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Vita:
Jan Goldfuß (born in Germany 1980) is a visual artist, mainly working with computer-generated moving images (3D-Animation).
After his final degree in Media-Design at Bauhaus-University Weimar in 2006 he started working as a freelance digital artist, mainly in Berlin.
In 2013 he earned his final degree with distinction of post-graduate studies of Media-Art at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.
2013: Final degree of Media Arts with distinction (Diplom mit Auszeichnung), Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
since 2007: Freelance Digital Artist
2006: Final Degree (Diplom) Mediadesgin, Bauhaus-University Weimar
2000: A-Levels (Abitur) at humanist Gymnasium Fridericianum Erlangen
1980: born in Erlangen, Germany
Artistic statement:
My aim is to explore the rather young medium of computer-generated images in a more or less self-reflexive way. I am looking for the very own characteristics of digital media, not forcing them to mimic other media (like photography for instance).
One strong peculiarity of digital media is in my opinion their possibility to realize (i.e. visualize) unexpected possibilities by exploring the vast spaces of algorithms.
So the human being steps back and just defines the borders, while the programs execute possible realizations inside these.
Thus for example animations don't have to be precisely planed ahead but develop in a more or less automatic way following the defining rules of the program and the input.
The human acts more like a curator, selecting and editing the results than an origin author. That way a dialogue between man and machine is happening, treating both equally.
I call this approach “render automatique”, in correspondence to the surrealistic technique “eciture automatique”.
For me it is more about exploring new ways of expressions of digital media than perfecting them in a traditional way.
I want to extend the horizon of perception by showing images hardly seen before, confronting mankind with the undisguised world of digital media and thus evoke a consciousness for their peculiarities and distinct behavior.
As we are increasingly confronted with a flood of digital (or techno-) images and algorithms in general, which get more and more complex and start to influence or even define our lives, I try to evoke a contemplative, intimate and sensual experience with them to hopefully deliver a better understanding of their nature.
These strictly mathematical aesthetics might on the one hand be contrary and alienating to our human perspectives, on the other even reflect it and thus give a deeper insight into ourselves.
Moreover I'm looking to find ways to use abstract digital image generation methods to kind of visualize philosophical ideas dealing with media and semiotics in general.
So you might regard my works as “techno-poetics” on the one hand or “aesthetics of thought” on the other.
The thoughts of Gilles Deleuze, Vilém Flusser or Marshal McLuhan are important influences for the theoretical background of my works.
Exhibitions/ Screenings/ Publications/ Awards:
2014:
Akademiker Verlag, Symmetrisches Wesen (einer Punktwolke), Publication of written Final Thesis, KHM (german)
Punto Y Raya Festival 2014, Reykiavik, Iceland, Foldedolors
2013:
KHM Rundgang, Kunsthochschule für Medien, Köln, Symmetrical Essence
ATTAKKALARI INDIA BIENNIAL- A Festival of Contemporary Dance and Mixed Media, India, EnTroPI
2012:
International Streaming Festival for Audio Visual Art, The Hague, EnTroPI
Goethe Institut Montreal, Canada, EnTroPI
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada, dust breedings
Pool 12, Berlin, EnTroPI
KHM Rundgang, Kunsthochschule für Medien, Köln, .moiré
Cultura Colectiva, feature and interview
Architekturteilchen, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, .moiré
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck, EnTroPI
Art Cologne, EnTroPI
Echoraum 6, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, EnTroPI
Temps d'images, Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf, EnToPI
2011:
EMBROSYST - visual communication e mag - issue 8, feature and interview
royo nova byob, Sao Paulo, Brasilien, dust breedings und noisedrop
Punto y Raya Festival, Reina Sophia, Madrid, dust breedings
KHM Rundgang, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, EnTroPI
Beyond Festival, 3Days of Dimensions, ZKM, Karlsruhe, "sphere-studies 1-6"
FILE Anima+, Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brasilien, dust breedings
2009:
Ostrale 09, Festival für zeigenössische Kunst, Dresden, unter_flaechen
2007:
Milano Film Festival, Milano, Italien, anybody there
Animex, Internatinal Festival of Animation, Middlesbrough, England, anybody there
2002:
Animago Award, Cologne, winner, education - compositing - art, loops
mail@jangoldfuss.de
+ 49 179 53 84 904