Marietta Piekenbrock

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Marietta Piekenbrock (born 1964 in Westfalen) is a German artistic curator, dramaturge, author and a cultural manager.[1] Her projects combine theatre, dance, performances and music with cultural history, architecture and everyday life. As an artistic manager of the Cultural Capital of Europe RUHR.2010 and Istanbul.2010, and for the Ruhrtriennale 2012-14,[2][3] she invited international artists and curators to collaborate with the local cultural participants and players on developing new aristic projects in areas of radical social change.[4][5][6] Her programmes of events and initiatives made a strong case for sustainable cultural practice. Her 2012 series of events "No Education" promoted a new discourse on the relationship between art, children and education.[7]

Marietta Piekenbrock

Life

Piekenbrock studied Theatre, Philosophy and Art history in Aix-en-Provence, Munich and Paris with Julia Kristeva where she first worked as an author, curator and translator. In subsequent years she collaborated closely working theatres, museums, galleries, archives and publishers generating exhibitions, installations and artist's book. From 2000 she was active as an independent journalist for various newspapers and periodicals, from 2003–2003 as drama critic for the daily 'Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'.[8] 2004–2007 she worked for the RuhrTriennale as a dramaturg under general director Jürgen Flimm. 2007 she joined the administration of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 as a head of music, theatre, dance and performance programming.[9] The composer and intendant Heiner Goebbels invited her to become leading dramaturg for the Ruhrtriennale 2012-2014. Marietta Piekenbrock lives in Essen, and is mother to three children.

European Capital of Culture Ruhr.2010/ European Capital of Culture Istanbul.2010

She worked intensively with many important artists such as Hans Werner Henze, who wrote his last opera, Gisela! For the RUHR.2010 (an opera for and about youth, premiered at the RuhrTriennale).,[10] the Pottfiction festival, the Odyssee Europa project which involved six theaters of the Ruhrgebiet area performing modern versions of Homer's Odyssey in two days.[11][12] and artist groups like Rimini Protokoll and raumlaborberlin.

Ruhrtriennale

Patti Smith, Michel Houellebecq, Harun Farocki, Tarek Atoui, Jérôme Bel,[13] Boris Charmatz, Tino Sehgal, Laurent Chétouane, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, Mammalian Diving Reflex, Rimini Protokoll, Köbberling & Kaltwasser, Mischa Kuball and Dan Perjovschi are some of the international artists and artist groups Piekenbrock invited to the Ruhr area, in whose artistic work Piekenbrock sees "The deeply poignant reflection of change, that society and individuals experience in modern times".

Marietta Piekenbrock

Jury Memberships

Piekenbrock is a member of various specialist juries, including

Projects

Publications (selection)

References

  1. ↑ ’’TheaterJahr 1999 : Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz’’, Munich, Prestel, 1999
  2. ↑ RUHR.2010, Buch 1, published by RUHR.2010 2009
  3. ↑ Jury Member's biography
  4. ↑ Ruhr2010 article
  5. ↑ Pottfiction article
  6. ↑ Radiobroadcast in DeutschlandRadio
  7. ↑ Podcast WDR
  8. ↑ Theaterjahr 1999 : Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Prestel, 1999, ISBN 9783791321370
  9. ↑ Ruhr2010 article
  10. ↑ Henze Project, retrieved June 10, 2013
  11. ↑ Odyssee Europa
  12. ↑ Theater Theater: Odyssee Europa, Aktuelle Stücke 20/10, Fischer Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-596-18540-5
  13. ↑ Disabled Theatre

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