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Gitte Villesen
Born 1965, Ansager,
Denmark
Lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin
Education
| 1987-90
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Literature
at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 1991-92
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The
Academi of Fyn, Odense, Denmark. |
| 1992-1999
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The
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Solo exhibitions
| 2009 |
I will Arrange Everything. It Will Be the Best Film Ever, Casco - Office for Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 2008 |
Juju White Magic, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2006 |
Presentation
of Gitte Villesen, Little Warsaw, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2003
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Solveig
(in cooporation with Lars Erik Frank), Ovengaden, Copenhagen,
Denmark |
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Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain |
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Søren
Weillings Small Town Museum, Box, Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Jessie
and The Building,Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland |
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Two
works, Iaspis galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2002
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Two
guided tours at the The Creative Reuse Warehouse, Langenhagen
Kunstverein, Langenhagnen, Germany |
| 2001
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The
Building, The Bikeshop, Andys furnitures, Galleri Nicolai Wallner,
Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Kathrine
makes them and Bent collects them, Gallerie Mehdi Courakri,
Berlin, Germany |
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5
works by Gitte Villesen, Lophem Kunsthalle, Brugge, Belgium |
| 1999
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Wiener
Secession, Wien, Austria. |
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INOVA,
Milvaukee, U.S.A. |
| 1998
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Kathrine
makes them and Bent collects them, Galleri Nicolai Wallner,
Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 1997
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Who
gets the food and Willy goes for a drive, Project room, Århus
Kunstmuseum, Århus, Denmark. |
| 1995
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Tre
gange Ludo, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Willy
as DJ, Galleri LXX, Århus, Denmark. |
| 1994 |
It
was a Wonderful periode full of happiness and a loss of a lot
of money, at Peter Lands flat, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Group exhibitions
| 2009 |
Foto, stumfilm og maleri, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark |
| 2008 |
Reality Check, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Just Different, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Holland |
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15 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2007 |
Shrinking
Cities, SPACES Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California |
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die präsenzproduzenten, Colombus Art Foundation, Ravensburg, Germany |
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E-flux Video Rental, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France |
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E-flux Video Rental, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, Massachusets, USA |
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Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2006 |
Hit
the North, Nordic Film and Videoart, Filmform, Stockholm, Sweden |
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E-flux Video Rental, Arthouse at the Jones Center- Contemporary Art for Texas, Austin, Texas, USA |
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Dreamlands Burn, Müscarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary |
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How to Build a Universe, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, California, USA |
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Archaeology of Reality, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art- LCCA, Riga |
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Mission:
Reality, Museet for samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark |
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Politische Wahrheiten, heidelberger kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany |
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100 Tage= 100 Videos, heidelberger kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany |
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It is hard to touch the real, grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria |
| 2005 |
Venice
Biennale (The Danish Pavillion), Venice, Italy |
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Human Nature, Pump House Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
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Emotion Pictures, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 2004 |
Berlin North, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany |
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Auschwitz-Prozess 4 Ks 2/63, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany |
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Sparwasser HQ at Platform, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2003 |
Breaking
the Law, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany |
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10e Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement, Geneva, Switzerland |
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Fra Objektiv til Objekt, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Ten years anniversary exhibition, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Videofestival, Kunstvein Münchn, Munich, Germany |
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Moderna Museet c/o, Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden |
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Centre
d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2002 |
Enatchment
of the Self, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Ôsterreich |
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Touch:
Relational Art from the 1990s to Now, San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, U.S.A. |
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Geschichte(n),
Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria |
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Samisk
Kunstfestival, Kirkenes, Norway |
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Esplanaden,
Charlottenborgs udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Eventyrhaven
i Voldsmose, Odense, Denmark |
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Pause,Gwangju
Biennale 2002, Gwangju, Korea |
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Video
Works, Kunstners Hus, Oslo, Norway |
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ESAP,
Perpigna, France |
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Attachment+,
arranged by Kunsthalle Lophem, Brugge, Belgium |
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Video
Works, Kunstners Hus, Oslo, Norway |
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ESAP,
Perpigna, France |
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Blick, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
| 2001 |
LocalMotion,
Gallerie fŸr Zeitgenössiche Kunst, Leipzig |
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Milan
Europe 2000, Milan, Italy |
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Blick, Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden |
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Blick, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Esplanaden,
Kunsthallen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Du
er helt ny - du er retro, Danske Grafikernes Hus, Copenhagen,
Denmark. |
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Group
Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2000 |
Still
or My eyes can only look at you, Gelerie Enja Wonneberger, Kiel,
Germany. |
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Contacts,
Centre D'Art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland. |
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Organising
Freedom, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Crossing
Boundairies, Filmhuset, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Organising
Freedom, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Use
your illusion, part 3, Arnolfini, Bristol, England. |
| Wonderful
Copenhagen, Stadtgallerie, Kiel, Germany. |
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Etat
des lieux, Centre de Art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland. |
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Naust,
Bergen Culturel Capital 2000, Bergen, Norway. |
| 1999 |
Télé
[o], Ecran Total c/o Erban, Nantes, France |
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Videos
by Gitte Villesen, Moderna Musset, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Videos
by Gitte Villesen, Salon 3, London, England |
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Come
in and find out, vol. 1, Art club Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
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International
Neurotic Realisme, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland. |
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Lè
Grând Præmière Opénïng Shöw,
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Melbourne
Biennall, Melbourne, Australia. |
| 1998 |
Fleeting
Portraits - FlŸchtige portraits, Neue Gesellschaft fŸr bildende
Kunst, Berlin, Germany |
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Jonge
Deense kunst, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussel, Belgium |
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Come
Closer, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsamlung, Liechtenstein,
Nikolaj-Contemporary Art Center, |
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Copenhagen
and The Ludwig Museum Budapest-Museum for Contemporary Art,
Budapest |
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Boomerang,
Nikolaj-Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen |
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Manifesta
II, European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Luxembourg |
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Young
Danish Artists, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Bruxelles, Belgium. |
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Le
Printemps de Cahors, Cahors, France. |
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Contemporary
Art from Denmark and Sweden, Württembergischer Kunstverein,
Stuttgart, Germany. |
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Gallery
400, Chicago, U.S.A. |
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Here
Now - New Art from Denmark, Artspace, Sidney, Australia. |
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Scandinavian
Art, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsamlung, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. |
| 1997 |
New
Documentaries (Organized by Sally Berger and William Sloan),
Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.A. |
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Mitsui
Video Wall, Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.A. |
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10
Nordic Female Art, Townhall of Lund, Sweden. |
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det
extra, Riksutställningar, 5 different locations, Sweden. |
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art
calls, curated Jacob Fabricius, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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As
large as life, Raum für Kunst, Graz, Austria. |
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Letter
and Event, Apex art, New York, U.S.A. |
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G1,
Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany. |
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Human
Conditions, Helsinki Kunsthall, Helsinki, Finland. |
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A
Scenic De Tour Through Commodity, Maastricht, the Netherlands. |
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Joy
Joy, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland. |
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Animal,
CCA TV, Center of Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland. |
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Smart
Project space, ALMANAC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. |
| 1996 |
The
Scream - Borealis 8, Arken Museet for Moderne kunst, Ishøj,
Denmark. |
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Electronic
Undercurrents, The National Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen,
Denmark. |
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Ude
af form, Arken Museet for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark. |
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Monstrosities
1/2, Video Festival, Berlin, Germany. |
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27.680.000,
project shown on national TV, Sweden. |
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offside
-nordic natives in global viliage, Bergen, Norway. |
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UP-DATE,
Tubinehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 1995 |
Exotic,
Peter Kilshmann Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland. |
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Drawings,
Galleri Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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RAM,
Portalen, Museet for Samtidskunst, Hundige, Denmark |
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Vajre
gång jag ser dig, (curated by Nicolai Wallner), Malmö,
Sweden. |
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Vajre
gång jag ser dig, Index Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Wild
and Heart, Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, France. |
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2
dimensional teori, Nicolai Church, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Video
festival, Freidburg Kunsthal, Freidburg, Germany. |
| 1994
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Pyramide,
Galleri Mors Mössa, Götheborg, Sweden. |
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Atomic,
Oberwelt, Stuttgart and Titanic, Helsinki, Finland |
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Timeslice,
The National Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Galleri
med balkong, Trondheim, Norway |
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Opening
Show at Galleri Struts, Oslo, Norway. |
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Saga-basement,
Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 1993
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Free
ticket, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Opening
show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 1992
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Co
7, The vinjard, Odense, Denmark. |
Collections
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Arken
Museum of Modern Art Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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KIASMA,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland. |
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Århus
Kunstmuseum, Århus, Denmark. |
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Kobberstik samlingen,
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Moderna Musseet,
Stockholm, Sweden |
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Samtidsmusset,
Contemporary art museum, Oslo, Norway |
Articles/reviews (Selection)
| 2005 |
Neue Review
# 8, interview with the artist by Lotte Møller |
| 2004 |
"What's the
Difference?", Interview, Frieze issue 84, summer 2004 |
| 2003 |
"Echte
Persönlichkeit?", Kunst-Bulletin 1/2, by Raimar Stange |
| 2001 |
"DJ, interview
with Harvard", Pleasure Prison 2001, Datanom, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2000 |
Solo
Catalogue, Secession, Wien, Austria |
| 1999 |
"Make
it Funky", crossover zwischen Musik, Pop, Avantgarde und
Kunst, Oktagon, by Ulrike groos and Markus Müller |
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| 1998 |
"Addicted
to stories", by Luise Bæhrenz, Katalog, fall 98,
Odense |
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Bicycle Thieves |
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Manifesta |
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Copenhagen
Blender no. 3 p.p. 124-128, November 1998, by Karsten R.S. Ifversen. |
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The
Scream, Siksi Xll no. 1, p. 82, Spring 1997, by Karsten R.S.
Ifversen, |
| 1997 |
Human
Conditions, Siksi Xll no. 1, p.p. 83-84, Spring 1997, by Liutauras
Psibilskis. |
| 1996 |
Weekend
Avisen, Week 46, 1996. |
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Nudity
and small talk, Index no. 1, p.p. 44-47, 1996, by Lars Bang
Larsen. |
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Tools
for contacting the unknown...One-Two, Hello?, Siksi Xl no. 4,
p.p. 78 -79, Winter 1996, by Karl Holmqvist. |
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SOURCE,
Video Magazine of Contemporary Art, Sweden, 1996. |
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Art,
no. 8, Hamburg. |
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Hyperfoto,
no. 2, Oslo. |
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ZAPP,
Video Magazine, Amsterdam. |
| 1994 |
ArtLand,
no.1 1994 |
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