Gabor Fabricius
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Gábor Fabricus is in the Hungarian
advertising and media industry, a filmmaker and cultural lobbyist. He is the co-founder and creative director of Republic Group Ltd., one of Hungary’s advertisement and production companies.
, Hungary
. Following a passion for visual art and music, Fabricius started his career as the keyboardist and VJ for various bands before he turned towards the media. He is a graduate of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
in Budapest
and Central Saint Martins College in London. His professors included Mike Figgis
, Andy Haslam and Patricia Austin.
Ambitious to establish a stance in the a cultural and artistic scene in Central Europe
, Fabricius focused on social awareness and civil campaigns, affiliating with commercials, music videos, short features, printed press, web 2.0 projects, and other cinematic, musical and multimedia initiatives. Among these were Live, the widely popular Sziget Festival documentary, Ittvan.org, the non-profit foundation raising national identity and awareness, and Alter & Kiss, the recently re-launched Central European fashion label.
Since 2007, Fabricius has been a professor in Media Theory, Trends, and Visual Communication
at WERK Akademia in Budapest.
Puha Neon Fejlövés (Soft Neon Headshots), which deals with many issues and personal questions he has been confronted with in the world of power and fame during his past 10 years. The book tells the story of a newborn-yet-collapsing Eastern Europe
an capitalism
.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
advertising and media industry, a filmmaker and cultural lobbyist. He is the co-founder and creative director of Republic Group Ltd., one of Hungary’s advertisement and production companies.
Biography
Fabricius was born in BudapestBudapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. Following a passion for visual art and music, Fabricius started his career as the keyboardist and VJ for various bands before he turned towards the media. He is a graduate of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design , former Hungarian University of Arts and Design, is located in Budapest, Hungary. The university is committed to training traditional artist-craftsmen, as well as architects, designers and visual communication designers...
in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
and Central Saint Martins College in London. His professors included Mike Figgis
Mike Figgis
Michael "Mike" Figgis is an English film director, writer, and composer.-Personal life:Figgis was born in Carlisle, England and grew up in Africa. Figgis for several years had a relationship with the actress Saffron Burrows and cast her in several films...
, Andy Haslam and Patricia Austin.
Ambitious to establish a stance in the a cultural and artistic scene in Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
, Fabricius focused on social awareness and civil campaigns, affiliating with commercials, music videos, short features, printed press, web 2.0 projects, and other cinematic, musical and multimedia initiatives. Among these were Live, the widely popular Sziget Festival documentary, Ittvan.org, the non-profit foundation raising national identity and awareness, and Alter & Kiss, the recently re-launched Central European fashion label.
Since 2007, Fabricius has been a professor in Media Theory, Trends, and Visual Communication
Visual communication
Visual communication as the name suggests is communication through visual aid and is described as the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon...
at WERK Akademia in Budapest.
Accolades
- In 2000, Fabricius won a Gold Media Lion in Cannes for his film Dance.
- In 2008, Fabricius received a special award for multicultural achievement from the British CouncilBritish CouncilThe British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
.
Published works
In April 2009, Fabricius published his first novelNovel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
Puha Neon Fejlövés (Soft Neon Headshots), which deals with many issues and personal questions he has been confronted with in the world of power and fame during his past 10 years. The book tells the story of a newborn-yet-collapsing Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
an capitalism
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system that became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism. There is no consensus on the precise definition nor on how the term should be used as a historical category...
.