Hans Peter Kuhn
Born 1952, Kiel, Germany, 1952. Lives in Berlin, Germany
Hans Peter Kuhn works with two of the most fundamental elements through which we perceive the world: light and sound. Starting out as a composer for theatre and dance, he gradually moved towards using both sound and light, and from working within buildings to working on a large scale with the outside of buildings. He uses light to transform industrial buildings and urban spaces into magical, glowing places, creating beauty but also holding up a kind of mirror to our surroundings, prompting us to see them in (literally) a new light. What do we see when we look around in Liverpool, a city that has been forced to adapt to changing circumstances but is perhaps unsure of where it is heading? Hans Peter Kuhn’s work is a dramatic realisation of Liverpool as a city full of questions.
Selected Installations
2005 true colours, light installation, Spreekarree, Berlin, Germany, comm. EnBW – Energie Baden-Württemberg
Inde – Ude, solo exhibition, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
Advertising, light and sound installation, Constellations – Artissima 12, Turin, Italy
MODULE 2, 4 & 5, light and sound objects, Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, Museum für Neue Kunst – ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
The Frozen Torchlight Parade, light and sound installation, Munkemose + Eventyrhavenparks, Odense, Denmark
2004 Trypt, video installation, Festival International d’Art Video, Casablanca, Morocco
Lydbilleder VII, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
2003 F 60, Lichterfeld Besucherbergwerk, Lichterfeld, Germany
Heiersturm, light and sound installation, 7 Türme – 7 Lichter, Paderborn, Germany
2002 Soundline, Hyogo Prefectural Museum, Kobe, Japan
2001 Scanner: Visual Sound Part 2, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, USA
Salon du Livre, design of the German Pavilion at the Paris Book Fair, Paris, France
Neues Rathaus, installation at the city hall, Kiel, Germany
2000 The Bridge, Festival ‘Lyon– Cité Sonore’, Grame, Lyons, France
Light – Cube – Sound, 2000 ½ – going forward looking back, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
Licht und Klang, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany
Up and Down, Festival of Vision, Hong Kong
Selected Theatre Works with Robert Wilson
1997 Saints and Singing, Hebbeltheater, Berlin, Germany, and world tour
1995 Hamlet, Alley Theatre, Houston, TX, USA, and world tour
1993 Orlando, Theatre VIDY, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Théâtre l’Odéon, Paris, France
1992 Dr Faustus Lights the Lights, Hebbeltheater, Berlin, Germany, and world tour
1991 When We Dead Awaken, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, USA
Selected Music for Dance Works
2003 Process Vol. 2 Reflection <Punkt und Linie Berlin>, choreography Junko Wada, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany – InTransit Festival
2002 noBody, Sasha Waltz Company, Schaubühne, Berlin, Germany
2001 Chidori III..., solo by Junko Wada, Asian Art Museum and Goethe Institut, San Francisco, USA
2000 Description of a Description, solo by Lucinda Childs, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria
1999 Dialoge 99/II, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany
1996 Who’s Afraid of Anything, solo by Junko Wada – Sonambiente Festival, Berlin, Germany, and tour
1995 Chidori – Crazy Heat, solo by Junko Wada
Selected Award
1993 Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale together with Robert Wilson for Memory/Loss
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