Stipend Night
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 7 pm

Johan Grimonprez (Brussels), Dagmar Keller/Martin Wittwer (Cologne) and Florian Zeyfang (Berlin) will each present their current project at the Edith Russ Site for Media Art on June 12. Each will have thirty minutes for a multimedia presentation of the projects they will work on during their stipend from the Edith Russ Site for Media Art. In September and October 2002 the stipend recipients will be integrated further into the activities of the media art site. The artists are free to put on special events, conduct workshops or exhibit their work.

A grant provided by the Foundation of Lower Saxony has made is possible to award each of these artists (duos) a 10,000 Euro stipend for June to December 2002. The international competition was juried by five experts in New Media at the Edith Russ Site. The was jury led by its director, Rosanne Altstatt.

Exhibitions (selected):

Johann Grimonprez
2002 Trauma, Hayward Gallery in Colaboration with Dundee contemporary Arts, Venue TBC
2000 Deitch Projects, New York
1997 documenta X, Kassel


Johan Grimonprez

Florian Zeyfang
2002 Werkleitz Biennale, Leipzig
2002 Moving Lines, Galerie Wohnmaschine Berlin
2001 Animation, PS1, New York


Fokussy (Detail), 2002

Dagmar Keller/Martin Wittwer
2002 In Szene gesetzt, ZKM Karlsruhe
2002 Kunstpreis der Deutschen V+R Banken, Kunst-Werke Berlin
2001 Viper, International Festival for Film, Video and New Media, Basel


"Say Hello to Peace and Tranquility" (Video Still), 2001

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