Marcel SPARMANN
'The unspoken between feet and head - in conversation with Alfredo Jaar'_ Bienale Deformes 2014_Picture by Dominique Wainstein_Performance byMarcel Sparmann
Graduation
October 2005 - 2011
Diploma - University of Hildesheim (szenische Künste)
Januar 2009 - July 2009
Glasgow School of Art - Environmental Art
October 2004 - September 2005
University of Cologne - Theatre, Film, Television, Philosophie
Grants
Oktober 2011 – 2014 travel grant
Goethe Institute for Chengdu, Xi’an, Hongkong, Guangzhou [cn], Washington [us] September 2011 research residency
Archiv – Performativ, Institute for cultural studies in arts, Basel [ch]
November 2008 - 2010 artist in Residence
“ARENA – Festival der jungen Künste” Erlangen [de], Black Isle [uk], Bezalel Art Academy Jerusalem [il], S.H.A.C, Belfast [uk]
Teaching (selection)
Guest lecturer for Performance Art | 2010 - today
University of Houston, SAM University of Houston [us], University of Cologne [de], Landeskunstgymnasium, Alzey, [de], Cairos – Dance Centre, Venice [it], PALS- Performance Art Links Festival, Stockholm [se], Alberta College of art and design, Calgary [ca], Guangzhou Art Academy [cn], Performance Conference LAPSody, TEAK Academy, Helsinki [fi], University Erlangen, Institute for theatre and media, Erlangen [de] Guest lecturer for Performance and experimental theatre | 2010 – today
BUT - Bundestreffen Jugendclubs an Theatern, Oldenburg, Cottbus, Lübeck [de], Theater am Markt Eisenach [de], Theaterfabrik Gera [de], Theater junge Generation, Dresden [de] Theaterfestival “Avant Art”, Gotha [de], in cooperation mit LAG - Spiel und Theater Thüringen, Weimar, Jena, Eisenach [de]
actual:
Guest lecturer Ernst Busch Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Berlin, University Cologne
Guest lecturer for 22. Heidelberger Theaterwerkstatt, Theater und Spielberatung Baden Württemberg and Herbstakademie Theater Dortmund
Lecturer PAS| Performance Art Studies| 2011 – 2013
PAS| Performance Art Studies in Berlin [de], Piotrykow Trybunalski [pl], Calgary [ca], Dresden [de], Rehlovice [cz], Stockholm [se]
Performance Art (selection)
2014
“Notes on Disappearing”, Mixxer Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
“Vom Ungesagten zwischen den Füßen und dem Kopf”, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel, Germany
“Black Box2”, Houston Performance Art Biennale, Houston, USA
“Black Box3”, Defibrillator Chicago, Chicago, USA
“Black Box4”, Exhibition Opening "Gute Aussichten", Goethe Institut Washington USA
2013
“Black Box”, Performance Art Fest 3, curated by Der Pfeil, Zurich, Switzerland
Untitled, between genes and memes – Live Art Festival, curated by Marek Rogulski, Gallery Spez7, Gdansk, Poland
Untitled, Performance Art Festival, curated by Antoni Karwowski, National Museum, Szczecin, Poland
“Food><Fight III”, duo performance with Mayte Kappel Rovira, FIX International Live Art Biennial, curated by Catalyst Arts, Belfast, North Ireland
2012
“There is always a feather to run for”, 1st International Performance Art Week, curated by Vest&Page, Venice, Italy
“Still Stand”, Accion!MAD12, curated by Nieves Correá, Madrid, Spain
Untitled, Xi´An Live Art Festival, curated by Xiangxishi, Xi´An, China
"Blind spot”, UP-ON Live Art Festival, curated by Zhoubin, ChengDu, China
"Blind spot”, UP-ON Live Art Festival, curated by Zhoubin, ChengDu, China
Untitled, Klopsztanga Performance Art Festival, curated by BBB Johannes Deimling, Alte Post, Neuss, Germany
“I could not”, PAE4 Performance Art Festival, curated by Ieke Trinks, Gemaal, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
“Air Condition – Part III”, PALS Performance Art Links Festival, curated by Dennis Romanowski, Stockholm, Sweden
“Wait”, PALS Performance Art Links Festival, curated by Dennis Romanowski, Stockholm, Sweden
2011
"I want an empty word to fill - Part II", Testing Grounds, curated by Nadege Derderian, Nightingale Theatre Brighton,UK
"I want an empty word to fill - Part I", LAPSody - performance art conference and festival, TEAK academy Helsinki,Finland
Performance draft with Marcio Calvalho, PI Performance Intermedia Festival curated by Antoni Karwoski, Szczecin,Poland
"Call me if I lose myself", PASproject "From me to you", curated by BBB Johannes Deimling, Berlin,Germany
2010
"I imagine to think radical", Performance art festival "Men Only", curated by BBB Johannes Deimling, Berlin, Germany
"Air Condition", Performance art festival "Blauverschiebung3", curated by KUB Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
"No- Thing", PAS – Extension series, curated by BBB Johannes Deimling, Berlin, Germany
“Gemütlichkeit – eine Übung für den Ernstfall, Performance Art Festival “ARENA- Festival der jungen Künste”, Erlangen, Germany
“IBRIDaction”, Performance art festival, curated by Manuela Centrone, Paris/Creteil, France
“Game Tales” with Anne Gaelle Thiriot, Performance art festival “Testing Grounds”, curated by Nadege Derderian and Orion Maxted, Brighton, United Kingdom
2009
No title, Performance art festival “ZOOM Westeuropa”, curated by Boris Nieslony and IPAH, Hildesheim, Germany
“Talkative”, Performance art festival "Blauverschiebung2", curated by KUB Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
“I constantly repeat myself”, Performance event “Last Minute”, curated by Arti Grabowski, Krakow, Poland
“Table Work”, Performance art festival “Art of Encounter”, curated by Helge Meyer, Ilsede, Germany “I constantly repeat myself – Extension”, McLellan Gallery, Glasgow, United Kingdom
“Walk to Glasgow Part II”, Performance art festival “National Review of Live Art”, curated by Nikki Milican, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2008
“Passport”, Artist Exchange, curated by Adina Bar-On, Barbour Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
“White Line”, Artist in residence, curated by Residence Shac, Belfast, North Ireland
“How to catch ideas”, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
“Walk to Glasgow Part I”