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Filmmaker, writer, and developer in the fields of new media, networking and open source technologies. In his work he focusses on bordercrossings between mainstream and independent media, art and activism, theory and technology.
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'''Florian Schneider''' (1967, Munich) is a filmmaker, writer, and curator. His work is investigating the border crossings between mainstream and independent media, art theory and open source technology, documentary practices and unconventional forms of curating.
  
As a filmmaker he directed several award-winning documentaries and designed and realized two theme-evenings for the german-french tv station arte on the topics of migration and activism. As a writer he has worked for major german newspapers and magazines such as Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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Educated as a documentary filmmaker and working for the TV station "arte", he has been engaged in ongoing processes of rethinking documentary practices across disciplines. Since 1993 he has pioneered a range of internet projects, most prominently ''[[Dictionary of War]]'' (2006-2010). In the context of [[Hybrid Workspace]] at ''documenta X'' in 1997 he has initiated the campaign [http://fls.kein.org/view/11 kein mensch ist illegal (no one is illegal)] and contributes since then to its various follow-up projects while constantly reflecting critically on the relationships between art and activism, aesthetics and politics.
  
He is one of the initiators of the KEIN MENSCH IST ILLEGAL (no one is illegal) campaign at documentaX and subsequent projects such as the "noborder network". He founded, designed and supported countless online-projects, such as the european internet platform D-A-S-H and the online-network KEIN.ORG. He is the director of the new media festivals [[Makeworld]] (2001), [[Neuro]] (2004) and one of the co-organizers of the FADAIAT//Borderline ACADEMY event in June 2005 in Tarifa/Tangiers. He has lectured at universities, museums, and conferences worldwide.
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In 2006 he launched the artistic research project ''[http://fls.kein.org/view/156 Imaginary Property]'' which operates at the intersections of a propertization of images and the seemingly imaginary character of property in the age of digital production and networked distribution. In 2014 he initiated the artistic research project ''Divisions'' funded by the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme.
  
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Florian Schneider has exhibited and lectured worldwide. In August 2014 he has been appointed as Head of the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art in the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He submitted his PhD dissertation on ''Imaginary Property'' at the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
  
http://kein.org/
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* http://fls.kein.org
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* https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/florian.schneider
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* https://www.kit.ntnu.no/en/users/florian-schneider
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 3 December 2022

Florian Schneider (1967, Munich) is a filmmaker, writer, and curator. His work is investigating the border crossings between mainstream and independent media, art theory and open source technology, documentary practices and unconventional forms of curating.

Educated as a documentary filmmaker and working for the TV station "arte", he has been engaged in ongoing processes of rethinking documentary practices across disciplines. Since 1993 he has pioneered a range of internet projects, most prominently Dictionary of War (2006-2010). In the context of Hybrid Workspace at documenta X in 1997 he has initiated the campaign kein mensch ist illegal (no one is illegal) and contributes since then to its various follow-up projects while constantly reflecting critically on the relationships between art and activism, aesthetics and politics.

In 2006 he launched the artistic research project Imaginary Property which operates at the intersections of a propertization of images and the seemingly imaginary character of property in the age of digital production and networked distribution. In 2014 he initiated the artistic research project Divisions funded by the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme.

Florian Schneider has exhibited and lectured worldwide. In August 2014 he has been appointed as Head of the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art in the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He submitted his PhD dissertation on Imaginary Property at the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

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