Florian Hecker
1975
Born Augsburg, Germany, lives and works in Kissing, Germany and Vienna, Austria
1998 – 2003
Studies of Art, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna (Diploma), Austria
1997
Studies of Computer Linguistic and Psycholinguistic, Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Munich, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2010
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Chisenhale, London, UK
2009
BAWAG Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Evento, Bordeaux, France
Corps Sonore, Lausanne EPFL/ARCHIZOOM, Lausanne, Switzerland
2008
Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
2007
Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2010
Matthew Ritchie: THE MORNING LINE (collaboration), Istanbul, project as part of ‘Istanbul: European City of Culture’
Scene Grammar, Parra & Romero, Madrid
Triennale Linz, Linz, Austria
2009
Transitory Objects, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
No night no day, collaboration with Cerith Wyn Evans, 53rd Venice Biennial, Italy
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Matthew Ritchie: THE MORNING LINE (collaboration), CAAC, Seville, Spain
2008
Young & Reckless, BAWAG Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
3rd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Seville, Spain
Manifesta 7, Trentino - South Tyrol, Italy
Art unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Experiment Marathon Reykjavik, Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Collection as Aleph, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
ars viva 07/08, Sound, Nico Dockx, Florian Hecker, Marcellvs L., Astrid Nippoldt, Kunstverein Hannover; Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius, Lithuania
Abstracts of Syn, Medienturm, Graz, Austria
2007
ars viva 07/08, Sound, Nico Dockx, Florian Hecker, Marcellvs L., Astrid Nippoldt, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2006
Cerith Wyn Evans, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Wieder und Wider, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
Gegenstände, Handlungsformen, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
Cerith Wyn Evans, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
2005
Kritische Gesellschaften, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
2004
Mandatory, Schindler House, Los Angeles (CA), USA
Off the Record, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
3. berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst, Berlin, Germany
2003
Max Pechstein Förderpreis, Kunstsammlungen der Städtischen Museen, Zwickau, Germany
2nd International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
2001
Mutations, TN Probe Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Ausgeträumt..., Secession, Vienna, Austria
Live Performances and Audio Presentations (Selection):
2009
Aphex Twin and Hecker, Sacrum Profanum Festival, Krakow, Poland
Aphex Twin and Hecker, Dour Festival, Belgium
Aphex Twin and Hecker, Ferropolis, Germany
Aphex Twin and Hecker, UF8, Sound Out Of Line, Urbanomic Dtudio, Falmouth, UK
Aphex Twin and Hecker, WARP 20, Cite Cité de la Musique, Paris
Aphex Twin and Hecker, Lev Festival, Gijon, Spain
Aphex Twin and Hecker, STRP Festival, Eindhoven, Germany
UPIC Diffusion Session #20, Barbican Art Centre, London, UK
Aphex Twin and Hecker: BLOC Weekend, Minehead, UK
Robin Hood: The Tour (with Jennifer Lacey), Tate Modern, London, UK
2008
Utopia of Sound, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
Domo, Reykjavik, Iceland
Lopud, Croatia (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
Skanu Mesz, Riga, Latvia (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
Palazzo Enzo Re, Bologna, Italy (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
2007
Whitecube Gallery, London, UK (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology, St.Barbara (CA), USA
Recombinant Media Labs, San Francisco (CA), USA
Conway Hall, London, UK (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
Serpentine Gallery Pavillion, London, UK
ABC, Augsburg, Germany
Lopud, Croatia (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
Sonar, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
Faster than Sound, Aldeburgh, UK (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
Lovebytes, Sheffield, UK (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
Donaufestival, Krems, Austria (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell)
Kunsthalle, (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell), Zürich, Switzerland
Tranzit, Brastislava, Slovakia
Ultrahang Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria
2006
Bridge the Gap?4, CCA Kitakyushu, Japan and Shanghai, China
MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
LAMPO, 6Odum, Chicago (IL), USA
Lab30, Augsburg, Germany
Frieze Music, (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell) Hippodrome, London, UK
Project Theatre, (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell), Dublin, Ireland
Le Bourg, Lausanne, Switzerland
Point Ephemere, Paris, France
Cut and Splice, Sonic Arts Network, ICA, London, UK
Recombinant Media Labs, San Francisco (CA), USA
XXXXX, (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell), ICA, London, UK
2005
City University, (UPIC Diffusion Session with Russell Haswell), London, UK
Casa Da Musica, Porto, Portugal
Auditório da RDP Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
A4 Space, Bratislava, Slovakia
Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Auditur, Bergen, Austria
Sava Centar, Belgrade, Serbia
Barbican Center, London, UK
Glade Festival, Reading, UK
All Tomorrows Parties, SE1, London, UK
Musica Genera, Stettin, Poland
Unit, Tokyo, Japan
1955, Warsaw, Poland
ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Experimental Intermedia, New York (NY), USA
No Fun Festival, Brooklyn, New York (NY), USA
2004
All Tomorrows Parties, Chamber Sands, UK
Taktlos, Dampfzentrale, Bern, Switzerland
Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland
Freunde Guter Musik, Maria am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology, St.Barbara (CA), USA
MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, UK
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Cafe Moskau, Berlin, Germany
Musterraum, Munich, Germany
2003
CCA Kitakyushu, Japan
Notam Forum, Oslo, Norway
ICA, London, UK
Edvard Smilgis Theater Museum and Music Museum, Riga, Latvia
Ars Electronica 2003, Linz, Austria
All Tomorrows Parties, Chamber Sands, UK
Sonic Light, Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Medienturm, Graz, Austria
2002
Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Germany
LAMPO, 6Odum, Chicago (IL), USA
Kyushu Institute of Design, Fukuoka, Japan
Fuji Antarctic Research Ship, Nagoya, Japan
Musée d'Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, France
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
ICMC 2002, Konsthallen, Gothenburg, Sweden
SONAR, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2001
Purple Institut, Paris, France
Bla, Oslo, Norway
Numero Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Club Metro, Kyoto, Japan
CCA Kitakyushu, Japan
Mega-Wave. Towards a new Synthesis, International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
SONAR, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
La Biennale di Venecia, 49th International Exhibition of Art, Venice, Italy
WMF, Berlin, Germany
Art Insitute of Chicago (IL), USA
LoveBytes 2001, Sheffield, UK
ArtSpace Galatos, Auckland, New Zealand
What is Music Festival, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
2000
KIASMA Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Spiral Hall / CAY, Tokyo, Japan
Club Metro, Kyoto, Japan
CCA Kitakyushu, Japan
Royal College of Art, London, UK
Queen Elisabeth Hall, London, UK
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
ICMC 2000, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
SONAR, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Synthese 2000, 30e Festival International des Musiques et Creations Electroniques, Bourges, France
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
Momentum, Norwegian Art Biennale, Moss, Norway
Volksoper, Vienna, Austria
MIGROS Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
1999
Purple Institut, Paris, France
Credo, Rathaus, Munich, Germany
Phonotaktik, Vienna, Austria
Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
Unité d'Habitation, Marseilles, France
1998
Konfrontationen, Nickelsdorf, Austria
P.S.1, Contemporay Art Center, New York (NY), USA
Ars Electronica, Linz, Switzerland
Mego German Tour, Various Locations
Discography (Selection)
Climate of Base Hunter, Florian Hecker, Acid in the Style of David Tudor, Editions Mego, 2009
Hecker, Live @ WDR, MC, Tochnit Aleph, Berlin, Germany, 2008
Hecker: NEU CD , NEU LP, CD & LP, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany, 2008
Haswell & Hecker: Popol Vuh Remix, 12”, Editions Mego 090, Vienna, Austria, 2008
Haswell & Hecker: UPIC Warp Tracks, CD, Warp Records, London, UK, 2008
Hecker: Hecker, Höller, Tracks, 2 x LP, Semishigure, Berlin, Germany, 2007
Haswell & Hecker: Visionaire Magazine 53 Sound, 5 LP & 2 CD, New York (NY), USA, 2007
Haswell & Hecker: Blackest Ever Black, CD & 2 x LP Warner Classics, London, UK, 2007
Hecker: Recordings for Rephlex, CD, Rephlex CAT181, London, UK, 2006
Hecker: Precedence 10”, Rephlex KIT 001, London, UK 2006
Carsten Höller, Une Exposition a Marseilles, catalogue & DVD, MAC Marseilles, France / Verlag Walther König,
Cologne, Germany, 2006
Hecker: Electronic Music Soundtrack for ‘The Disenchanted Forest x 1001’ by Angela Bulloch, DoCD,
Editions Mego 081, Vienna, Austria, 2006
Hecker: Live @ ZKM, CD, Badischer Kunstverein - Mego, Karlsruhe, Germany / Vienna, Austria, 2005
Haswell & Hecker: Revision, one-sided 12", Mego 069, Vienna, Austria 2005
Substantials #02, Book & CD, CCA Kitakyushu, Japan, 2005
Yasunao Tone & Hecker: Palimpsest, CD, Mego 060, Vienna, Austria, 2004
Hecker: PV Trecks, CD, Kölnischer Kunstverein - Mego, Cologne, Germany / Vienna, Austria, 2004
Hecker: 2 Track Maxi 12, Mini LP, Mego 064, Vienna, Austria, 2003
Hecker: Sun Pandämonium, CD, Mego 044, Vienna, Austria, 2003
Skot vs. Hecker (Tina Frank & Mathias Gmachl & Florian Hecker): Skot vs. Hecker, Mini DV & VHS
Video, Mego 043, Vienna, Austria, 2001
CD Slopper (Oswald Berthold & Florian Hecker): Saskie Woxi, CD, OR jodel11, London, UK, 2001
Mutations, catalogue & CD, TN Probe Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2001
Ausgeträumt..., catalogue & CD, Secession, Vienna, Austria, 2001
Hecker: [R*] iso|chall, CD, Mego 024, Vienna, Austria, 2000
Hecker: [OT] Xackpy Breakpoint:, CD-R, OR CDR SERIES 03, London, UK, 1999
Hecker: IT iso 161975, CD, Mego 014, Vienna, Austria, 1998