Monika Fleischmann

Interview

• "New frontiers of digital art" (Milano, Facoltà di Architettura, 25/10/95)

Biography

Monika Fleischmann is a media artist and head of computer art activities at GMD's Institute for Media Communication. In 1988 she was one of the founder members of Art+Com in Berlin, a research institute for computer assisted media research. Her multidiscipline background (fashion design, art and drama, computergraphics) have made her an expert in the world of art, computer science and media technology. Her works deal with identity and perception, the research projects are based on interface design, and new forms of communication.

Her main interest is bringing poetry and imagination into media artworks. In 1992 she was awarded the Golden Nica for "Home of the Brain" at Ars Electronica in Linz. The "Liquid Views" installation was chosen for Siggraph's Machine Culture 1993 and the ARC Media Festival in Los Angeles, 1994. In 1993 she was nominated for the Unesco Award. Her work with her partner Wolfgang Strauss (media-architect) and computer scientists like Christian Bohn (GMD) and Dirk Luesebrink (Art+Com) is exhibited worldwide.

She is a member of Goethe institute's advisory board for MEDIA and is involved in program committees on international conferences like Cyberconf Madrid 96, Eurographics '96, Ciber@rt Valencia 96. She curates the Art & Multimedia Session of ACM Multimedia '96 in Boston: "Storytelling after Cinema". In 1994 she initiatedthe Cyberstar competition on interactive concepts and visions together with WDR and with the help of German Telekom.

Bibliography

Among her recent publications are:

• Fleischmann, M., Strauss, W.; "Internet - a digital Muse ?" in Perspektiven der Medienkunst, Edition ZKM, Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 1996.
• Fleischmann, M., Strauss, W.; "The body as an interface" in DOMUS 779, Magazin for Architecture Design Art Communication, February 1996.
• Fleischmann, M., Strauss, W.; "GMD - Artwork", La Nuova Europa - A New Europe, L'Epos, Catalogue of the Art, Biennale of Venice.
• Fleischmann, M., Bohn, C., Strauss, W.; "Liquid People", The Shape of Cities in the Future, InterCommunication Catalogue, 1995, Tokyo.
• Fleischmann, M., Bohn, C., Strauss, W.; "Rigid Waves", Prix UNESCO 1993 for the Promotion of the Arts, Paris.
• Fleischmann, M.; "Virtual Walk Through Berlin -Visiting A Virtual Museum", Proceedings, Guide and Metaphors, Imagina 1992, Monte Carlo, Monaco, INA, Paris.