Hermann Josef Hack
Hermann Josef Hack (born 20 June 1956 in Hoevel/Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German artist, founder of the Global Brainstorming Project (1991), a platform to provide communication of researchers, scientists with the general public by the means of art. Influenced by his teacher Joseph Beuys, Hack develops the social sculpture ("Soziale Plastik") of Beuys with a global aspect and is the first to import it into the cyberspace dimension. Hack's large paintings on tarpaulin and works on paper deal with the challenges of global change and their cultural, social dimensions.
Hermann Josef Hack
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- Hermann Josef Hack was born on 20 June 1956.
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- Hermann Josef Hack is recorded as a citizen of Germany.
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Hermann Josef Hack (born 20 June 1956 in Hoevel/Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German artist, founder of the Global Brainstorming Project (1991), a platform to provide communication of researchers, scientists with the general public by the means of art. Influenced by his teacher Joseph Beuys, Hack develops the social sculpture ("Soziale Plastik") of Beuys with a global aspect and is the first to import it into the cyberspace dimension. Hack's large paintings on tarpaulin and works on paper deal with the challenges of global change and their cultural, social dimensions.
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Hack was one of the first media artists using the Internet, one of the most famous projects is the virtual roof, where everybody could get a piece of the sky above a German city. Public interventions with the World Climate Refugee Camp, a model camp made of 1.000 miniature tents, since 2007 to visualize the plight of millions of climate refugees in the center of European cities.
Institutional cataloguing adds that hermann Josef Hack is recorded as human. Institutional cataloguing adds that hermann Josef Hack is recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation performance artist. Recorded with the occupation artist. The same evidence establishes that hermann Josef Hack is recorded with the gender male. Born on 20 June 1956.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10006548-X, Ausstellung Ultimedia - Hermann Josef Hack (2000 : Siegburg).
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- 1.2018-04. Internetseite Kunstnetzwerk NRW.
- 2.Kunstforum, Band 1988, 2009, S. 216
- 3.Preise: Bundesverdienstkreuz für Hermann-Josef Hack. www.kunstforum.de (Kunstforum).
- 4.Die Welt: Bibel für Börsianer, vom 28. April 2001
- 5.Aktionskünstler Hack Neue Namen für Kölns Straßen, in: Spiegel Online vom 29. Oktober 2001
- 6.Hermann Josef Hack - Interview – „Backöfen statt Krisenherde“ vom 15. Juni 2009
- 7.20100830192419. Archivierte Kopie. 2023-05-29 14:16:17 InternetArchiveBot.
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