Alisa Berger

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Alisa Berger (Alisa Borisovna Berger Mun)

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ㅁ E-mail : info@silasfong.com
ㅁ URL : alisabergermun.com

Education
2010 Psychology at the University of Hagen                                               
2010 - 2016 "Media Art" at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne
2013 "Artes Plasticas" at Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Scholarships / Residencies / Grants                                      
2013 Residency at lugar a dudas with BERGERNISSEN, Cali, Colombia
2013 D​AAD​ Scholarship for the international exchange to Bogota, Colombia
2015 Film- und Medienstiftung NRW project grant for Die Körper der Astronauten
2016 NRW KulturSekretariat - PerformAktiv, project grant for Awakening Future at KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation with BERGERNISSEN
2017 DAAD Scholarship for international exchange to Tokyo, Japan / research at Kazuo Ohno Dance studio
2017 Grant of “Frauenkulturbüro NRW e.V.” (Womens Cultural Office) - International Artist Exchange to Georgia and Armenia.
2017 Studio grant of Bonner Kunstverein
2017 Young German Film Committee (Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film) “Script Grant for talented film”
2019 Mediengründerzentrum NRW development grant for company “FORTIS FEM FILM”
2019 Seoul Geumcheon Art Space Residency, Seoul, Korea
2019 Asia Europe Foundation - Mobility First Grant
2019 Export funding of Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft NRW

Awards
2015 Best Super-8-Film Award at Artifact Film Festival Calgary for Island Story
2017 Best Narrative Feature Film Award at Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival for Die Körper der Astronauten (Eng.: The Astronauts’ Bodies)
2017 Nomination for FIRST STEPS Award for Die Körper der Astronauten (Eng.: The Astronauts’ Bodies)
2017 Best Screenplay Award (H.W.Geißendörfer Drehbuchpreis) at Kinofest Lünen for Die Körper der Astronauten
2018 Best Film Award at International Filmfestival of Uruguay “New Directors” for Die Körper der Astronauten (Eng.: The Astronauts’ Bodies)
2018 Golden Star Award at Central Java Film Festival Indonesien for Die Körper der Astronauten
2018 Special Mention at 32. Cineuropa Compostela Film Festival for Die Körper der Astronauten
2018 Best Feature Film Award  at Strasburg Film Festival for Die Körper der Astronauten
2019 Best of Festival Feature Film Award  at Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin for Die Körper der Astronauten

                                                                 
Work
2019 Creative Producer for FORTIS FEM FILM GbR
2019 Assistant Director and Casting Director for Shinpei Takeda “APOCATASTASIS”
2018 Curator and director for LICHT e.V. - Off-Space
2018 Videographer for Obruza.net Tokyo / NUMÉRO China
2016 - 2018 Curator for video & experimental film section for FAR OFF - contemporary art fair
2016 - 2017 Curator for audiovisual performances for “Senti menti” events
2015 Location-scout for Jakob M. Erwa “Die Mitte der Welt”
2014 - 2015 Curator and programmer for Projekt 66 - Off-Space & Gallery
2014 First Assistant Director for Philip Gröning “Mein Bruder Robert”
2010 Production Assistant for USA Network’s “Covert Affairs” Europe shoot
2010 First Assistant Director for Philip Gröning “Die Frau des Polizisten”
2008-2009 Production Assistant for Cyril Tuschi “Khodorkovsky”/”Der Fall Chodorkowski”

Social Involvement
2010 - 2019 supporting member of Pulszeit e.V. / Bundesvereinigung Nachhaltigkeit
2018 - 2019 supporting member of Frauenkulturbüro NRW

Exhibitions / Screenings / Performances

2019
“Oriental Discourse” KAMAGOME1-14cas contemporary art space, group exhibition, Tokyo, JP
7th Nakanojo Biennale - 中之条ビエンナーレ 国際現代芸術祭, Gunma, JP
BBK München / Galerie der Künstler München, group, Munich, DE
Hay Art Center & Goethe-Institut Yerevan “Die Grenze”, group, Yerevan, Armenia
OXYGEN Tbilisi No Fair, solo exhibition presented by Patara Gallery, Tbilisi, GEO
Kindl – Centre for Contemporary Art / Babette Cafe, performance, Berlin, DE
Gemeinde Köln / Tiefgarage, AWAKENING: FUTURE, solo of bergernissen, Köln, DE
Palace Of Youth Creativity & Goethe Institut Tashkent “Die Grenze”, group, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2018
Artisterium XI, Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition, group exhibition, GEO
C.A.R. - Contemporary Art Ruhr, art fair, Zeche Zollverein, Essen, DE
Kasteyev State Museum of Arts, group exhibition, Almaty, KAZ
PATARA Gallery, Behind the Curtain, solo exhibition, Tbilisi, GEO
Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel, Surviving Fitness, group exhibition with BERGERNISSEN, Wolfenbüttel, DE
NCCA - Ural National Centre of Contemporary Art, group exhibition, Yekaterinburg, RU
Goethe-Institut Yerevan / Mirzoyan Library organized by Frauenkulturbüro NRW, screening and performance, Yerevan, ARMENIA
OAG - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur und Völkerkunde Ostasiens, lecture and screening, Tokyo, JAPAN
Sci-Fi Film Festival, screening, London, UK
Armenian Art Fair, Open Space, Yerevan, ARMENIA
S.Y.P. artist space and gallery, solo exhibition of "Three Borders", Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
AUTOCENTER “last dance” at Kindl - Centre for Contemporary Art, group exhibition, Berlin, DE
International Video Art Festival Now&After, Artplay St. Petersburg, group exhibition, St. Petersburg, RU
DC Independent Film Festival, screening, Washington DC, USA
Filmmor Women Film Festival Istanbul, screening, Istanbul, TURKEY
Internacional Festival Cinematográfico del Uruguay, screening, Montevideo, URUGUAY


2017
Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund, “Die Grenze” group exhibition, Dortmund, DE
Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, Award for Best Narrative Feature Film, screening, Hong Kong, CHN
Kinofest Lünen, screening, Lünen, DE
Culture Centre “Korpus” & Goethe Institut, “Die Grenze” group exhibition, Minsk, BLR
Hartware MedienKunstverein Dortmund - video of the month “Three Borders”, solo exhibition, Dortmund, DE
Kosmetiksalon Babette - Solo for one, group exhibition, Berlin, DE
History Museum Tbilisi & Goethe Institut, group exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia
Dovzhenko Centre / Plivka Art Center & Goethe Institute, group exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine
Museum Centre Peace Square & Goethe Institut,  group exhibition, Krasnoyarsk, RU
PLAY Festival, group exhibition, Düsseldorf, DE
Artplay St. Petersburg & Goethe Institut, group exhibition, St. Petersburg, RU
BACC Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, group exhibition with BERGERNISSEN, Bangkok, THA
MMOMA - Moscow museum of modern art & Goethe Institut, group exhibition, Moscow, RU
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Prize, screening, nominated for best feature film, Saarbrücken, DE

2016
San Diego Underground Film Festival, screening, San Diego, USA
KAI 10, Arthena Foundation, performance “TAKE UP YOUR SPACE” with BERGERNISSEN, Düsseldorf, DE
Anthology Film Archives - AXWFF, screening, NewYork, USA
CCA - Center for Contemporary Art, artist talk, screening, curation, Tbilisi, GE
Eidolon - philosophical film festival, screening, Liévin, FR
FAR OFF, screening, curation, Köln, DE

2015
“Landscapes of fear” CD-Release auf Grünrekorder Label, Köln, DE
Coastal Currents, Altered States Filmprogramm, screening, London, UK
Time Based Academy​, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, performance, Düsseldorf, DE
Believing History, group exhibition with BERGERNISSEN, ​Kloster Lorsch, DE
European Media Art Festival EMAF​, group exhibition with BERGERNISSEN, Osnabrück, DE
Videonale Parcours, ​LVR­Museum & Fabrik45, group exhibition and performance with BERGERNISSEN, Bonn, DE
Kunstverein Jahnstraße​, group exhibition, Braunschweig, DE
Gegenkino: Vaginale, group exhibition, Leipzig, DE
100$ Film Festival, screening, Calgary, Canada
                                                                 
2014
Kunstfilmtage 2014, group exhibition with BERGERNISSEN, Düsseldorf, DE
Ghost Warrior, performance with BERGERNISSEN, Heidelberger Kunstverein, DE
FULL SATURATION​. Kunstpavillon, group exhibition, München, DE                                          
Cinemateca Distrital, screening, Bogota, CO
Synthetic Zero, Bronx Art Space, screening, New York, USA
Lichterfest K21 Ständehaus Kunstsammlung NRW, performance with BERGERNISSEN, Düsseldorf, DE
"Portrait of the living Sky", Roxie Cinema, screening, San Francisco, USA
The 8fest, screening, screening, Toronto, Canada
Q18, Quartier am Hafen, solo exhibition & performance with BERGERNISSEN, Köln, DE                                                     
                                                                               
2013                  
Kunsthallen Rottstr5, screening & performance with BERGERNISSEN, Bochum, DE
Festival Internacional de la Imagen, screening & performance with BERGERNISSEN, Manizales, CO
Politik, Avantgarde und Psyche, Kunstwerke, group exhibition with BERGERNISSEN, Köln, DE
Kühlhaus, team titanic, Berlin Art Week, group exhibition with BERGERNISSEN, Berlin, DE
open studio , Lugar a dudas​, performance with BERGERNISSEN, Cali, CO
Museo del Banco de la Republica​, performance with BERGERNISSEN, Bogota, CO
                                                                               
2012                                            
Zaija Lab, screening, Beijing, CH
Galerie Frei, performance with BERGERNISSEN, Cologne, DE                                                                                                 
            
Publications                                              
1999 “Biblioteca Utopij”, book, IMA-Press, Russia ISBN 5-7070-0102-10
2015 Believing History, catalogue, Kloster Lorsch, Kerber Verlag
2015 EMAF - European Media Art Festival, catalogue
2015 Videonale Bonn, catalogue
2015 Landscapes of fear, sound-art compilation with various artists, Grünrekorder Records Label
2017 THAI-EU Media Conference, BACC - Bangkok Art and Culture Center
2018 And she was like BÄM, Strzelecki Books
2018 Art press 2, ISSN 0245-5676, october issue
2019 CFMDC Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre is distributing a majority of recent films
            
                                         
Languages                                                                                        
English (fluent), German (mother language), Spanish (fluent), Russian (mother language)