V., VideoFest '94, EMAF Osnabrück, Land Niedersachsen, Stiftung Niedersachsen, Kulturbüro der Stadt Hannover, SPARDA Bank Hannover
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.


1993
"Shigeko Kubota Videoskulptur"
10/21 - 11/28/1993
(New York/Tokyo) Retrospektive by Shigeko Kubota with nine video installations and objekts


"kryptisch"
9/9 - 10/3/1993
Video installation and sculptures
Annebarbe Kau, Axel Klepsch, Norbert Meissner (D)


"Art That Barks - Art That Bites"
6/3 - 7/4/1993
Interactive video installation by Paul Garrin (New York)
Walldrawings & environment by Max Frazee (New York)


"Simon Biggs & Dalibor Martinis"
5/3 - 5/23/1993
Interactive computer installation, video projections and environment


Marcel Hermans & Weit Hoogeveen (NL)
3/18 - 4/12/1993
Video objects und installations


"Szene Hannover" 
12/5/1992 -1/10/1993
Autumn exhibition from the Hanover Art Association.
Light objects from Judith Ganz and Julia Neuenhausen, installation from Christoph Bartolosch and Peter Halves (D).


1992
"Versatz"
10/15 - 11/15/1992
Video sculptures by Claus Blume, Christoph Girardet and Volker Schreiner (D)


"Raumhören II"/ "Room Listening II"
8/27 - 9/20/1992
Sound installation and performance by Johannes S. Sistermanns (D)


"Meisterhaft"/ "Masters" 
25.6. - 12.7.1992
Final exhibition of the first master school year at the Fine Arts College in Hannover.


"Beat-Re-Beat II"
5/8/1992
Live-video-performance by Adam Boome (GB)


"Le Gel de la Memoire"
3/26 - 4/26/1992
Foto installations by Patrice Lefebvre (F)


1991
"raum Arbeit #8"
11/14 - 12/1/1991
Sound installation by Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag (D)

supported by: Land Niedersachsen
collaboration with: Art Pro Media, Eisfabrik e.V.