Benjamin Breitkopf
Benjamin Breitkopf was born in 1986 in Donaueschingen, Germany. He is a filmmaker and media artist. After an apprenticeship at SWR in Baden Baden, he studied visual arts at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. Alongside his artistic profession, Breitkopf works as a lecturer.
He documents everyday scenes from around the world and societal phenomena, which he then exhibits as sprawling installations, projections onto cityscapes and photographs. Together with artist Trond Ansten, he won the 2017 Canon “New Cosmos of Photography Award” and travelled to Tokyo to receive the prize. Breitkopf lives in Karlsruhe and works all over the world.
Artworks
Vita
born in Donaueschingen (GER)
Education
Diploma Media Art
Media Arts under Prof. Isaac Julien & Ludger Pfalz | University of Arts and Design | Karlsruhe (GER)
training as a media designer | SWR | Baden-Baden (GER)
Awards
Unesco City of Media Arts funding with Kilian Kretschmer and ato (GER)
„New cosmos of photography 2016“ Canon | Grand Prize | Tokyo (JPN)
„New cosmos of photography 2016“ by Canon | Honorable-Mention-Award | Tokyo (JPN)
Exhibition (selection)
Schacht Novelle | Kongressplatz | Karlsruhe (GER) (Solo show)
Yong Rebellion | A.K.T. | Pforzheim (GER)
The Ef | European Culture Day | Alter Schlachthof Karlsruhe (GER)
Planstadt Intrasphäre Phase ||| | ARD Hörspieltage | ZKM/HfG | Karlsruhe (GER)
Another man's floor | Photographic Art Museum | Tokyo (JPN)
Planstadt Intrasphäre Phase II | Dampfßreinerei | Karlsruhe (GER)
Planstadt Intrasphäre Phase I | Museum Night | ZKM/HfG | Karlsruhe (GER)
New cosmos of photography | Photographic Art Museum | Tokyo (JPN)
Und #9 | Dragoon Barocks | Karlsruhe (GER)
Tell Tales | Artfestival by OrgaOrga Collective | Mainz (GER)
European Theatre Convention – Digital innovation in theatre | ZKM | Karlsruhe (GER)
Frankfurt Position – Ich Reloaded | Mousonturm | Frankfurt a.M. (GER)
New cosmos of photography | Photographic Art Museum | Tokyo (JPN)
outward bound | Badische Landesbibliothek | Karlsruhe (GER)
Pop me | Orgelfabrik | Karlsruhe (GER)
Die Antwort (solo exhibition)| Kunstverein Letschebach | Karlsruhe (GER)
Los Gigantes no Existen | Altere Galeria | Mexico D.F. (MEX)
Prime Time Privacy | Morelos Offspace | Mexico D.F. (MEX)
Beyond 3D | ZKM | Karlsruhe (GER)
Globale | ZKM | Karlsruhe (GER)
Die Sachen kommen auf den Tisch | Nordbecken Atelier | Karlsruhe (GER)
Laut | Sound-Art Festival | Mainz (GER)
Laterna Magica | Nachtspeicher 23 | Hamburg (GER)
Griasdi | Ratskeller | Irsee (GER)
Once you have no horse (solo exhibition) | Alter Schlachthof | Karlsruhe (GER)
Owl Stripes – Werders Wohnzimmer (solo exhibition) | Bento | Karlsruhe (GER)
Eliptica_II | Public spaces | Panama City (PAN)
Kultuuritehas Festival | Kultuuritehas Polymer | Talinn (EST)
5 Fotografen 5 Tage | Gallery Schöne Aussichten | Berlin (GER) (Solo show)
Cinematography (selection)
Schacht Novelle | experimental musical (70min.)
Urban Nature by Rimini Protokoll | exhibition video | Kunsthalle Mannheim (GER)
Good Friends Club by Lucia Kilger & Nicolas Berge | exhibition video and light | Münchner Biennale für Tanztheater und Neue Musik (GER)
Last Park Standing by Pascal Wieandt | video for play | Theaterhaus G7 | Mannheim (GER)
How to become a terrorist von Mustafa Emin Büyükco | MINDBOMBS | Kunsthalle Mannheim (GER)
Schattenseiten ft. Igor | music video (8min) (FRA)
17 toner hvitt | Arctic epos (27min) | by Trond Ansten (NOR)
Once you have no horse then you do not know the way | film essay on three screens (22min) (UKR)
Luc Ferrari – Journal Intim by Aaron Kitzig | documentation/essay (56min.) (FR)