Martin Rendel

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Martin Rendel at the TEDx Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Martin Rendel (born 1968 in Limburg an der Lahn) is a German cultural manager and university professor. Innovation through intercultural and interdisciplinary cooperation is the main focus of his work.

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Biography

Rendel studied industrial design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da), Germany, and communication design at ArtCenter College of Design in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland. During his studies he worked in the design studios of Aldo Cibic (Milan), Matteo Thun (Milan) and Dieter Sieger (Harkotten Castle, Sassenberg). His final work, a water-closet, attracted a great deal of media interest after AP photographer Karsten Thielker became aware of the project during a private stay in Darmstadt in 1992 and had the photos distributed via Associated Press. Sueddeutsche Zeitung celebrated the work as a "cultural revolution". [1] The object has been part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Toilet History in Kiev (Ukraine) since 2021 under the name "Latrina Obliqua". In February 2024, Rendel told the story of Latrina Obliqua for the first time in public at the TEDxChiangMai conference under the title "The Incredible Story of My Mother's Cleaning Bucket". [2]

Testing the "K26 Film Award" with Ai Weiwei, 2015 Ai Weiwei Rendel.jpg
Testing the "K26 Film Award" with Ai Weiwei, 2015
"Beyond Bauhaus" lecture at the Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai 2019 M Zhuhai 4523.jpg
"Beyond Bauhaus" lecture at the Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai 2019
Opening of "Invisible Things" at TCDC Museum Bangkok with the German Ambassador to Thailand Georg Schmidt, 2019 MR Botschafter sw.jpg
Opening of "Invisible Things" at TCDC Museum Bangkok with the German Ambassador to Thailand Georg Schmidt, 2019

In 2015 Rendel and the Chinese artist Li Xue founded the art association K29 in Düsseldorf, which advocated freedom of expression in art. Personal differences in the founding phase led to the refounding under the name K26. One of K26's first major projects in the same year was the performance of the Beijing Independent Film Festival (BIFF) during Filmfest Hamburg, which director Albert Wiederspiel made possible as a festival within the festival. [3] The project found renowned supporters such as Alexander Kluge, Michael Kahn-Ackermann and Ai Wei Wei. However, it created diplomatic tensions between Germany and China. The Chinese festival director Li Xianting and his team had to be uninvited and the cooperation ended with immediate effect. The festival nevertheless took place and the winners of the "K26 Film Award" received their prizes at the opening ceremony in Hamburg. [4] Since then the activities of K26 focus on the field of photography. [5] [6]

In addition to Zhuhai, Rendel has also been a visiting professor at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang [7] in Bangkok since 2019.

Exhibitions & festivals (selection)

Publications (selection)

Published with K26 Sino-German Art Association by Kettler:

Edited with Daniel Arnold and René Spitz at Callwey, Munich:

Edited with René Spitz at Axel Menges, Stuttgart / London:

References

  1. ↑ published 6 February 1993
  2. ↑ The Incredible Story of My Mother's Cleaning Bucket | Martin Rendel | TEDxChiangMai . Retrieved 2024-04-06– via www.youtube.com.
  3. ↑ Piehler, Moritz (30 September 2015). ""Forbidden images"". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Kunze, Martin (2 October 2015). "This Worldly Life & K26 Award". Fimfest Hamburg.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Häusler, Heide. "Portfolio Review". International Photoscene Cologne. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Ziehn, Sascha (5 January 2016). Radio interview with Martin Rendel. WDR 3 Resonanzen.
  7. ↑ Adminarch (7 October 2019). "Beyond Bauhaus: Myth & Misconception". King Mongkut's Institute of Technology.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ Mahavongtrakul, Melanin (17 July 2019). "The sacred and the mundane". No. Life & Entertainment. Bangkok Post.
  9. ↑ "Invisible Things are coming to Bangkok". Goethe-Institut Thailand. 3 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Invisible Things at TCDC". No. Social life. City Life Magazine. 24 November 2018.
  11. ↑ Su, Yuezhuo (21 June 2018). ""The 2nd Image of Silk Road - Tianshui Photography Biennial "". Photoint.
  12. ↑ Tianshui International Photography Biennale, 2018
  13. ↑ "Parabiosis International Contemporary Art Exhibition". Changjiang Art Museum. 22 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  14. ↑ Institut of Ethnology (20 November 2015). "Munich EthnoFilmFest 2015". Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.
  15. ↑ "Jiang Jian - Archives on Orphans". Julian Sander Gallery. 22 August 2015.
  16. ↑ Photo Shanghai 2014
  17. ↑ Thiedig, Stefanie (5 May 2014). ""The Invisible Things are coming to Hamburg"". Kulturgut.
  18. ↑ Wang, Ran. ""Invisible Things": Getting to know China and Germany". German.China.org.
  19. ↑ "Invisible Things" exhibition poster at Today Art Museum, 2013
  20. ↑ "Reihenhausmannskost". MAKK - Museum of Applied Arts Cologne. 16 September 2011.
  21. ↑ "Reihenhausmannskost". Vimeo. 2012.
  22. ↑ "Neighbourhood". Vimeo. 2012.
  23. ↑ "In German terraced houses". Vimeo. 2012.
  24. ↑ Schlei, Barbara (29 January 2004). ""Design bestimmt das Sein"". koelnarchitektur.de. Retrieved 29 January 2004.
  25. ↑ Siemons, Mark (13 May 2016). "Black sky over Tiananmen". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  26. ↑ Lahmann-Lammert, Silke (26 June 2011). "In German terraced houses". NDR.
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