Marcel Odenbach
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Marcel Odenbach, with Ulrike Rosenbach and Klaus vom Bruch
, is one of the most well-established and internationally known German video artists. In the 1970s, they formed the producer group ATV. Odenbach's works paradigmatically criticize the specific conditions of the German society for which he usually finds literary titles referring to puns or traditional sayings.
Odenbach was a professor of media art at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
between 1992–98. He now lives and works in Cologne.
Klaus vom Bruch
Klaus vom Bruch is a German media artist who is considered a pioneer of German video art.-Biography:Vom Bruch studied conceptual art at the California Institute of the Arts with John Baldessari from 1975 to 1976, and philosophy at the University of Cologne from 1976 to 1980. With Ulrike Rosenbach...
, is one of the most well-established and internationally known German video artists. In the 1970s, they formed the producer group ATV. Odenbach's works paradigmatically criticize the specific conditions of the German society for which he usually finds literary titles referring to puns or traditional sayings.
Life and work
Odenbach was born in 1953 in Cologne, Germany, where he studied studied architecture, art history and semiotics between 1974–79. In the late 1970s, he started using video work, tapes, installations, performances and drawings to probe the cultural identity of his native Germany. His ambivalence to cultural history shows in works such as "Make a Fist in the Pocket", a German expression for hiding one's rage.Odenbach was a professor of media art at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
The Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe is a Germany university founded in 1992 by Professor Heinrich Klotz, who also founded its sister institution, the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe...
between 1992–98. He now lives and works in Cologne.
Some Video Works
- 1976-77: The Eternally Creative Hands or For All Art Historians (video, 4 minutes)
- 1977-78: To Stay in a Good Mood (video, 13 minutes)
- 1983: Die Distanz zwischen mir und meinen Verlusten
- 1984: I Do the Pain Test
- 1986: As If Memories Could Deceive Me
- 1986: In the Peripheral Vision of the Witness
- 1987: (Srecan Susret) Die gluckliche Begegnung (translation: The Happy Encounter, video, 6 minutes)
- 1994: Make a Fist in the Pocket
- 1995: Vom Kommen und vom Gehen (Coming and Going)
- 1995: Standing is not falling down
- 1997-98: The Consumation of My Own Critique (video, DVD player, monitor, chair)