video feature
Videoartist of the Month September 2020
Ulf Kristiansen
CologneOFF VII – Art & The City
Video Artist of the Month Sept 2020 – Ulf Kristiansen
When Ulf Kristiansen was submitting his 1st animation video in 2009 to CologneOFF V, it was obvious this was an artist who was combining socially and politically relevant topics with the esthetics of Machinima and musical components, these rare videos to be featured transport a particular exciting spirit of irony. The artist submitted new animated works in total on 7 occasions, CologneOFF, animateCologne, but also The Refugee Film Collection or the new Corona Film Collection. NMF2020 is particularly proud to present 7 of his videos created between 2006 and 2020, because otherwise there are not many biografical info available on the net, and the videos offer actually the only view inside of the artist. So, the user is invited to make his own interpretation.
Halden/Norway
Ulf Kristiansen
www.ulfkristiansen.com
Ulf Kristiansen (b. 1969-11-03, Norway) is a painter and video-artist. Ulf Kristiansen is currently living in Halden, Norway.
While starting out as a figurative painter, Ulf is now mainly focusing on 3d animation and machinima. His films have partaken in numerous international video festivals and exhibitions.
Participant in
curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
CologneOFF IV
CologneOFF VII
CologneOFF IX
CologneOFF X
Refugee Film Collection
The W:OW Project
The Wake up! Memorial – Corona! Shut down?
An animated waltz dealing with the outbreak of the corona virus. Music by Rino Silden.
streaming
7th festival edition 2011
2 – A Velvet Underground
Matthias Härenstam (Sweden) – Closed Circuit, 2011, 3:01
Albert Merino (Spain) – Hidden Mud, 2010, 7:42
Eva Olsson (Sweden) – Labyrinth, 2009, 3:41
Yuriy Kruchak, Yulia Kostereva (Ukraine) – Framing West, 2009, 2:46
Adele Raczkövi (Austria) – Looking for Love, 2010, 8:25
Valerio de Bonis (Italy) – Pantograph, 2008, 9:55
Octavian Fedorovici (Romania) – Empty Frame, 2010, 4:20
Romit K. Dasgupta (India) – Azure, 2009, 9:52
silviatoyindustries (USA) – Depression As Geography, 2011, 7:42
Eimhin Hawes (Ireland) – Passage, 2009, 7:30
Dee Hood (USA) – Parallel, 2010, 2:44
Breixo Viejo (Spain) – Dreams; 2010, 3:00
Hope Tucker (USA – Puhelinkoppi (1882-2007), 2010, 7:30)
Heejoo Gwen Kim (South Korea) – Unwearable functional garments II: for three princesses, 2009, 5:02
After it’s online launch on 26 August 2011, CologneOFF VII – Art & the City becomes the 2nd column on which the nomadic festival project “CologneOFF 2011/2012 – videoart in a global context” is standing on.
The motto of the 7th festival edition is “Art & the City”, reflecting the meaning of art in an urban context and the critical view currenty social, cultural, political and ecological conditions of the urban living environment.
PDF catalogue CologneOFF VII – Beirut-Budapest-Riga – 31 Aug – 10 Sept 2011
