Danielle de Picciotto explained

Danielle de Picciotto is an American-born artist, musician and filmmaker.[1] She was born in Tacoma, Washington, USA[2] and currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. In 1989 she founded, along with her then partner Dr. Motte, the first Berlin Love Parade.[3]

Biography

De Picciotto was the initiator of Berlin's "Clubart Movement" in 1992.[4] She was vocalist for Space Cowboys and The Ocean Club (with Gudrun Gut).[5] She created the exhibition and event series "Kunst oder König / in", to promote Berlin artists, DJs, and musicians.[6] She was a member of the Berlin art movement Pop Surrealism.[7] She sang for Die Haut together with Anita Lane, Nick Cave and Kid Congo Powers.[8]

She married her longtime partner Alexander Hacke, bassist of Einstürzende Neubauten in 2008.

De Picciotto collaborates with the Goethe Institut internationally on presenting Berlin's cultural scene[9] and was commissioned by the German Foreign Ministry to direct a short film on European Club Culture in 2008. In 2012, she became a member of the band Crime & the City Solution.

She was featured as an important artist in the documentary In Berlin by Michael Ballhaus and Ciro Cappellari.

In 2016, she was invited to do a course on interdisciplinary performance at the HfG at ZKM Center for Media Art in Karlsruhe. Panels and talks have also been also offered at NYU, Berlin and the Folkwang University, Bochum.[10]

Discography and Other Released Media

Released Records and Singles

Space Cowboys

Ocean Club

Collaborations with Alexander Hacke

Solo albums

Released Songs

Released Films and Music Videos

Released Books

Other media

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dw.com/en/danielle-de-picciotto-detroit-is-the-new-berlin/a-17241866 Danielle de Picciotto: 'Detroit is the new Berlin'
  2. Web site: About Danielle de Picciotto. 2015-11-21. 2015-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20151121133538/http://www.danielledepicciotto.com/about. dead.
  3. http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2011/08/danielle_de_picciotto_and_alexander_hacke_on_the_love_parade_neubauten_and_berlin.php Danielle de Picciotto and Alexander Hacke on The Love Parade, Neubauten and Berlin by Tom Murphy.
  4. http://noisey.vice.com/fr/blog/danielle-de-picciotto-interview-berlin-tacoma Danielle de Picciotto fait partie de ces légendes discrètes de l'underground
  5. http://thequietus.com/articles/17901-danielle-de-picciotto-interview In Transit: An Interview With Danielle de Picciotto
  6. http://news.gestalten.com/news/kunst-oder-k%C3%B6nigin?page=160 Kunst oder Königin
  7. http://www.neurotitan.de/Galerie/Archiv/2009/091106_Feedback/FEEDBACK%20Press%20Release%20English.pdf Gallery Neurotitan
  8. http://www.exberliner.com/nightlife/reviews--interviews/in-bed-with...danielle-de-picciotto/ Danielle de Picciotto
  9. http://www.goethe.de/ins/cz/prj/art/kue/hacke/hacke/enindex.htm Meet the artists
  10. Web site: Guests & Events - Folkwang Popinstitut . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20210622102052/https://folkwang-popinstitut.de/en/guests-events/ . 22 June 2021 . 26 November 2022 . Pop-Musik Guest Events .
  11. http://mute.com/mute/exclusive-album-stream-american-twilight Reviews: American Twilight
  12. http://www.westword.com/music/danielle-de-picciotto-on-gentrification-and-the-role-of-artists-7021309 Danielle de Picciotto On Gentrification
  13. http://www.westword.com/arts/the-glasshouse-filmmaker-danielle-de-picciotto-on-the-destructive-power-of-fear-5802174 Interview with Danielle de Picciotto
  14. http://www.vulture.com/2015/09/danielle-de-picciotto-we-are-gypsies-now-interview.html# Graphic Diary: We Are Gypsies Now