Michael Sven Meier, born 1992 in Erlangen, Germany, works as an artist, researcher and editor.
He studied Fine Art in Nürnberg, Berlin and Vienna before graduating under Heike Baranowsky in 2018. Currently he is pursuing another Master's degree in Media Studies specializing in Media Epistemology, Archaeology and Historiography at Humboldt University of Berlin. Since 2016 he is a sponsored scholar of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. So far, his works have been shown in Berlin, Nürnberg, Milan and Vienna.
Whereas his aesthetic practise revolves around the systemic desire of deviant bodies (e.g. geology of HIV/AIDS, economy of queer art, antisocial desire), his research interest lies in bodily desire of systemic deviations (media forensics, dead media, queer media epistemology, defective implementation of AI, cybernetics and contagion).
His editorial experience includes working for the nationwide newspapers of Funke Mediengruppe, in science communication at Einstein Foundation Berlin, journals for corporate publishing, science journalism and history of science, as well as for podcasts.
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Since 2019 Humboldt Universität Berlin, MA Medienwissenschaft, Schwerpunkt Medienepistemologie, -archäologie, -histriographie
2013 - 2018 Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg, Freie Kunst, Heike Baranowsky
2017 - 2018 Universität der Künste Berlin, Kunst und Medien, Nina Fischer, Hito Steyerl
2016 - 2017 Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien, Kontextuelle Malerei, Ashley Hans Scheirl (AT)
2016 - 2017 Universität für Angewandte Kunst "die Angewandte", Kunsttheorie, Prof. Dr. Helmut Draxler (AT)
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2020/10 Untouchable. SomoS, Berlin
2020/05 Causal Loops, Time Squiggles. Ordet, Milan (IT) ⚠️ post-poned due to Covid-19 ⚠️
2019/11 They put it together. Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2019/07 Aperto. Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como (IT)
2018/10 Un_becoming. SomoS, Berlin
2018/10 A relatively simple ritual. Academy of Fine Arts Nürnberg, Pavillon 19
2017/12 Current Situation. Zwinglikirche, Berlin
2016/07 Stand by. Edel Extra, Nürnberg
2014/12 Violet. Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof
2014/08 Areal17, Freiraumgalerie Halle/Saale
2014/05 Die offene Seite. Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin
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2020/10 Affektive Archive. Emanzipation und Widerstände queerer Archivpraxis.
2020/03 Memory on-line. Forensic media and the indexical value of digital memory. 📃
2019/10 Artificial Emotional Intelligence. Eine Annäherung an gefühlsbegabte Humanoide.
2019/09 The artist is absent? Formen der Abwesenheit in den performativen Künsten. 📃
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2019/12 Deutscher Fotobuchpreis in Silber für "MAMA", Kategorie Studentisches Projekt. Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart.
2019/07 XXV CSAV - Artist Research Laboratory. Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como (IT). Residency w/ Nora Schultz, Kasper König, Ei Arakawa.
2018/06 Bundespreis für Kunststudierende. Shortlist. Bundeskunsthalle, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Bonn.
2016/10 Study-abroad scholarship. Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn.
2016/10 Erasmus+ scholarship, European Union.
2016/04 Scholarship of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn.
2015/07 Class Prize, Freunde der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg e.V.
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2020/05 Causal Loops / Time Squiggles. Magnani, Gregorio (Ed.). Berlin/Milan: Motto Books / Compagnia, 2020. ISBN 978-1-9161101-3-7
2019/10 MAMA. Nürnberg, AdbK, 2019. ISSN 2629-4397
2018/10 Absolvent*Innen. Nürnberg, Adbk, 2018.
Michael Sven Meier, born 1992 in Erlangen, Germany, works as an artist, researcher and editor.
He studied Fine Art in Nürnberg, Berlin and Vienna before graduating under Heike Baranowsky in 2018. Currently he is pursuing another Master's degree in Media Studies specializing in Media Epistemology, Archaeology and Historiography at Humboldt University of Berlin. Since 2016 he is a sponsored scholar of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. So far, his works have been shown in Berlin, Nürnberg, Milan and Vienna.
Whereas his aesthetic practise revolves around the systemic desire of deviant bodies (e.g. geology of HIV/AIDS, economy of queer art, antisocial desire), his research interest lies in bodily desire of systemic deviations (media forensics, dead media, queer media epistemology, defective implementation of AI, cybernetics and contagion).
His editorial experience includes working for the nationwide newspapers of Funke Mediengruppe, in science communication at Einstein Foundation Berlin, journals for corporate publishing, science journalism and history of science, as well as for podcasts.
🎓
Since 2019 Humboldt Universität Berlin, MA Medienwissenschaft, Schwerpunkt Medienepistemologie, -archäologie, -histriographie
2013 - 2018 Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg, Freie Kunst, Heike Baranowsky
2017 - 2018 Universität der Künste Berlin, Kunst und Medien, Nina Fischer, Hito Steyerl
2016 - 2017 Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien, Kontextuelle Malerei, Ashley Hans Scheirl (AT)
2016 - 2017 Universität für Angewandte Kunst "die Angewandte", Kunsttheorie, Prof. Dr. Helmut Draxler (AT)
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2020/10 Untouchable. SomoS, Berlin
2020/05 Causal Loops, Time Squiggles. Ordet, Milan (IT) ⚠️ post-poned due to Covid-19 ⚠️
2019/11 They put it together. Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2019/07 Aperto. Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como (IT)
2018/10 Un_becoming. SomoS, Berlin
2018/10 A relatively simple ritual. Academy of Fine Arts Nürnberg, Pavillon 19
2017/12 Current Situation. Zwinglikirche, Berlin
2016/07 Stand by. Edel Extra, Nürnberg
2014/12 Violet. Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof
2014/08 Areal17, Freiraumgalerie Halle/Saale
2014/05 Die offene Seite. Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin
⚗️
2020/10 Affektive Archive. Emanzipation und Widerstände queerer Archivpraxis.
2020/03 Memory on-line. Forensic media and the indexical value of digital memory. 📃
2019/10 Artificial Emotional Intelligence. Eine Annäherung an gefühlsbegabte Humanoide.
2019/09 The artist is absent? Formen der Abwesenheit in den performativen Künsten. 📃
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2019/12 Deutscher Fotobuchpreis in Silber für "MAMA", Kategorie Studentisches Projekt. Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart.
2019/07 XXV CSAV - Artist Research Laboratory. Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como (IT). Residency w/ Nora Schultz, Kasper König, Ei Arakawa.
2018/06 Bundespreis für Kunststudierende. Shortlist. Bundeskunsthalle, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Bonn.
2016/10 Study-abroad scholarship. Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn.
2016/10 Erasmus+ scholarship, European Union.
2016/04 Scholarship of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn.
2015/07 Class Prize, Freunde der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg e.V.
📚
2020/05 Causal Loops / Time Squiggles. Magnani, Gregorio (Ed.). Berlin/Milan: Motto Books / Compagnia, 2020. ISBN 978-1-9161101-3-7
2019/10 MAMA. Nürnberg, AdbK, 2019. ISSN 2629-4397
2018/10 Absolvent*Innen. Nürnberg, Adbk, 2018.