Moritz Fehr (*1981)
lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He studied Media Arts at Bauhaus-University Weimar and Tokyo National University of the Arts. Currently, he is a Ph.D.-Candidate in Fine Arts at Bauhaus-University Weimar and Studio for electroacoustic Music (SeaM).

His work includes sound and video installations, electroacoustic composition for performance and film and photography works. Two of his sound installations are permanently installed at the Velaslavasay Panorama Los Angeles (USA) and Jerusalem Panorama Altöting (Germany).

His latest work is a surround sound composition for the stereoscopic movie "The Book of Wisdom and Lies" which is screening at the Borzoi Cabinet Theater of the Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles.

Education:

2008-2012
Ph.D. Fine Arts - Artistic Research
(Bauhaus University, Weimar / Studio for electroacoustic Music (SeaM): Franz Liszt Academy,
Weimar, Germany

2006-2007
Inter Media Art
(Tokyo National University of the Arts, Japan)

2002-2008
Media Arts
(Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany)

Residencies & Grants:

2010 Center for Land Use Interpretation (Los Angeles), Wendover Residency
2010 DAAD-Research Scholarship USA
2009-2011 Graduate Scholarship Ph.D. (The State of Thuringia, Germany)
2009 Project Grant (Foundation Panorama Altötting, Germany)
2008-2009 Bauhaus Research School (Ph.D. - Studies)
2006-2007 DAAD-Scholarship (Media Arts) for Japan

 

Selected Exhibitions, Performances, Movie Festivals, Workshops and Publications:

2011
Labour of Love, revisited
The Rise of Amateurism in the Digital Age
Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Nachbarschaft
Eine hoffnungsvolle Fiktion für eine Stadt mit 50.000 obdachlosen Künstlern
Musik und Soundscapes für ein Musical
Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany

Workshop: Sense of Place
Künstlerische Praxis mit Ambsionics - Surround Sound
Studio für elektroakustische Musik (SeaM), Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt,
Weimar, Germany

Eure Armut kotzt mich an!
Der Obdachlose als ‚role model' in der zeitgenössischen Kunst
Galerie KUB, Leipzig, Germany

Vortrag: 'Vom Hören wissen'
Vorkonferenz: Artistic Research
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany

2010
Harmonograph
What Sounds Do We Hear?
NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo, Japan

The Velaslavasay Panorama in:
X-TREME STUDIO, Columbia College, Chicago, USA

Zwischen zwei Zentren
Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

Undefined Proportions: Mountains (with Peter Prautzsch)
Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

Die Scheinwerferin (with Naoko Tanaka)
PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany

2009
Monokultur II
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar / E-Werk, Germany

Permanent Soundinstallation
Jerusalem Panorama Altötting, Germany

Tiny Sounds Performance (with Peter Prautzsch)
Madame Claude, Berlin, Germany

Temporary Soundinstallation
Jerusalem Panorama Altötting, Germany

2008
Utopie & Dystopie
WDR3.pm Radio (with Mareike Maage)

17th International Panorama Conference
Talk: Sound Environments for Panoramas: Altötting and Los Angeles
Panometer Dresden, Germany

Media Arts Award (Honorary Mention)
Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany

Diploma Exhibition (Solo Exhibtion)
Glaskasten, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany

NewcomerWerkstatt 2/2008 Klangkunst
Deutschlandradio Kultur

Monokultur I
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar / E-Werk, Germany

Zerreißen und Zunähen hat seine Zeit
Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany

2007
Sound & Vision Vol.2
ZAIM Annex, Yokohama, Japan

Konstruktion des Augenblicks
WDR3.PM Radio (with Mareike Maage)

Hyper Cities / Über Städte
Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany

Permanent Soundinstallation
The Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, USA

Sound & Vision
ZAIM de Festa, ZAIM Annex, Yokohama, Japan

Silent Structures
Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan

Niguruma (Solo Exhibiton)
Tokyo University ofthe Arts ,Toride, Japan

2006
Works of Scholarship holders
DAAD-Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Flood
Soundperformance, Bul-let’s, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
(With Fumiko Kobayashi)

2005
Fluss
Wave Field Synthesis and 8-Channel Soundinstallation, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany

Fortfolgend
New Bauhaus University Library, Weimar, Germany
(With Anke Heelemann and Jens Rudolph)

Klangwelle
17-Channel Sound Installation, As part of „Evolution. Wege des Lebens“,
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany

Landmarks III (Soundperformance, with Peter Prautzsch)
Ausland, Berlin, Germany

2004
Permanent Soundinstallation
The Garden Eden on Wheels,
The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, USA

Art in Contact - Bauhaus goes Berlin SO36
Galerie Glück21, Berlin, Germany

Mein liebes Kreuzberg
Galerie Glück21, Berlin, Germany

Soundperformance
Liquidrom, Berlin, Germany

Landmarks II (Soundperformance)
E–Werk, Weimar, Germany

Zemos 98 Movie Festival,
Sevilla, Spain

2003
green.space2 – light/shadow H
aus am Horn, Weimar, Germany

European Media Arts Festival
Osnabrück, Germany

Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Stuttgart, Germany

next5minutes Festival
Amsterdam, Netherlands

exground Filmfestival
Wiesbaden, Germany

2002
Landmarks I - Variations on Jarret (Soundperformance with Peter Prautzsch)
Neues Theater, Munich, Germany

 

Selected Reviews / Bibliography / Press:

On the Soundinstallation at the Jerusalem Panorama in: Henry Johnson: MUSIC IN ART
International Journal for Music Iconography, Vol. XXXV, No. 1-2: Brushing up on Mutineers:
Music with Art at Fletcher's Mutiny Cyclorama, Norfolk Island, Spring - Fall 2010

On the Velaslavasay Panorama in: The Panorama in the Old World and the New
Gabriele Koller (ed.): Tagungsband der 12th International Panorama Conference, November 2004,
Hunter College of the City University of New York, Amberg 2010

The Wire Magazine (Issue 304): On Site: The Velaslavasay Panorama, June 2009
Passauer Neue Presse: Akustische Ebene für das Panorama, 07.08.2009

Alt-Neuöttinger Anzeiger: Das Panorama–jetzt auch zum Hören, 29.11.2008
TLZ: Leben hat seine Zeit, sterben auch, 10.05.2008
Allgemeiner Anzeiger: Zerreißen und Zunähen, 10.05.2008
Thüringer Allgemeine: Zerreißen und Zunähen, 26.04.2008
Micro: Zeitschrift der Studierenden, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 2008

Hyper Cities / Über Städte: Exhibition Catalogue, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst,
Courir Media, Bonn, 2007
DAAD-Magazin: Über Mega-Städte, September 2007
Berliner Zeitung: Chinakohl, besonders scharf, 2007
Berliner Gazette: Jetzt ist die Bahn voll, 28.09.2007
Frankfurter Rundschau: Halb offene Kisten, 19.09.2007
TAZ: Vor den Sextouristen, 17.09.2007
Tagesspiegel: Tänze des Wachstums, 07.09.2007
Art Ltd West Coast Art+Design USA: Studio 360, 04.06.2007

Greenspace2: Exhibition catalogue, Universitätsverlag Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 2005
Lausitzer Rundschau: Transparenz aus Licht und Ton, 31.08.2005

 

Film:

The Book of Wisdom and Lies (Experimental Documentary, 3D)
Ambisonic Sound Mix / Composition / B-Format Location Recording
Directed and produced by The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, 2012

Hannes Lindemann - Allein über den Ozean (Documentary, 6:50 Min., HD)
Sounddesign, Sound Composition
Directed by: Martin Zawadzki
Production: zzzFilm Berlin, 2010

Mein Robodad (Short Movie, 8 Min., 16mm)
Sound Recordist
Directed by Markus Dietrich, Production Gruppe Weimar, 2007/08
Festivals: Cannes Filmfestival (next Generation 2008)

Fallen Gelassen (Animation, 30 Min., HD)
Sounddesign, Soundmix
Directed by: Max Baberg, Daniel Büttner, 2007/08
Festivals: Winner Münster Short Film Festival, First Steps Award

Film um Nichts (Short Movie, 8 Min., DV)
Actor
Directed by: Susann Maria Hempel, 2006
Festivals: Kunstfilm Biennale Köln

Shibuya (Documentary, 14 Min., DV)
Director, Producer, 2007

Ihr Lacherer, schlagt die Lache an! (Short Movie, 8 Min., DV)
Actor
Directed by: Susann Maria Hempel, 2006

Im Punkt des Gleichgewichts (Documentary, 16 Min., DV)
Director, Producer, 2006

Wir sagen miteinander schlafen und meinen miteinander ganz wach sein
(Short Movie, 20 Min., HD)
Sound Recordist
Directed by: Jonas Weber Herrera

Innen / Aussen (Experimental Video, 3 Min., DV)
Director, Producer, 2006

Frau I (Short Movie, 25 Min., DV)
Sound Recordist, Sound Design, Music
Directed by: Jens Rudolph, 2006

Dirty Rüdi (Short Movie, 15 Min., 35mm)
Sounddesign (With Mark Meusinger)
Directed by: Holger Häußermann, 2004