Wolfgang Müller (artist)
Wolfgang Müller | |
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| Born | 24 October 1957 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Artist musician writer |
| Relatives | Max Müller (brother) |
| Website | wolfgangmuellerrr.de |
Wolfgang Müller (born 24 October 1957) is an artist, musician and writer, based in Berlin and Reykjavík, .
Müller is the founder of the multi-media performance art group Die Tödliche Doris ('The Deadly Doris').
Müller published the book in 1982, naming a musical genre encompassing Die Tödliche Doris, Einstürzende Neubauten, Malaria!, and many others.
Müller's interest in Iceland and its culture has been documented in several art projects since 1988. He has participated in arts projects in both Germany and Iceland, addressing the Icelandic culture of elves, natural and supernatural phenomena. In 1998 he transferred the music of his first record with two sign language interpreters into signs and gestures and published it as a DVD, "Gehörlose Musik/Deaf Music" in 2006.
In 2003, Cologne based record label A-Musik released Müller's album Mit Wittgenstein In Krisuvík - Zweiundzwanzig Elfensongs Für Island. In 2009, Müller published Séance Vocibus Avium, an audioplay with reconstructed sounds of extinct birds for which Müller was awarded the .
Séance Vocibus Avium was also released on record by Gothenburg based record label . The record contained 11 bird calls, performed by artists such as Wolfgang Müller himself, Justus Köhncke, Namosh, Max Müller and Annette Humpe. The record came with a 40-page catalog containing Müller's illustrations of the birds.
Discography[]
- BAT - Aus Der Schule Der Tödlichen Doris, LP, , 1989
- Mit Wittgenstein In Krisuvík - Zweiundzwanzig Elfensongs Für Island, CD/LP, A-Musik, 2003
- Wolfgang Müller & Namosh/: 25 Jahre Geniale Diletanten, 7", , 2006
- Gehörlose Musik/Deaf Music, DVD, , 2006
- Séance Vocibus Avium, 7"/CD with catalogue, , 2009
Partial bibliography[]
- Geniale Dilletanten, , 1982
- Die Tödliche Doris. KUNST/ART, , 1999
- Die Tödliche Doris. FILM/CINEMA, , 2003
- Neues von der Elfenfront. Die Wahrheit über Island, Suhrkamp, 2007
- Ästhetik der Präsenzen - Valeska Gert, , 2010.
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