Alina Schmuch
Alina Schmuch (*1987) devises artist’s books and video installations. Her ongoing video series on water infrastructures explores the way landscapes, architecture, technology, and physical bodies intersect with visible and hidden infrastructures. Schmuch studied media art at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) and has been a fellow at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. She was part of the Hydromedia artistic research project, the residency ALTERLIFE, and is currently participant of BPA // Berlin Program for Artists. Her work has featured in a variety of exhibitions and screenings, including at Urbane Künste Ruhr, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, the Akademie der Künste Berlin, ZKM Karlsruhe, Rupert in Vilnius, Sonic Acts in Amsterdam, PLATO in Ostrava, and the 15th Architecture Biennale in Venice. Among other awards she received the Award for Documentary Photography of the Wüstenrot Stiftung, the Bremen Award for Video Art and the Visual Arts work stipend of the Berlin Senate.
EDUCATION
2016
Researcher, Jan van Eyck Academie
Maastricht, Netherlands
2014
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
Karlsruhe, Germany
2009
Academy of Fine Arts
Muenster, Germany
JURY
Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
FINAL PROJECT
