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Recognized for his multimedia creations for over twenty years, Herman Kolgen is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Montreal. A true audiocinetic sculptor, he draws his primary material from the intimate relationship between sound and image. Kolgen works to create objects that assume the form of installations, video and film works, performances and sound sculptures. Constantly exploring, he works at the junctures of different media, as well as elaborating a new technical language and singular aesthetic. 

His multifaceted work is, above all, characterized by a radiographic approach to neurosensory imprints and stimuli. It’s this x-ray effect, with its immaterial quality, which allows the invisible to be seen: the internal intensity of sensitive reactions. Inspired by this tension, as brutal as it is fragile, he constructs recurrent narrative fissions in which temporal friction constitutes the epicenter of his work. In contrast, the notion of the organic is at the core of his conceptual preoccupations. Combined and associated with the digital and the electronic across a work of extreme sensitivity, the latter is then diverted towards hybrid and indeterminate forms.

His installation practice equally integrates a vital work of spatialisation, notably regarding the aspect of sound. The creation and use of random systems of autogenerative image/sound also allows the creation of audiophonic spaces marked by their immersive quality. Notable also are Herman Kolgen’s numerous collaborations with fellow audio artists and electronic/electroacoustic music composers (Taylor Deupree, AGF, Sawako, Akira Rabelais, etc).

From 1996 to 2008, Herman Kolgen has dedicated the majority of his time to the duo SKOLTZ_KOLGEN. His creations have been presented at renowned festivals and events, such as: Berlin Transmediale, DE _ ISEA 2004, (Finland-Estonia) _ Venice Biennale, IT _ Ars Electronica, AT _ Sonic Acts, NL _ Centre Georges Pompidou, FR _ Cimatics, BE _ Dissonanze, IT _ Mutek, MTL, MX _ Elektra, MTL _ Sonar, ES _ Tapei Digital Arts, CN _ Shanghai eARTS, CN.

In addition to his participation in the Venice Biennale in 2006, Herman Kolgen is the recipient of numerous prestigious prizes, including QWARTZ, ARS ELECTRONICA, The Festival Nouveau Cinema Nouveaux Médias de Montréal, the Best Experimental Film Award from the Independent Film Festival of New York and Los Angeles, and the Prix du Conseil Général from the Festival International Vidéoforme de Clermont-Ferrand (France). 

 

 

2012   [ TRAIN FRAGMENTS ]   > WELTECHO _ CHEMNITZ_GERMANY

2012   [ TRAIN FRAGMENTS ]   >  TRANSART > BOLZANO_ITALY

2012   [ INJECT ]   > TRANSART > AUDIENCE IN A SWIMMING POOL> BOLZANO_ITALY

2012   [ INJECT ]   > AUDIENCE IN A SWIMMING POOL>BRISTOL _ENGLAND

2012   [ DUST ]   > PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSIC > ONTARIO_CANADA

2012   [ GROW ]   > HOLLYWOOD BOWL > LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC > USA

2012   [ TRAIN FRAGMENTS TOUR ]   >  3 CITIES _ TAIPEI-TAICHUNG-KAOSIUNG > TAIWAN

2012   [ DUST ]   > INTERSTICE INTERNATIONAL INTERMEDIA FESTIVAL > CAEN >FRANCE

2012   [ FLESH + WOOD + METAL ]   > MOIS MULTIS 13 _ MEDUSE _ QUEBEC CITY > CANADA 

2012   [ TRAIN FRAGMENTS ]   > TRANSJOURNEY FUTURE MEDIA FEST > TAIPEI >TAIWAN

2012   [ OVERLAPP ]   > TRANSJOURNEY FUTURE MEDIA FEST > TAIPEI >TAIWAN

2012   [ DUST ]   > TRANSJOURNEY FUTURE MEDIA FEST > TAIPEI >TAIWAN

2011   [ TRAIN FRAGMENTS ]   > NACIONAL SOFIA REINA ART MUSEUM > MADRID_SPAIN

2011   [ DUST ]   > MEDATAC_CAIXAFORUM > MADRID_SPAIN

2011   [ INJECT ]   > MEDATAC_CAIXAFORUM > MADRID_SPAIN

2011   [ DUST ]   > SUBTLE TECHNOLOGY_OTTAWA > CANADA

2011   [ DUST ]   > MOTA MUSEUM > MARIBOR_SLOVENIA 

2011   [ DUST ]   > MOTA MUSEUM > LJUBLJANA_SLOVENIA

2011   [ TRAIN FRAGMENTS ] +ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN > PARIS_FRANCE

2011   [ INJECT ]   > IV MOSTRA LIVE CINEMA > RIO_BRESIL 

2011   [ DUST ]   > IV MOSTRA LIVE CINEMA > SAO-PAULO_BRESIL 

2011   [ INJECT ]   > ON/OFF EXPERIENCES > SAO-PAULO_BRESIL 

2011   [ DUST ]   > ON/OFF EXPERIENCES > SAO-PAULO_BRESIL

2011   [ DUST ]   > SALLE ALHAMBRA > GENEVA_SWITZERLAND

2011   [ INJECT ]   > ART ROCK FESTIVAL > ST-BRIEUC_FRANCE 

2011   [ DUST ]   > ART ROCK FESTIVAL > ST-BRIEUC_FRANCE

2011   [ GEOGRAPHIC WORDS ]   > MUSIQUE D’IMPRESSION > MONTREAL_CANADA

2011   [ DUST ]   > LA CIGALE  / NEMO > PARIS_FRANCE

2011   [ DUST ]   > FAN ART AND NEW MEDIAS ESTIVAL > CASABLANCA_MAROC

2011   [ DUST ]   > LEV  VISUAL ELECTRONIC LABORATORY > GIJON_ESPAGNE

2011   [ DUST ]   > LEV  VISUAL ELECTRONIC LABORATORY > GIJON_ESPAGNE

2011   [ INJECT ]   > LEV  VISUAL ELECTRONIC LABORATORY > GIJON_ESPAGNE

2011   [ DUST ]   > NEMO > PARIS_FRANCE

2011   [ DUST ]   > MOISMULTI > QUEBEC

2011   [ OVERLAPP ] + OSQ   > MOISMULTI > QUEBEC 

2011   [ DIFFERENT TRAINS ] + OSQ   > MOISMULTI > QUEBEC

2011   [ GEOGRAPHIC WORDS ]   > MOISMULTI > QUEBEC 

2011   [ INJECT ]   > TRANSMEDIALE > BERLIN_GERMANY

2011   [ DUST ]   > TRANSMEDIALE > BERLIN_GERMANY

2010   [ INJECT ]   > STRP / ART + TECHNOLOGY > EINDHOVEN_NETHERLANDS

2010   [ DUST ]   > STRP / ART + TECHNOLOGY > EINDHOVEN_NETHERLANDS

2010   [ DUST ]   > ELECTRIC FIELDS > OTTAWA_CANADA

2010   [ INJECT ]   > NMF > VANCOUVER_CANADA

2010   [ INJECT ]   > VAD / ART DIGITALES > VERONA_ESPAGNE

2010   [ DUST ]   > VAD / ART DIGITALES > VERONA_ESPAGNE

2010   [ INJECT ]   > AUDIENCE IN A POOL _ CULTURES ELECTRONIK  > RENNES_FRANCE

2010   [ DIFFERENT TRAINS ]   > CULTURES ELECTRONIK  > RENNES_FRANCE

2010   [ GEOGRAPHIC WORDS ]   > CULTURES ELECTRONIK  > RENNES_FRANCE

2010   [ DUST ]   > SIGNAL / CASTELLO SAN MICHELLE > CAGLIARI_ITALIA

2010   [ INJECT ]   > SIGNAL / CASTELLO SAN MICHELLE > CAGLIARI_ITALIA

2010   [ INJECT ]   > ARS ELECTRONICA > LINZ_AUSTRIA

2010   [ DUST ] INDAF > INCHEON_KOREA

2010   [ ECTOPLASM.3 ]   > MUTEK  > MONTREAL_CANADA 

2010   [ INJECT ] MAPPING FESTIVAL  > GENEVA_SWITZERLAND

2010   [ DUST ] ELEKTRA  > MONTREAL_CANADA

2010   [ INJECT ] ELEKTRA  > MONTREAL_CANADA

2010   [ DUST ] NEMO-LE CUBE  > PARIS_FRANCE 

2010   [ INJECT ] NEMO  > PARIS_FRANCE

2009   [ INJECT ] CIMATICS > BRUXELLES_BELGIUM

2009   [ INJECT ] National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts > TAICHUNG_TAIWAN

2009   [ INJECT ] Taipei National University of the Arts  > TAPEI_TAIWAN

2009   [ INJECT ] The Center for Art and Technology > TAPEI_TAIWAN

2009   [ INJECT ] ESPACIO TELEFONICA > BUENOS AIRES_ARGENTINA

2009   [ INJECT ] TREATRO SOLIS > MONTEVIDEO_URUGUAY

2009   [ INJECT ] UNIVERSIDAD AUDITORIUM > SANTIAGO_CHILE

2009   [ INJECT ] MUSEO DE EVORA > EVORA_PORTUGAL

2009   [ INJECT ] BAINS NUMÉRIQUES > ENGHEIN LES BAINS_ FRANCE

2009   [ INJECT ] MUTEK > MONTREAL_CANADA

2009   [ INJECT ]  ELEKTRA > MONTREAL_CANADA 

2009   [ SILENT ROOM REMIX]  CAMARA MUNICIPAL > TORRES VEDRAS_ PORTUGAL

2008   [ ASKAA ]  E_ARTS > MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY > SHANGHAI_ CHINA

2008   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] > MIS - MUSEU DA IMAGEM E DO SOM > SAO PAULO_BRESIL

2008   [ JE ME SOUVIENS 3 ONF/NFB ]  LA SALA ROSSA > MONTRÉAL QC_ CANADA 

2008   [ ASKAA ] COMMUNIKEY FESTIVAL  > ATLAS INSTITUTE> BOULDER_COLORADO_USA

2008   [ HOMMAGE À HÉLÈNE PRÉVOST ] SOCIÉTÉ ARTS TECHNOLOGIQUES > MONTRÉAL_CA

2008   [ CROSSFADE ] CASA DEL POPOLO > MONTRÉAL_CANADA

2007   [ ASKAA ] NATIONAL TAIWAN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS > TAICHUNG_ TAIWAN

2007   [ SILENT ROOM REMIX]  NATIONAL TAIWAN MUSEUM FINE ARTS > TAICHUNG_ TAIWAN

2007   [ SILENT ROOM REMIX ]  TAPEI DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL 2007 > TAPEI_ TAIWAN

2007   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ]  TAPEI DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL 2007 > TAPEI_ TAIWAN

2007   [ ASKAA ] MUTEK MX >MUSEO DEL ECO > MEXICO CITY_MEXICO

2007   [ SILENT ROOM REMIX ]  MUTEK MX > ESTACION INDIANILLA > MEXICO

2007   [ SILENT ROOM REMIX ]  FESTIVAL EMERGENCE 07 > LA VILETTE > PARIS_ FRANCE

2007   [ SILENT ROOM REMIX ]  ELEKTRA 08 > USINE C _ MONTRÉAL, CANADA

2007   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] CASA ENCENDIDA > PLAY, CINE EN DIRECTO > MADRID_ SPAIN

2006   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] BIENNALE DI VENEZIA > ARSENALE >VENEZIA, ITALY.

2006   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] SINUS SERIES > THÉÂTRE BASEL, BASEL_ SWITZERLAND.

2006   [ SILENT ENSEMBLE VS SKOLTZ_KOLGEN ]  TRANSART > FORTEZZA_ BOLZANO_ITALY

2006   [ EPIDERM ] TRANSART > ROTHOBLAAS , CORTACCIA_ITALY.

2006   [ ASKAA ] TRANSART > THUNIVERSUM PANOPTIKUM, BOLZANO_ITALY

2006   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] RECOMBINANT MEDIA LABS > SAN FRANCISCO_ USA 

2006   [ ASKAA ]  RECOMBINANT MEDIA LABS > SAN FRANCISCO_ USA

2006   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] BLEEDING EDGE > MONTALVO ARTS CENTER, SARATOGA_ USA

2006   [ ASKAA ] MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL > HANGAR BICOCCA, MILANO_ ITALY

2006   [ EPIDERM ] MUTEK 07_ STUDIO DU MONUMENT NATIONAL > MONTRÉAL - CANADA

2006   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] ELEKTRA > USINE C_ MONTRÉAL, CANADA.

2006   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] STRP FESTIVAL >EINDHOVEN > THE NETHERLANDS.

2006   [ EPIDERM ] MOIS MULTI / COMPLEXE MÉDUSE > QUÉBEC - CANADA

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] PAN AM MUTEK > SANTIAGO > CHILE 

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] PAN AM MUTEK > SAO PAOLO > BRESIL

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] PAN AM MUTEK > BELO HORIZONTE > BRESIL

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] ENCUENTRO ELECTRONICO > BOGOTA > COLOMBIA

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] SOUND UNSEEN > MINNEAPOLIS, USA 

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] UOVO PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL > MILAN, ITALY

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] TRANSART > BOLZANO, ITALY

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] COMPLUS EVENTS > ROMA, ITALY 

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] OPTRONICA > LONDON_ UK 

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] SONAR _ CENTRE D’ART SANTA MÒNICA > BARCELONA_SPAIN

2005   [ ASKAA ] MUTEK 05 MUSÉE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE MONTRÉAL > MONTRÉAL_CA

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] MUTEK IN MEXICO_ MUSEO TAMAYO > MEXICO CITY_ MEXICO 

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] NEMO_ FORUM DES HALLES > PARIS_ FRANCE

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] OCT CONTEMPORARY ART TERMINAL > SHENZHEN_ CHINA

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] CHENGDU ART GALLERY> CHENGDU_ CHINA

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] TANGO_ MUTEK IN CHINA > BEIJING_ CHINA

2005   [ HIISKAA ] CLUB TRANSMÉDIALE 05 > BERLIN_GERMANY

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] MOCA _ VISUAL MUSIC 1905-2005 > LOS ANGELES_ USA

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] TRANSMÉDIALE 05 > BERLIN_GERMANY

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] SENSORALIA > ROMA_ ITALY

2005   [ KAÄRTA ] -  PLAZA DE LA LIBERACION >GUADALAJARA_MEXICO

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] PLAZA DE LA LIBERACION >GUADALAJARA_MEXICO

2005   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] IXEM 04 > MAESTRE_ITALY

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] EYEBEAM > NEW YORK_ USA

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] CIMATICS_BEURSSCHOUWBURG > BRUSSELS_BELGIUM

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] NEW FORMS_ROUNDHOUSE ARTS CENTRE > VANCOUVER_CA

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] SEND & RECEIVE _ ANNEX GALLERY> WINNIPEG_CANADA

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] MUSÉE DU QUÉBEC  > QUÉBEC_CANADA 

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] SONIC ACTS _PARADISO > AMSTERDAM_ NETHERLANDS

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] ARS ELECTRONICA 2004 / BRUCKNERHAUS > LINZ_ AUSTRIA

2004   [ IDIOSYNCRATIC ] ISEA 2004 / BALTIC SEA > HELSINKI_STOCKHOLM

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] BLÜ / OSLO > OSLO_ NORWAY

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] KUNSTHALL_ LANDMARK / BERGEN > BERGEN_NORWAY

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] ISEA 2004 / FLUUX IN TALLINN > TALLINN_ESTONIA

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] GARAGE / STRAASLUND > STRAASLUND_GERMANY

2004   [ EPIDERM ] ELEKTRA / USINE C > MONTRÉAL_CANADA

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] MUTEK 04 / EX-CENTRIS > MONTRÉAL_CANADA

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] MICRO_9 / SAT > MONTRÉAL_CANADA

2004   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] NETMAGE / SALA BORSA_LIVE MEDIA FLOOR > BOLOGNA_ITALY

2003   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] MUSEO TAMAYO > MEXICO CITY - MEXICO

2003   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] MUSEO DEL ARTE ZAPOPAN > GUADALAJARA - MEXICO

2003   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] CECUT > TIJUANA - MEXICO 

2003   [ FLÜUX:/TERMINAL ] MUTEK ARCHI_TEXTURE 2 / SAT > MONTRÉAL_CANADA

2003   [ OVSKII ] PRAGUE BIENNALE ROXY > PRAGUE_CZECHREPUBLIC

2002   [ ELF2B_ALPHA ] VOLT AA - O’PATRO VYS > MONTRÉAL_CANADA

2002   [ OVSKII ] MUTEK 02 / EX-CENTRIS > MONTRÉAL_CANADA 

 

 

2012

[ ACCUMULATION SERIES _ DUST RESTRICTION ]  

ARKO ART CENTER  >  SEOUL_KOREA

 

[  MINDWIND _ WINDFIELDS  SERIES ]  

BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE ART NUMÉRIQUE MONTREAL 

 > PROJECTION GRANDE BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MONTREAL

 

 [  WINDFIELD  STUDY ]  

MAK MUSEUM _ AUSTRIA - SOUNDFRAME FESTIVAL

 

 

[ ACCUMULATION SERIES _ STOCHASTIC PROCESS ]  

INTERSTICE FESTIVAL  >  CAEN_FRANCE

[ FLESH + WOOD + METAL ]  

MEDUSE / MOIS-MULTI  >  QUEBEC CITY

 

2011

[ ACCUMULATION SERIES _ STOCHASTIC PROCESS ]  

FONOTECA NATIONAL  >  MEXICO CITY

 

[ ACCUMULATION SERIES _ DUST RESTRICTION ]  

CINEMATHEQUE QUEBECOISE  >  MONTREAL_CANADA

 

2010

[ WINDFIELDS NO.01 _ URBAN WIND  ]  

ACTON ART ACTUEL > ST-JEAN RICHELIEU _QUEBEC

[ WINDFIELDS NO.01 _ URBAN WIND  ]  

INDAF > INCHEON_KOREA

[ INJECT OUTDOOR INSTALLATION  ]  

3BBIEAF2010 VIDEO ART  >  MAKATI CITY_ PHILIPPINES

[ ACCUMULATION SERIES _ STOCHASTIC PROCESS ]  

BÂTIMENT D’ART CONTEMPORAIN  >  GENEVA_SWITZERLAND

 

[ ETHER_OPTOFONICA ] 

NEMO   >  PARIS_FRANCE

 

2009

[ ELF 2B_ALPHA ]

USINE C > ARTISTE EN RÉSIDENCE SAISON 2009-2010 > MONTRÉAL__CANADA

 

2008

[ HYALIN ]  

LIGHTS OUT !  EXHIBITION  > MIS  - MUSEU DA IMAGEM E DO SOM > SAO PAULO_BRESIL

[ SILENT ROOM ] 

EXHIBITION INSOMNIES_MAISON D’ART BERNARD ANTHONIOZ_NOGENT, FRANCE

 

 

2007

[ ETHER ] 

OPTOFONICA SCREENING OF 5.1 SURROUND SOUND AUDIOVISUAL WORK

MELKWEG [AMSTERDAM/NETHERLANDS] _ 2007

SONAR 2007, MACBA AND COSMOCAIXA [BARCELONA/SPAIN]

2006

[ SILENT ROOM ]  

IN SITU INSTALLATION 16 ROOMS

TRANSART > FRANZENSFESTE FORTEZZA_ BOLZANO_ITALY

[ ELF2B_ALPHA ]

FESTIVAL NÉMO > ESPACE PAUL RICARD > PARIS_ FRANCE

[ SILENT ROOM ]

FESTIVAL NÉMO > ESPACE PAUL RICARD > PARIS_ FRANCE

[ SILENT ROOM ]

ISOLATED ROOMS  _ KÜNSTLERHAUS BETHANIEN > BERLIN, GERMANY

2005

[ ELF2B_ALPHA ]

[ B ! A S - INTERNATIONAL SOUND ART EXHIBITION ]  TAPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM > TAIPEI, TAIWAN 

[ ETHER ] 

COMMISIONNED WORK AT CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU - D-DAY,  CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU > PARIS, FRANCE

[ ASKAA ] 

 OPEN PLATFORM INSTALLATION - MUSÉE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE MONTRÉAL / MUTEK 05  > MONTRÉAL_CANADA

[ ELF2B_ALPHA ] 

MAISON BULLES A SIX COQUES _ FRANCE

 

1996-2004  [ SELECTION ]

 [ SILENT ROOM ]

BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 

EXHIBITION PROGRAMM BIIF UTSTILLINGEN > BERGEN _NORWAY _ 2004

[ OVSKII + HYALIN + ELF2B_ALPHA ]  

ELEKTRA / USINE C > MONTRÉAL - CANADA _ 2004

[ INVISIBLE CITIES ] _ SCULPTURE & SONIC ASSEMBLAGE

ARGOS FESTIVAL  > BRUSSELS_ BELGIUM _ 2004

SINTESI ELECTRONIC ARTS FESTIVAL > NAPOLI, ITALIA _ 2004

GALERIA ZDB > LISBONNE, PORTUGAL _ 2003

NAUGHTON GALLERY > BELFAST, IRELAND _ 2002

[ ELF2B_ALPHA ] 

PRAGUE BIENNALE _ NATIONAL GALLERY, VELETZNI PALAC > PRAGUE - CZECHREPUBLIC _ 2003

[ MAN INC.]

MONUMENT NATIONAL & MÉTRO BERRI > MONTRÉAL - CANADA _ 2003

[ CIRKUS ] 

L’ART QUI FAIT BOOM _ MIX-MÉDIA _ ENCAN  >  MARCHÉ BONSÉCOUR > MONTREAL_ 2003

CENTRE DE COMMERCE MONDIAL > MONTRÉAL - CANADA _ 1996

FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA ET NOUVEAUX MÉDIAS > MONTREAL _ 1996

[ TRAIN FRAGMENTS ]    

KOLGEN 2011 _ 21:30 MIN 

2011   

[TRAIN FRAGMENTS ]  > NACIONAL SOFIA REINA ART MUSEUM > MADRID_SPAIN

[ ALTERED SPLICES ]   > MUSIKPROTOKOLL_CINECHAMBER > GRAZ_AUSTRIA

[ ALTERED SPLICES ]   > FESTSPIELHAUS HELLERAU > DRESDEN_GERMANY

[ ALTERED SPLICES ]   > CLUB TRANSMEDIAL _ CINECHAMBER > BERLIN_GERMANY


[ SILENT ROOM ]    

SKOLTZ_KOLGEN 2002 _ 82:00 MIN

AWARD BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

INDEPENDANT FILM FESTIVAL OF NEW YORK

 

AWARD BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

INDEPENDANT FILM FESTIVAL OF NEW YORK 

 

2009

FOLIES ET CRÉATIONS > Espace Lucie Aubrac >Le Vigan_FRANCE.

 

2008

festival du cinéma différent_ PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS > LILLE_FRANCE

RIAM #5, RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES  ARTS MULTIMÉDIA > MARSEILLES_FRANCE

 

2007

LE CUBE_ ESPACE LOUNGE, ISSY LES MOULINEAUX_FRANCE

 

2006

SONARFILES > SONAR IN KOREA_KOREA 

THE IMPRINT OF SOUND /SPOT-Taipei Film House>Taipei _TAIWAN

THE IMPRINT OF SOUND> Taoyen + Kaohsiung _TAIWAN

FESTIVAL NEMO > PANORAMA SELECTION > PARIS_ FRANCE

 

2005

FESTIVAL X > VIDEOPULSIONES. TECNOLOGIAS DO SENTIMENTO >LISBON_PORTUGAL

KULTÜR BURO BARCELONA > BARCELONA_SPAIN

MUTEK MX_ SALA DE ARTE PUBLICO SIQUEUROS > MEXICO CITY_MEXICO

 

2004

BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL >BERGEN_NORWAY

LAUSANE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL > LAUSANNE_SWITZERLAND 

SEND & RECEIVE > WINNIPEG _CANADA

VILLETTE NUMÉRIQUE > PARIS _FRANCE 

 DISSONANZE > ROMA_ITALY

LO SGUARDO DI ULISSE > NAPOLI _ITALY

ONF > MONTREAL_CANADA

ATELIER DU NORD> OSLO_NORWAY

BEK / BERGEN > BERGEN_NORWAY

GARAGE FESTIVAL  > STRAALSUND_GERMANY

BEST OF FESTIVALS / CENTRE INT. MULTIMÉDIA DE TOULOUSE > TOULOUSE_FRANCE

NY INTERNATIONNAL INDEPENDANT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVA > NEW YORK,NY_USA

NY INTERNATIONNAL INDEPENDANT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL>LOS ANGELE_USA

FESTIVAL NEMO - 5E ÉDITION / FORUM DES IMAGES > PARIS_FRANCE

LES RENDEZ-VOUS DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS > MONTRÉAL_CANADA

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONNAL NOUVEAU CINÉMA NOUVEAUX MÉDIAS > MONTRÉAL_ CAN

 

 

[ CIRKUS ]    

SKOLTZ_KOLGEN 1996 _ 6:30 MIN 

 

2000

RESFEST DVD 001, COLLECTIVE OF NUMERIC ART ON DVD > CALIFORNIA_USA

 

1999

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL VIDÉO ET ART MÉDIATIQUE > FRANCE 

 

1998 

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF ROTTERDAM > ROTTERDAM_NETHERLANDS

RESFEST > CALIFORNIA, CHICAGO, NEW YORK, FLORIDA _USA

CENTRAL FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL > FLORIDA_USA

MINIMALEM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL > NORWAY 

SIBIU FESTIVAL / ASTRA MUSEUM > ROUMANIA

NEW YORK VIDEO FESTIVAL > NEW YORK_USA

IMPAKT AUDIOVISUALS ARTS FESTIVAL > PAYS BAS / NETHERLANDS

FILM SOCIETY > NEW YORK _ USA

FESTIVAL NOUVEAU CINÉMA NOUVEAUX MÉDIAS, MÉDIA LOUNGE > MONTRÉAL_CAN

FUSE DESIGN 98 _ WITH DAVID CARSON, NEVILLE BRODY, MALCOM GARRETT

VITAL INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL, CARDIFF, LONDON_UK

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY _ COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS > NY_USA

FILMFESTIVAL ROTTERDAM HOLLAND _ROTTERDAM _ NETHERLANDS

 

1997

FESTIVAL INT. CINEMA FRANCOPHONE _ MONCTON _ NEW BRUNSWICK_CAN

[ DÉSIRS CALCINÉS ]  

KOLGEN 1995 _ 28:32 MIN  /  AKA  HERMAN WEEB

 

PREMIER PRIX VIDEO 1996

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL NOUVEAUX CINÉMA 

ET NOUVEAUX MÉDIAS DE MONTRÉAL

PRIX DU CONSEIL GÉNÉRAL VIDEOFORMES _ FIRST PRICE CREATION

FESTIVAL CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE 1996

 

 

 

1999

SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE _ VIDEO Y ARTES ELECTRONICAS _ MEXICO

 

1998

MINIMALEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, TRONDHEIM, NORWAY

KOMMUNALES KINO IM ALTEN WIEHREBAHNHOF, FREIBURG, GERMANY

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL, ROMANIA

NEW YORK VIDEO FESTIVAL, NEW YORK, USA

IMAGES _ FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT FILM AND VIDEO _ TORONTO _ CANADA

TRAM-VIDEO _ART VIDEO ET CYBERNÉTIQUE _  LYON _ FRANCE

11TH STUTTGARTER FILMWINTER _  GERMANY

 

1997

TRANSMÉDIALE VIDEOFEST _ BERLIN _ GERMANY

THE HOUTON INTERNATIOAL FILM FESTIVAL_WORLDFEST HOUSTON_ BRONZE AWARD

CODEX FILM+VIDEO FESTIVAL _ NORWAY

TECHNOLUST FESTIVAL / MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORY ART _ BELGIUM

WORLD WIDE VIDEO FESTIVAL _ AMSTERDAM1

13TH RIO CINE FESTIVAL _ RIO _ BARSIL

FILMHAUS , 13TH INTERNATIONAL HAMBURG SHORT FILM FESTIVAL _ GERMANY

EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO ATLANTA FESTIVAL _ USA _ HONORABLE MENTION 

EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL _ OSNABRUCK _ GERMANY

 

1996

VIDEOFORMES_ MANIFESTARTION INTERNATIONALE D’ART, 

CLERMONT-FERRAND, 

FRANCE _ PREMIER PRIX CRÉATION

 

FESTIVAL NOUVEAU CINEMA ET MEDIA, MONTRÉAL 

PREMIER PRIX / AWARD OEUVRE VIDEO

 

11TH. INSTANTS VIDÉO _ MANOSQUE, FRANCE

GALERIE 55 PRINCE _ MONTREAL _ CANADA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/ — SOLO ALBUMS  [ HERMAN KOLGEN ]

2011_ [ DUST ACCUMULATIONS ] 

SIGNED ET LIMITED DELUXE EDITION

LABEL : ORAL > MONTREAL

 

/ — SOLO ALBUMS  [ SKOLTZ_KOLGEN ]

 

2006_ [ POST PIANO V.07.05 ] 

LABEL : 12K_ > NEW YORK, USA

 

2004_ [ FLÜUX :/ TERMINAL ] V.CD 

LABEL : MUTEK REC > MONTRÉAL - CANADA 

MASTERING: STEPHEN BETKE (POLE)

FAB/02

 

2002_ [ HYALIN ] 

SOUND TRANSPARENCIES GENERATED BY VISUAL OPACITY

LABEL : LINE > NEW YORK, USA

LINE_014

 

// — AUDIO COMPILATIONS   [ SKOLTZ_KOLGEN ] 

 

2008_ SOUNDMUSEUM

MUSEUM FOR CONTEMPORY FOR SOUND ART

http://soundmuseum.fm

 

2004_ [ ASKAA 28.03.05 ] MUTEK 05

VARIOUS ARTIST _COLLECTIVE COMPILATION _ CD 

LABEL : MUTEK REK > MONTRÉAL - CANADA

 

2004_ [ ÜUX_PARADOX ] FROTTEMENTS

VARIOUS ARTIST _COLLECTIVE COMPILATION _ CD 

LABEL : MUSÉE DE QUÉBEC > QUÉBEC- CANADA

 

2004_ [ ÜUX_UNDERSCORE ] MUTEK 04

 

VARIOUS ARTIST _COLLECTIVE COMPILATION _ CD 

LABEL : MUTEK REK > MONTRÉAL - CANADA

 

2003_ [ ULHIKO ] TWO POINT TWO - PROJEKT NO 013

VARIOUS ARTIST _COLLECTIVE COMPILATION _ CD 

LABEL : 12K/LINE > NEW YORK, USA

WITH : TAYLOR DEUPREE, RICHARD CHARTIER, 

KENNETH KIRSHNER, SOGAR, COH, 

STEVE RODEN,DORON SADJA, AE LAB, KOMET

12K1026/LINE_016

 

2003_ [ ELF2B_ALPHA ] > VOLT AA - PROJEKT NO 006

VARIOUS ARTIST _COLLECTIVE COMPILATION _ CD 

LABEL : ORAL > MONTRÉAL - CANADA 

WITH : KAFFE MATTHEWS, FRANCISCO LOPEZ, 

TIM HECKER, MYLENA BERGERON.

ORAL04-VOLT AA

 

2002_ [ UBER_LAG ] MUTEK 02 - PROJEKT NO 010

VARIOUS ARTIST _COLLECTIVE COMPILATION _ CD 

( UNDER THE NAME OF DIOXYDE )

LABEL : MUTEK REK > MONTRÉAL - CANADA

 

 

 

 

// INDEPENDANT PUBLISHING

 

2007_ [ SILENT ROOM FAKTORY BOX 01 ]

 

LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 NUMBERED & SIGNED BOX SET OF THE SILENT ROOM PROJECT

 

THIS BOX CONCEIVED BY SKOLTZ_KOLGEN CONTAINS  > :

- DVD OF THE FILM (NTSC & PAL) INCLUDING OUTTAKES + EXTRAS

- BOOK_ 264 PAGE FULL COLOUR (IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN

- 2 AUDIO CDS , WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF INTERNATIONAL SOUND ARTISTS

 

[ AGF + SCANNER + AKIRA RABELAIS + TAYLOR DEUPREE + YOSHIO MACHIDA + NATHAN MC NINCH + SAWAKO + LISLE ELLIS + SEBASTIEN ROUX +  FM3 + KENNETH KIRSCHNER +RYOICHI KUROKAWA + STEFANO TEDESCO + MAGALI BABIN + KEMPF + ERIK GRISWOLD + STEINBRUCHEL + STEVE RODEN ]

 

PRODUCED BY:SK FAKTORY- ARCADI - OPTICAL SOUND

> MONTRÉAL /PARIS

 

 

 

 // — DVD COMPILATION

 

ETHER / 

TITLE: Optofonica (LINE_041)

FORMAT: DVD (DIGIPAK + 52 PAGE COLOR BOOK IN EMBOSSED SLIPCASE)

RELEASE: NOVEMBER 17, 2009_LIMITED EDITION: 1000_WITH ARTISTS:

EVELINA DOMNITCH + DMITRY GELFAND + RICHARD CHARTIER, TELCOSYSTEMS

RYAN JEFFERY + SCANNER, RYOICHI KUROKAWA, KANTA HORIO,

JASON GRAHAM + KIM CASCONE + TEZ, SKOLTZ_KOLGEN, KAFFE MATTHEWS,

MARCEL WIERCKX, MARTIJN VAN BOVEN, OTOLAB, RAYXXXX, LIA + @C,

BAS VAN KOOLWJIK, FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER, DOMENICO SCIAJNO,

PE LANG + ZIMOUN, ULF LANGHEINRICH, QUAYOLA + MIRA CALIX + AUTOBAM,

SKIF++, DAVID MUTH & HIAZ, KURT HENTSCHLAGER, 

NATALIE BEWERNITZ + MAREK GOLDOWSKI

 

Optofonica #1 was assembled by curator, TeZ and is produced by Optofonica in collaboration with LINE and with the support of ARCADI (Action régionale pour la création artistique et la diffusion en Île-de-France) and FONDS BKVB.

 

 

UNDER INFLUENCE NO 04 // TALENTS - THE ART VIDEO COLLECTION

[ SILENT ROOM ] ARTO ROOM 381

2008_10  > : PARIS_ FRANCE

 

SONIC ACTS XI - THE ANTHOLOGY OF COMPUTER ART

[ SILENT ROOM DISTILLED VERSION ] SHORT REMIX OF SILENT ROOM

FEBRUARY 2006  > : AVAILABLE INTO THE WIRE MAGAZINE_ 

+ WWW.SONICACTS.COM

 

BIAS INTERNATIONAL SOUND ART DVD

[ ELF2B_ALPHA ] DISTILLED VERSION 

2005  > : BIAS INTERNATIONAL SOUND ART EXHIBITION

PUBLISHED BY ETAT, TAPEI_ TAIWAN

 

[ DIFFERENT TRAINS ] 

HOMMAGE À STEVE REICH

CULTURES ELECTRONIK

2010 >  ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE BRETAGNE > RENNES, FRANCE

 

[  WINDFIELD  STUDY ]  

MAK MUSEUM _ AUSTRIA - SOUNDFRAME FESTIVAL

 

[ MCLAREN ]

HOMMAGE TO NORMAN MCLAREN 

CURATOR ::: ERIC MATTSON

2008 > SALA ROSA , MONTREAL, CANADA

 

[ ETHER ] 

CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU

2005 >  CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU > PARIS, FRANCE.

 

[ ASKAA ]

OPEN PLATFORM INSTALLATION + PERFORMANCE 

COMMISIONNED WORK FOR MUTEK

2005_  >   MUSÉE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE MONTRÉAL 

> MONTRÉAL_CANADA

 

[ KAÄRTA ] 

COMMISIONNED WORK FOR THE CITY OF GUADALAJARA

2005_ >GUADALAJARA_MEXICO

 

COMMISSION WORK 2004

HORIZON ZERO ISSUE NO 14: DREAM NANO WET  BANFF CENTER 

> ALBERTA _ CANADA

 

CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, [ ETHER ] PARIS, FRANCE , 2007

 

CITY OF GUADALAJARA_ MEXICO [ KAÄRTA ], 2005 

 

CINÉMATHÈQUE QUÉBECOISE [ SILENT ROOM ] BANDE VIDÉO, 2006

 

CINÉMATHÈQUE QUÉBECOISE [ CIRKUS ]  BANDE VIDÉO, 1996

 

2010
QWARTZ AWARD _ PERFORMANCE DUST >  PARIS_FRANCE

2010
HONORARY MENTION  [ INJECT ] > ARS ELECTRONICA 2010,
DIGITAL MUSICS CATEGORY > LINZ_ AUSTRIA

2009
QWARTZ AWARD _ BEST VIDEO, QWARTZ 5 [ SILENT ROOM ] PARIS_FRANCE
 
2009
QWARTZ AWARD _ BEST ARTWORK AND PACKAGING [ SILENT ROOM FAKTORY BOX ]
QWARTZ 5 > PARIS_FRANCE
 
2005
HONORARY MENTION [ FLÜUX :/ TERMINAL ] > ARS ELECTRONICA 2005,
DIGITAL MUSICS CATEGORY > LINZ_ AUSTRIA
 
2004
[ SILENT ROOM ] BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM _ FEATURE FILM
NEW YORK INDEPENDANT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL > NEW YORK_USA
 
2004
 CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD _ FEATURE FILM [ SILENT ROOM ]
NEW YORK INDEPENDANT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL > LOS ANGELES_USA
 
2004
BEST AUDIO WORK [ FLÜUX :/ TERMINAL ]
SHINE ! _ THE BEST OF CANADIAN NEW MEDIA


2003
HORIZON ZERO _ THE BANFF NEW MEDIA INSTITUTE > ALBERTA _ CANADA
D’ART BERNARD ANTHONIOZ_NOGENT, FRANCE