Danielle de Picciotto

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Danielle de Picciotto

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]

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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. [10]

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. [11]

Discography and Other Released Media

Released Records and Singles

Space Cowboys

  • 1991 Locked And Loaded (LP)
  • 1993 Terrorist (Single)

Ocean Club

  • 1996 Pearl (LP)
  • 1996 Obsession (LP)

Collaborations with Alexander Hacke

  • 2016 Perseverantia(CD/LP)
  • 2017 Unity(CD/LP)
  • 2018 Menetekel(CD/LP)
  • 2018 Joy(CD/LP)
  • 2021: The Silver Threshold

Solo albums

  • 2019: Deliverance (LP)
  • 2020: The Element of Love (LP)

Released Songs

Released Films and Music Videos

Released Books

Other Media

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References

  1. Danielle de Picciotto: 'Detroit is the new Berlin' Deutsche Welle -- November 21, 2013
  2. "About Danielle de Picciotto".
  3. Danielle de Picciotto and Alexander Hacke on The Love Parade, Neubauten and Berlin by Tom Murphy. Denver Westword, August 31, 2011.
  4. Danielle de Picciotto fait partie de ces légendes discrètes de l'underground Vice.com - January 29, 2016
  5. In Transit: An Interview With Danielle de Picciotto The Quietus, May 20, 21015
  6. Kunst oder Königin Gestalten News, August 2005.
  7. Gallery Neurotitan Feedback, November 6, 2009
  8. Danielle de Picciotto ExBerliner, October 19, 2011.
  9. Meet the artists Goethe Institut
  10. Ballhaus, Michael; Cappellari, Ciro (2009-05-14), In Berlin (Documentary), ARTE, Cine Plus Filmproduktion, Cine Plus, retrieved 2022-11-26
  11. "Guests & Events - Folkwang Popinstitut". Pop-Musik Guest Events. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. Reviews: American Twilight Mute.com, March 25, 2013
  13. Danielle de Picciotto On Gentrification Westword, August 12, 2015
  14. Interview with Danielle de Picciotto Westword, May 9, 2012
  15. Graphic Diary: We Are Gypsies Now Vulture.com, September 29, 2015