{"id":344,"date":"2015-07-30T19:55:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T17:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uhma.h--a.org\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T10:26:25","slug":"biographies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/h--a.org\/en\/biographies\/","title":{"rendered":"Biographies"},"content":{"rendered":"Since the beginning of their collaboration in the 1990s, collaborative processes have been at the heart of the artistic work of Ute H\u00f6rner and Mathias Antlfinger. Their installations, videos and sculptures deal with relationships between humans, animals and machines, opening up both critical perspectives on mutable social constructs and utopian visions of an equal coexistence. More-than-human others appear in their works as individuals, with their own interests, abilities and desires. To tell their stories, H\u00f6rner\/Antlfinger employ methods of multispecies ethnography, which acknowledge the connectedness and inseparability of different life forms. In 2014, together with the grey parrots Clara and Karl, they founded the interspecies collective CMUK*, which aims to decenter human animals as creators and to understand the shared productivity of human and non-human animals as collaborative agency.
\nSince 2009, H\u00f6rner\/Antlfinger have been Professors of Media Art\/Transmedia Spaces at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). Since 2023, they have held a professorship in Multispecies Storytelling at the KHM. Their work has been presented at major international exhibitions, festivals and conferences, and is featured in numerous publications<\/p>\n

Ute H\u00f6rner<\/strong> studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, followed by postgraduate studies in Media Art at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. She served as festival director of Videonale 8 at the Bonner Kunstverein. Since 1990 she has been collaborating with Mathias Antlfinger. From 1998 to 2008 she was Professor of Media Art at the Burg Giebichenstein, Kunsthochschule Halle. From 2009 to 2022 she was Professor of Transmedial Spaces\/Media Art at the Academy of Media Arts Colognen (KHM). Since 2023 she has been Professor of Multispecies Storytelling at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.<\/p>\n

Mathias Antlfinger<\/strong> studied sculpture, mathematics, and cybernetics at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart and the Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf. From 1989 to 1992 he was a member of the artist group B\u00fcro Bert. Since 1990 he has been collaborating with Ute H\u00f6rner. He is a founding member of XObject Space, a space for art and media in D\u00fcsseldorf. From 2009 to 2022 he was Professor of Transmedial Spaces\/Media Art at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). Since 2023 he has been Professor of Multispecies Storytelling at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.<\/p>\n

H\u00f6rner\/Antlfinger live and work in Cologne.<\/p>\n

Exhibitions and Screenings (Selection):<\/strong> “ANIMALIA, von Tieren und Menschen”, Heidi Horten Collection, Wien (2026), “Vogelperspektiven, die V\u00f6gel und wir”, Museum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg (2026), “zusammen arbeiten”, Haus der Kunst, M\u00fcnchen (2025), “H\u00famus, Arte et Naturezza”, Espa\u00e7o das Artes, ECA, Sao Paolo (2025),”Parrot Terristories”, TA T Tieranatomisches Theater, Berlin (2024\/25), “Verr\u00fcckt nach Fleisch”, Museum f\u00fcr Brot und Kunst, Ulm (2024), “Start Sniffing” Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien (2024), “Arten Festival”, Z\u00fcrich (2024), “MEMORY IS NOT ONLY PAST”, Akademie der K\u00fcnste der Welt, Cologne (2024), “IN THE FOREIGN. Aspects of Migration”, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania (2023), “VIDEOCITY, Gleitende Identit\u00e4ten”, REX Box, Bern (2023). “Animalia, Streifz\u00fcge von Los Angeles bis Mumbai”, Kunsthalle Darmstadt (2023), “becoming-with”, Streitfeld M\u00fcnchen (2023), “ParrotPeople”, Meinblau Project Space, Berlin (2023), \u201eVisual Natures: The Politics and Culture of Environmentalism of the 20th and 21st Centuries\u201c, Research Exhibition, MAAT | Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisboa (2022), \u201eParrots and Swans\u201c, Ratingen (2022), “Y\u016bgen App” Porto Design Biennale (2021), “wild\/sch\u00f6n, Tiere in der Kunst”, Kunsthalle Emden (2021), “Der Traum vom Wohnen”, Museum Ratingen (2021), “THE CONNECTION: von pflanzen, menschen und anderen tieren”, IFFF Dortmund (2021), “Octopus Encounters, An Immersive Library”, GLASMOOG, K\u00f6ln (2020), “Artist Videos Collection”, Alfred Brehm Haus, Renthendorf (2020), Okto-Lab19, “A Gallery of Octopus Aesthetics”, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania (2019), “Goodbye Cruel World, It\u2019s Over”, Weltkunstzimmer, D\u00fcsseldorf (2019) \u201cA Museum of Curiosity\u201c, 14th Trienniale of small-scale sculpture, Fellbach (2019), \u201cHEART OF AN OLD CROCODILE EXPLODING OVER A SMALL TOWN\u201c, Temporary Gallery, K\u00f6ln (2019), \u201cINSIDE ECOLOGIES\u201c, Weltkunstzimmer D\u00fcsseldorf (2018), \u201cTIERISCH BESTE FREUNDE, \u00dcber Haustiere und ihre Menschen\u201c, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden (2017), \u201cTAVIDAN\u201c, CCA-Center for Contemporary Art Tbilisi, Georgien (2017), \u201cAnimal and the Logic of Others\u201c, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki (2017), \u201calles zur Zeit, \u00dcber den Takt, der unser Leben bestimmt\u201c, V\u00f6gele Kulturzentrum, Pf\u00e4ffikon, Schweiz (2017), \u201cAnimal Lovers\u201c, NGBK Berlin (2016), \u201cPlanetB\u201c, NRW Forum D\u00fcsseldorf (2016) | \u201cDIE WELT IN DER WIR LEBEN\u201c, kjubh Kunstverein, K\u00f6ln (2016) | \u201cSARAJEVO TIME TRAVEL AGENCY\u201c, Gallery Duplex100m2, Sarajevo (2016) | \u201cwe, animals \u2013 biographies\u201c, Meinblau Berlin (2014) | \u201cnaturantes\u201c, Paco das Artes, Soa Paolo, Brasila (2014) | \u201cTavidan, Ursprung und Entstehung\u201c, Weltkunstzimmer D\u00fcsseldorf (2014) | \u201cH\u00f6rner\/Antlfinger, Discrete Farms\u201c, Edith-Russ-Site for Media Art, Oldenburg (2012) | \u201cArs Electronica\u201c, Austria (2012) | \u201cLive Wire. Art and Electricity\u201c, Shedhalle Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland (2011) | \u201cVideonale: Dialogue in Contemporary Video Art\u201c, National Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan (2011)| \u201cIstanbul Time Travel Experiment\u201c, Istanbul 2010, European Capital of Culture, Turkey (2010) | \u201cImages in Movement, Artists & Video\/Film\u201c, Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2010) | \u201cDer blinde Fleck\u201c, Neue Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Bildende Kunst, NGBK Berlin (2008) | \u201cWildes Kapital\u201c, Kunsthaus Dresden, Galerie f\u00fcr Gegenwartskunst (2006) | \u201cHappy Believers\u201c, Werkleitz Biennale (2006) | \u201cH\u00f6rner\/Antlfinger, figures\u201c, Galerie der Stadt Backnang (2004) | \u201cDas Museum unserer W\u00fcnsche\u201c, Museum Ludwig, K\u00f6ln (2001) | \u201cArs Viva Kunst und Wissenschaft\u201c, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ludwigforum Aachen, Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle | \u201cH\u00f6rner\/Antlfinger, Two Lives Dialogues\u201c, NGBK Berlin (1999)<\/p>\n

International Festivals:<\/strong> Transmediale Berlin | European Media Art Festival Osnabr\u00fcck | Shift Electronic Arts Festival Basel | Videonale Bonn | Digital Art Festival, Taipei | ISEA 2010 (Dortmund) | Kasseler Documentary Film and Video Festival | Lux Media Art Festival Sydney (Australia) | International Short Film Festival Oberhausen<\/p>\n

Grants and Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0 Project Grant, Kunststiftung NRW und Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin (2024), Travel Grant Tasmania, ifa (2019), First Place, contest for art-in-architecture, City of Munich (2019, Project Grant, Kunststiftung NRW (2015), Project Grant, ifa (2015), Urban Space Video Walk Prize (2015), Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica, Linz (2012) | Project Grant, Kunststiftung NRW (2012) | Artists in Residence, Digital Art Center Taipei, Taiwan (2011) | Project Grant, Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Arts, Oldenburg (2010) | Project Grant, Mikulov Art Symposium, Czech Republic (2009) | 5. Marler Video-Installation-Award (2008) | Stipendium der Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt im Kontext der 7. Werkleitz-Biennale (2006) | Werk 04, Preis f\u00fcr Kunst im \u00f6ffentlichen Raum, Bildhauersymposion Heidenheim (2004) | ars viva 00\/01 \u2013 Preis f\u00fcr Bildende Kunst des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI (2001) | Stipendium der Kunststiftung NRW","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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