Draft:Mike Hentz

Mike Hentz (Mike Andrew Hentz, born July 2, 1954 in New Jersey) is an international Graphic artist, photographer, musician, performance artist and video artist. He taught at various art schools and mainly deals with media art.

Biography
Mike Hentz, who speaks fluent English, German, Italian and French, grew up in the USA, Italy, Switzerland and Austria as the son of an engineer and an interpreter. He is a Swiss and US citizen. Hentz received classical lessons on the violin, attended a hotel management school in Lausanne, was trained at the musical theater in Paris and traveled through Europe. In the late 1970s, Hentz moved to North Rhine-Westphalia, worked as a situation and action artist and first joined the music theater performance group padlt noidlt (with Michael Jansen, Frank Köllges, Andreas Brüning, later Xaõ Seffcheque in Düsseldorf.) He then co-founded the performance group Minus Delta. In between, Hentz lived in Zurich and was significantly involved in organizing the 3rd “Padlt Noidlt” festival in Graz. In the 80s he held several guest professorships at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts. was an actor at the Frankfurt Opera House and recorded the album Death Opera with “Minus Delta t”. In 1980 he co-founded “Frigo”, and “Radio Bellevue”, and in 1989 he co-founded “European Media Art Lab”. In 1988, Hentz created an issue of the video art magazine Infermental. In the 1990s he realized the “Piazza Virtuale” project with Van Gogh TV and numerous interactive television events via cable or satellite with “Universcity TV”. Hentz also expanded his sphere of influence to Eastern European countries, where he taught at the Institute of Art and Technology in Moscow and at the University of Riga and worked on the design and distribution of media art in Warsaw, in collaboration with Polish television. From 2003 to 2008, Hentz taught intermedia design at the Stuttgart Art Academy

Exhibitions (selection)

 * 2022 SeenUnseen, Galerie Art-OF, Offenbach
 * 2021 The Body Of Drawing #3 Trace / Spur, Maison de Heidelberg, Montpellier
 * 2019 Listen to the Image, Look at the Sound, „Kai 10“, Düsseldorf.
 * 2017 FRIGO Generation 78/90, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon.
 * 2017 Emotional Logic Systems, City Art Gallery, Ljubljana, und Tobacco 001 Cultural Centre, Ljubljana
 * 2016 Flatware before the big storm, Einzelausstellung in der Anna Klinkhammer Galerie, Düsseldorf.
 * 2013 Mike Hentz - Gästezimmer – ein kulturelles Konzept, Kunstverein Loitz, 20. September – 3. November 2013
 * 2010 PUZZLE – Die Sammlungsausstellung 2010, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
 * 2008 Vertrautes Terrain – Aktuelle Kunst in und über Deutschland, ZKM, Karlsruhe
 * 2007 Galerie „Kunstpunkt“, Berlin
 * 2007 Dreams & Beauty, Posen
 * 2006 Offside Festival, Poreč
 * 2006 Lichtfestival Heusteig, Stuttgart
 * 2006 Immodestiale 06, Ludwigsburg
 * 2006 Vogelgrippe – A hommage to Carl Vogel, Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg
 * 2006 Medium Fotografie, Galerie „Stampa“, Basel
 * 2005 The Future of Art – Education Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart
 * 2005 Children Arts Biennale, Posen
 * 2004 Video – Bildsprache des 21. Jahrhunderts NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
 * 2000 Schwarzarbeit, 4. Werkleitz Biennale 2000, Werkleitz Zentrum für Medienkunst, Halle
 * 1999 Mental Landscapes, im „Eisenwerk“ Frauenfeld, „Can“, Neuchâtel, „Helmhaus“, Zürich
 * 1997 Hermes-Projekt, Zürich
 * 1996 Interflugs – Künstlerinnengespräche, Universität der Künste Berlin
 * 1996 Bahomas Kunstverein Cuxhaven
 * 1992 documenta 9, Kassel mit Van Gogh TV
 * 1987 documenta 8, Kassel mit Minus Delta t

Literature
● Merveverlag.106 Minus Delta t Plus:" Das Bangkok Projekt". Berlin 1st edition 1982. german.

● Edition Patrick Frey, Mike Hentz: WORKS 7 .Zuerich 2019, ISBN 978-3-906803-21-0, English, German.

● Salon Verlag, Mike Hentz: WORKS 4 Cologne, 1997, ISBN 3-89770-005-0, English, German.

● Salon Verlag, and Krash Verlag Cologne, DAS TREUJANISCHE SCHIFF Hamburg 1995, Cologne, edited by Hentz M., 1996. ISBN-13: 9783927452831, German, English.

● Griffelkunst-Vereinigung Hamburg e.V., Graphikpreis der Mitglieder Kunst und Computer, 1998. Mike Hentz:

Speech at the opening of the exhibition. German.

● Material-Verlag, Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg. "Übergangsbogen und Überhöhungsrampe naturwissenschaftliche und künstlerische Verfahren", Symposium I and Symposium II, 1996. M.Hentz in Symposium II. German.

● Kunsthandel KG, ARTAX MODERN + CONTEMPORARY ART, List 63, Winter 2014. Düsseldorf, 2014 Kleingemlinghaus R. Works by Mike Hentz. German.

● Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2005  “Art of the 70s» from the collection Galerie Ingrid Oppenheim. "Keeping yourself happy". Video works by Hentz. Collection Oppenheim Art Museum Bonn. German.

● ARTLAB by CANON NEn No1, Tokyo, 1991.article about Hotel Pompino Van Gogh TV. By Yukiko Shikata Japanese, English.

● Catalog Museum im Belpark Kriens, Editors: Ritter C. Stadler H. "Zürichs Pilgerorte" WOLFENSCHIESSEN STANS ENGELBERG 2006. (Mike Hentz in Wolfenschiessen) German

● ''Austro Sino Arts program, 2002. DA BAO: the next 21 artists from Austria, drawings, Mike Hentz: Chinese Trilogy. English, Chinese''

● SCCA, Center for Contemporary Arts - Ljubljana. strategies of presentation, set unmetnosti - world of art 2000/2001, Mike Hentz lecture "translation*", Ljubljana 2002. Slovenian and English.

● NGBK, Berlin, + Schmetterling Verlag, legal/illegal (Wenn Kunst Gesetze bricht/art beyond law), article about Mike Hentz, Stuttgart, 2004. English and German

● Kunsthaus Baselland, 2018, exhibition catalog BEEHAVE Mike Hentz: Bees from 1981 (still), English / German

● Springer Nature, Ernst, C. Schröter, J. Piazza Virtuale - Interactive Television as a New Medium, Future Media, An Introduction, Germany 2020. German.

● Springer VS Wiesbaden. Ernst, C. Schröter, J. "(Re-)Imagining New Media: Techno-Imaginaries around 2000 and the case of "Piazza virtuale" (1992),Neue Perpektiven der Medienaesthetik, Germany, 2021.German

● Siegen. Future media aesthetics. Ernst, C. Schröter, J. Stöfler, A. Baumgartel, T. Navigationen, Germany, 2021. Article on Van Gogh TV and Piazza virtuale. German.

● SEEDCAMP TREE OF LIFE KAUTZEN (festival catalog). "Odysee & Mike Hentz at the Tree of Life Festival 2022", 2022. German

● Verlag Michael Kellner, Minus Delta t: WOERTERBUCH, Hamburg, 1987. german

● Break 2.2 «Invisible threat». Eventcatalog, Ljubljana, 2003. symposium and wall work with Mike Hentz. English / Slovenian

● DE APPEL. Marga van Mechelen " de Appel: performances, installations,

videoprojects 1975-1983" .  Amsterdam, 2006. Mike Hentz performance: Demaskierung 1978 Amsterdam English

● Printline.print / Newark Lelmal: An Approach to Africa, Berlin, 2006. Mike Hentz text: "Beute" for the symposium "Can Pop help?" Various authors. German.

● Catalog ARS ELECTRONICA, Festival for Art, Technology and Society, Austria, 1986. article: Minus Delta T "THE PROJECT" and M.Hentz / English and German

● Kimpel, MACup: Mehr ais Macintosh, MACup: Sondertruck zur Documenta IX, article about "Van Gogh TV", Hamburg, 2000.

● Walter Pfeiffer & CO. "INVENTAR". Zurich, 1977.

● Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Koenig. "SAMPLE MINDS: Material on Sampling Culture", Bidner, S. Feuerstein, T. (ed./Eds.), New York, 2004. Work by Mike Hentz: "Sample #7" CD (with Frank Köllges ) and text Various authors ISBN3-88375-787-x, English and German

● transcript publishing house. Von Baumgärtel, T. Weinert, J. VAN GOGHS TV's: "Piazza Virtuale: The Invention of Social Media at Documenta IX in 1992", Media Studies Volume 96, 2021. English

● Werkleitz Biennale catalog, real(work), 2000. "Schwarzarbeit/Realwork?" Work by Mike Hentz Various authors: ISBN 3-00-006305-4 German and English

● KUNSTHAUS HAMBURG, BAHOMAS land, Hamburg, catalog 1994. work by Mike Hentz  (also curator): "Framework und Vernetzung". German


 * INFERMENTAL KOELN 1986 "The first international magazine on videocassettes" Infermental 1 - 5 Various authors ISBN 3 - 7701 - 2099 - X  German and English
 * Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, 2020 Catalog "Entering a Living Being: from Social Sculpture to Platform Capitalism",. Tillmann Baumgärtel Curator Installation by Van Gogh TV German
 * "Kunstforum: International" 103, 1989. Heidi Grundmann, H. Essay "Radio Art", about minus Delta t German
 * European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück 1988. article about Mike Hentz, "Frigo", "Minus Delta t". German / English
 * Materialverlag 44 Ein Überblick anlässlich des Jubiläums 100 Jahre Lerchenfeld, HFBK, Hamburg, 2013. work by Mike Hentz "Bees, Farbe und B/W",  "o.T." German
 * Kunstmuseum Bonn: The video collection, Bonn, 1992. Video works by Mike Hentz "Green Phase" (1977), "Omanko" (1978), "May-be Humor" (1978) in video. German
 * Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Germany, 2015. "TELEGEN:Kunst und Fernsehen", Various authors Installation by Van Gogh TV and catalog text German
 * Verlag Bentel ", 1999. "F+F Zürich das offene Kunststudium,  Various authors (Retreat by Mike Hentz with students 1981.) German
 * Hamburger Kunsthalle. "Der gute Ton zum schönen Bild" 1985, Hamburg, 1989.  "Eine Ausstellung der Hochschule für bildende Künste und des Kunsthauses Hamburg 1989, "Mike Hentz im Alter von 54 Jahren, Gastprofessor an der HfBK 1980» Installation, Performance / text catalog German.
 * Keyser Verlag Carl Vogel : Contemporary printmaking: «Künstler, Techniken, Einschätzungen", Munich, 1982. (Mike Hentz "Aktie Bangkok Project")  ISBN 3- 87405-154-4 German.
 * Pori Art Museum Publications 121: Amore, Johnny "Performers", Finland, 2013.  ISBN 978-952-5648-40-09 English
 * HFG OFFENBACH "Sixcon Lost Media", Germany, 2003. curated by Rotraut Pape, Sendeformate der Kunst. Text Andreas Leo Findeisen Mike Hentz Lecture: "Digitale Steinzeit" ISBN 3-921997-41-0 German.
 * KUNSTFORUM International 117 "Parallel Art", Berlin, 1989. Article by Marie Christine Vernay about FRIGO Lyon German
 * SCCA Ljubljana "Dilemmas of Curatorial Practices:World of Art, School for Curators and Critics of Contemporary Art. Years 7-14", 2012 Article: Čufer, Ed "Popover s Mikom Hentzem" (2001), ISBN 978 - 961 - 6278 - 14 - 0.English and Slovenian
 * KUNSTFORUM International 137 "Atlas der Künstlerreisen" P. Bianchi: Interview and text about Minus Delta t and article about Frigo production: "Benny Effrat Ararat Express" Berlin, 1997.German.
 * KUNSTFORUM International 224  "Urban Performance II" Jens Rönnau:   Mike Hentz: "Gästezimmer - ein kulturelles Konzept" Kunstverein Loitz, 20.9.-3.11.2013." German
 * Discourse: Performance. Theater. Dance. Protest. Prank. Web." 137, Berlin, 2014. German.
 * Kehrer Verlag. ZKM "Vertrautes Terrain: Contemporary Art in & about Germany", Museum für Neue Kunst, Germany, 2009. German, English
 * Catalog Art Ovrag Vyksa Russia 2013 Mike Hentz Jury: Sculptures in Public Space Masterclass, Russian
 * Merveverlag 215 Kapielski 1999 " After that it was already"  Chapter 1: Hamburg Nordhausensche (Kapielski's Odyssey to Hamburg to get the book Works 1 by Mike Hentz at Hilka Nordhausen. ) German
 * FARWELL NEW MEDIA ART 2014/2015 Catalog: Symposium at Hangzho Art Academy Art and Media Department Curator Li Zhenhua Chapter 5: "Contextualized Art and the Radio" Lecture: Mike Hentz and interview by Li Zhenhua English and Chinese
 * REPERES Frigo catalog 1983 Lyon activities, videocatalog and Bangkokproject by Frigo French, English  FAMOUS NOTORIOUS by Til Briegleb Materialverlag 139th Hfbk 2013 100 years Hfbk Hamburg (Hentz in the animal chapter) German
 * STATION MIR "No U-turn" Catalog of the activities of the station Mir 1999 Among others with Van gogh TV / Dazibao / FMR TV 1 / 2 /3 Universcity TV / UBIK / 1994 to 1997 in Herouville France French, English

Websites

 * Literatur von und über Mike Hentz im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
 * Mike Hentz im Archiv des ZKM
 * The FALL 2018 Documentary. Mike Hentz, Ole Wulfers, Hochparterre Berlin, Edgars Brunins and friends Video on YouTube