Marcelo Zammenhoff
PL / EN
biografia / biography
PL
Marcelo Zammenhoff (Piotr Wygachiewicz), ur. 1970 w Łodzi – artysta współczesny, twórca video-art, konstruktor, fotografik, performer, designer, kompozytor. Równolegle przedstawiciel polskiego kina offowego i eksperymentalnej sceny sceny electro/synth-pop/noise, a także działacz kultury. Powołał do życia kilka grup muzycznych (F.P.Z., Morris Generativ, Protoplazma, Górecki-500, E-1, Mikrowafle, Throbbing Wafle), grupę filmową PLAZMA TV, był autorem telewizyjnych, wizjonerskich i awangardowych programów: "Telewizja Atlantyda" (TVP2, 1993-94). Zdobywca kilku nagród filmowych i muzycznych, m.in. za remake pierwszego polskiego filmu fabularnego z 1907 roku, a także za kompozycję w międynarodowym konkursie w ramach obchodów roku Johna Cage'a. Do swych prac video-art najczęściej sam komponuje ścieżki dźwiękowe. Tworzy również świetlno-mechaniczne elektro-instalacje. Wspina się po górach i lodowcach.
EN
działania / activity
Marcelo Zammenhoff (Piotr Wygachiewicz): born in Łódź in 1970, polish video artist, constructor, photographer, performer, designer, composer, and cultural activist. He is also a representative of Polish alternative cinema and the experimental electro/synth-pop/noise scene and is the founder of several musical bands, including F.P.Z.(1986-89), Morris Generativ (1989-93), Protoplazma (1993-2003), Górecki-500 (simultaneously), E-1 (simultaneously), Mikrowafle (from 2004), and Throbbing Wafle (from 2009), as well as, from 1996, the PLAZMA TV - independent film group. Before them, his TV projects include psycho-avantarde, visionery, quasi-live series "Telewizja Atlantyda" ('Atlantis TV'), emited in main Polish public television TVP2 (1993-95). Winner of several awards for films and music, including a remake of the first Polish feature-film from 1907, as well, for composition in the international competition of John Cage's year (2012). He also constructs light&mechanism electro-installations and climbs mountains and glaciers.
wybrane wystawy i akcje artystyczne /
selected exhibitions and artistic actions:
1987: 3 concerts-performances of group Fioletowe Płyny Zdrowotne, 'Remont' i 'Stodoła', Warsaw
1992: 'AVE', Arnhem, Holland
1993: Museum of artists, Łódź (Poland)
1993: 'Meine Wohnung', festiwal 'Obskurei', Dusseldorf, Germany
1994: 'Moda Media', Theater of Jaracza, Lodz (Poland)
1995: 'Moda Media', Theater of Jaracza, Lodz (Poland)
1996: author exhibition (paint, graphic, objects), Xylolit Gallery, Łódź (Poland)
1996: 'Wir besseren die Situation', whole-day action, Berlin, Germany
1997: Sonax-3, lunapark, Łódź (Poland)
2004: koncert poetycki (Mikrowafle + aktorzy), 'Brunonalia', synagoga, Klimontów
2005: 'Freedom for sale', whole day performance, Łódź (Poland)
2007: 'Gryzol', street projekt 'MySpace', Łódź (Poland)
2008: concert of Mikrowafle group during opening of Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (Poland)
2009: Throbbing Wafle: Birth, 'Audio Art', Music Theater, Gdynia (Poland)
2009: main prize in competition of the first Polish feature-film (from 1907)
2010: 'Lights of Leningrad' (group exhibition), galeria C.K. Rondo, Łódź (Poland)
2010: 'Datas from FDR's', videoinstalation, backyard of Jazzga-club, Łódź (Poland)
2011: Throbbing Wafle: Death, Manhattan Gallery, Łódź (Poland)
2012: Myth & Melanholy (group exhibition), Contemporary Museum Wrocław, BWA Bielsko B., BWA Jelenia Gora (Poland)
2012: Between ludic & absurd, (author exhibition), Manhattan Gallery, Łódź (Poland)
2012: The Catechesis (group exhibition), Wrocław & Łódź (Poland)
2012: Meeting Of Independent Art (group exhibitin), Lanckorona (Poland)
2012: concert & special prize in the international competition of John Cage's year, Lublin (Poland)
2013: 'The Bridge of Destiny', public space action, Opole (Poland)
2014: 'Humanoid' (group exhibition), Konduktorownia (Zachęta), Częstochowa
2014: 'Subjectiv altair', solo exhibition, as a part of Photofestival in Łódź
2014: 'Katastrofa rozszerzona' / 'Disaster exhanced', solo exhibition, galeria RE:MEDIUM, Łódź
2014: 'Ghetto XXI', group exhibition (price of the year for the event), Łódź
2015: 'Sun over Lehistan', solo exhibition, gallery Wozownia, Toruń
2015: WRO biennale: premiere of 'An Inconvenient Announcement' (double solo exhibitions: galeria Entropia i D.H. Renoma).
2015: 'Freedom for sale - 2', whole day performance, Łódź (Poland)
2015: 'Konteksty' in Sokołowsko, performance "Odczarowanie okolicy".
2015: 'Rewiry' - art on the exchange: urban space, Lublin
2015: 'Transgresje', Toruń: urban space + performance of Throbbing Wafle
wybrana filmografia /
selected filmography :
1987: 'Kurwa co to jest' ('Fuck what is it') (8mm)
1989: 'Anomalia' (8mm)
1993: 'Fraktale' (VHS) - video-art
1999: Orędzie na rok 1999 (Proclamation for 1999) (VHS) - video-art
2003: 'Porwanie Fafika' I ('Fafik's kidnapping' part I) criminal drama
2003: 'Porwanie Fafika' II ('Fafik's kidnapping' part II) criminal drama
2003: 'Two towers - spatial experiment' - video-art
2004: 'Porwanie Fafika III' – ('Fafik's kidnapping' part III) criminal drama
2005: 'Misja Kiki' ('Kiki's mission') - puppets (main prize in Heyah-competition)
2006: 'Problem pana Leona' ('Mr. Leon's problem') - documentary (II prize at festival in Krotoszyn)
2008: 'Huragan w Łodzi' ('Hurricane in Lodz') - para-documentary
2009: 'Wielki powrót Antosia' ('Big back of Anton') - main prize of Kino Polska - TV station
2011: 'Ukraiński Nawigator' ('Ukrainian Navigator') - video-art (premiere: Contemporary Museum, Wrocław)
2012: 'Dream of Leon' - video-art
2014: 'Synthetic animals' - video-art