Thomas Dumke (Dresden, Germany)
Key facts:
| since 2006 |
project manager CYNETart, festival of computer-based art |
| since 2001 |
Masters course in culture & management at the TU Dresden, Institute of Social Studies |
| since 2000 |
project manager of "microscope session" - serial event |
| since 1999 |
assistant co-ordinator of international festival of computer-based art CYNETart |
| 1997 – 2001 |
Masters course in modern and recent history, communication science and social
studies at the TU Dresden |
Practical work experience:
| April - November 1999 |
PENTACON centre of media culture, Dresden – assistant co-ordinator for preparation and realization of COMTECart - an international contest for computer-based art |
| February - April 1997 |
Sachsische Zeitung, Bautzen – editorial internship |
Work experience:
1997 |
part-time jobs in media:- Association for media analysis, Dresden, assistance in project on the German general elections 1998
- press and musical archive of MDR – German broadcasting services, 2001
- press and musical archive of MDR – German broadcasting services, 2001 |
| 1999–2001 |
PENTACON centre of media culture, Dresden, provincial capital , department of culture
- organisation and realisation of various projects within COMTECart/CYNETart (1999–2001)
- organisation, conception and facilitation of the “days of interactive game” 3rd until 5th December 1999 at PENTACON. |
| since 2000 |
curator and organizor of "microscope sessions" series of audio-visual concerts at the festival theatre Hellerau, Dresden |
| December 2001 |
founding member of the Trans-Media-Akademie (TMA) Hellerau |
March 2002
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March 2003 |
assistant project manager (technical organisation, project management and co-ordination) of "Realtime & Presence – composition of virtual sound-vision-spaces"
- interdisciplinary EU-workshop at the festival theatre Hellerau from 14-28 July 2002, presentation of results of a.m.workshop within the Ars Electronica 2002 Festival, Linz, September 2002.
- 6th international festival of computer-based art CYNETart02_realtime - activation of visitorsspaces of sound and light , 7-10 November 2002.
- presentation of EU-workshop results at the DEAF 2003 in Rotterdam, "From Wunderkammer to metadata", February until March 2003. |
| spring 2003 |
assistant project management (technical organisation, project management and co-ordination) within the twin-city partnership of Dresden and Wroclaw
- WRO meets TMA in Bunkier Sztuki Krakow, March 2003, presentation of TMA projects by Klaus Nicolai and Thomas Dumke
- WRO Biennale, Wroclaw, May 2003
- Polish Media Art – encounters of generations at the festival theatre Hellerau, May 2003 (GENERATOR III byn Lech Twardowsky/Pawel Janicki + GameBoyzz Orchestra Project) |
| October 2003 |
artistic and organisations management of CYNETart03_transit, at festival theatre Hellerau |
| November 2004 |
artistic and organisations management of CYNETart_04areale at festival theatre Hellerau |
Productions by Thomas Dumke:
| 2004 |
"We only do what they are programmed for", explorative work on the topic of computer-generated
choreography within the context of dance and technology; artistic director: Georg Hobmeier
(senselabor), performance at the festival theatre Hellerau (June 2004) and presentations at the
Deutsche Hygienemuseum Dresden (July 2004), Paradiso Amsterdam (May 2006); sponsored by the
Fonds Darstellende Kunste (Performing Arts Fund) Bonn. |
| 2005 |
Admin and production assistant of the multi-media dance performance "Schie. nicht auf fremde
Rockchen" (Don’t shoot at unknown skirts) of the Dresden dance company shot AG – performances
and presentations at the Forum Neues Musiktheater of Staatsoper Stuttgart, Kleines Haus of
Staatsschauspiel Dresden within the CYNETart05_fragile and Labortheater of Hochschule fur
Bildende Kunste Dresden. |
Presentations:
February
2003 |
"Festival of Festivals" – New Media Nation, Bratislava, 19th until 22nd Feb, presentation on the activities of Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau |
9th May
2003 |
Goethe-Institut Sofia, "Die Begrundung des Arbeitsansatzes der Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau aus dem Geiste der Rhythmik. Eine Reflexion uber Kulturtechniken im Kontext von Rhythmik und neuen Medientechnologien The rationale for the work methodolgy of TMA within the spirit of rhythmics – a reflection on cultural technologies in the context of rhythmics and new media technology. |
December
2005 |
Radiator Festival of New Technology Art, Nottingham (GB)
Panel 4 Capturing Dance/Dance Software-culture/Dance and Science: presentation
Uber die Vereinigung von technischen Interfaces zum Triggern von Licht und Sound durch (Tanz-)Bewegung" an beispielhaften Eigenproduktionen und Kooperationsprojekten der Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau – the union of technical interfaces for the triggering of light and sound by (dance)movement with exemplary in-house productions and cooperation projects of TMA |
Publications:
Klose, Siiri/Dumke, Thomas (2002): "Zur Industrialisierung des Denkens – Interview mit Harun Farocki",
Kunstzeitschrift der Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste Dresden. Industrialisation of Thinking – Interview with Harun Farocki in the art magazine of HfbK Dresden Dumke, Thomas (2004), "Imaged controlled sound nanospheres. Viewing and manipulating the atomic
world – exploring the nano-world", concept description for the auto-generated audio-visual installation "Image controlled sound nanospheres" by DS-X.org, group of artists, Dresden.
Dumke, Thomas (2004), "microscope session" in: Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau (Ed.): microscope
session DVD 2.0 : new co-operations in sound and visuals, DVD+Bootleg, Dresden.
Dumke, Thomas (2005), "Vom asthetischen Selbstvergnugen der Selbstorganisation im Modus der
Virtualitat" About aesthetic self-amusement of self-organisation in the mode of virtuality , in: Trans-Media-Akademie
Hellerau (Ed.): Globale Medialisierung und integrale Kultur, Dresden, p. 72–79. Global medialisation and integral culture
Dumke, Thomas/Nicolai, Klaus (2005), "Im Medium des Techno" In the medium of techno in: Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau (Ed.): Globale Medialisierung und integrale Kultur, Dresden, p. 144–149 (same as
above).
Birringer, Johannes/Dumke, Thomas/Nicolai, Klaus (Hg.) (2007), Die Welt als virtuelles Environment,
Dresden. The world as virtual environment
Honorary appointments:
– since 2005, member of the executive committee of TMA Hellerau
– since 2007, member of the project team "film and new media", of the Dresden city office for culture
and historic preservation
Activitities and productions of DS-X.org:
| 2001 |
foundation of DS-X.org together with Matthias Hartig & Daniel Muhne > structures of a real life culture of electronic awareness
- organisation of "trocken.klar" (club event)
- Netcast series HYBNERSPACE for audioasyl.net
- microscope sessions in Hellerau and abroad
EWZ Zurich, Maison de Arts Creteil, WRO Biennale Wroclaw, Warsaw
Electronic Festival (WEF) |
Artistic projects:
Image controlled sound nanospheres: performance & installation
Image-controlled sound nanospheres is a project for viewing and manipulating the atomic world –
exploring the nano-world. The patches programmed by DS-X.org allow a new combination of the original
material of the MPI CBG in form of a new audio-visual composition. Thus, MPI CBG provides unique
material for the creation of new sound and image spheres which bring a layer closer to us which also
concerns our body.
| 2006 |
"Iphigenie Tourist" by DS-X.org and Nora Schott
Premiere: Balaklava Odyssey Festival, August 2006/Balaklava,Ukraine
Concept planning: DS-X.org/Nora Schott
Performing artist: Nora Schott (shot AG)
Realtime-programming and video processing: Matthias Hartig
Video recordings in Hellerau: Dumke/Schott
Video-samples: from Jean-Luc Godards "Contempt"
Sound: EU | elochnye igrushki: Turt
Robert Lippok : close (with samples of symphony by Gustav Mahler) |
2005
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WONDERWALL, Netherlands Media Art Institute, February 12th – 28th
IN THE LINE OF FLIGHT, 31st May (until 30th June), Tsinghua University in Beijing/ China Millennium Museum
International Festival VIDEOMEDEJA Novi Sad, 30th September – 2nd October, Petrovaradin Fortress
ICA, London, April 14th 2005
ENTERmultimediale 2, International Festival of New Media Art, Prag, May 9–12International Media Art Biennale WRO 05, Wroclaw, May 11–15
22. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, November 2005
Radiator Festival for New Technology Art 2005, December 1–4
microscope session DVD 2.0: new co-operations in sound and visuals
TMA Hellerau/DS-X.org
workshop series "microscope session" at the festival theatre Hellerau. - "microscope session" experiments with forms of synaesthetic perception. The results of the work of four years have been summarised on a DVD and include 43 clips of international sound and image artists. |
| 2004 |
CYNETart04_areale, Dresden, Festspielhaus Hellerau, November 2004 M+, Hochschule der Bildenden Kunste Dresden, medienhoehle, May 2004 Irida Gallery and Goethe-Institut Sofia, May 2004 |
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