Claudia Hill is an interdisciplinary artist, based in Berlin.[3] Her work engages in performance art,[4] costume[5][6] and stage design,[7] experimental film,[8][9] visual art[10] and sense-driven (somatic) form.[11] Her practice has been presented internationally at venues such as Mumok,[12] Centre Pompidou,[13][14] Paris Internationale,[11] Les Rencontres Internationales,[15] ZKM,[5] BAM,[16] HAU,[17][18][19] Broadway,[20] the Smithsonian[21] and New York Fashion Week.[22][23]

Claudia Hill
Claudia Hill by Dorothea Tuch
NationalityGerman
EducationFIT, Parsons[1][2]
Websitehttps://claudiahill.com/

Background and Education

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Born in Germany, Hill comes from a background of tailors of Czech origin on her mother's side.[24] In 1993, she moved to New York to study contemporary dance.[6][2] Shortly after, she enrolled at FIT and Parsons.[1][2] At the same time, she began to work as a costume designer[25] and was admitted to the United Scenic Artists in 1997. She returned to Europe in 2008 and now lives in Berlin,[26] where she is an active member of the performing arts scene[27][17][18][28][29][30] and continues to work with textiles as a costume and stage designer.[31][32][33][34][35]

Fashion (1998–2011)

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In 1998, she founded two fashion labels, the eponymous Claudia Hill and The Number After 10,[36] which were presented and sold in Japan, the USA and Europe, at her own store,[37] in high-end boutiques, such as Barneys New York or Fred Segal[38][39] and later exclusively at private salons in limited editions.[26][36] Her New York Fashion Week shows were deemed unconventional and took the form of performances or installations,[40] often in collaboration with other artists, such as Asymptote Architecture[22] or Skúli Sverrisson.

Collaborations

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As her designs expanded beyond the boundaries of the fashion industry, she created the costumes for William Forsythe's Decreation in 2003[6][41] and for The Wooster Group's production of Hamlet in 2007.[42][43] She became a frequent collaborator of choreographer Meg Stuart, creating costumes for Sketches/Notebook[5][44] and Hunter,[45] the two productions that won Stuart the choreographer of the year award from Tanz.

References

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  1. ^ a b sal (November 2001). "Claudia Hill: Konzeptmode aus N.Y.". Bolero (in German). ISSN 1420-3944. Sie wechselte zum Fashion Institute of Technology und auf die Parson's School of Design [She changed to the Fashion Institute of Technology and to Parson's School of Design]
  2. ^ a b c Giordano, Kevin (Fall 2000). "Collector Items". *Surface. ISSN 1091-806X. came to New York in '93 to study dance, but switched to fashion at FIT and Parsons
  3. ^ "Impulstanz Artist Biography". ImPlusTanz. Wiener Tanzwochen. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-12-24. Claudia Hill is a Berlin-based cross-disciplinary artist
  4. ^ Nehring, Elisabeth (2018-06-08). "Claudia Hill". In Hebbel am Ufer (ed.). Unacknowledged Loss: Kunst und Rituale [Unacknowledged Loss: Art and Rituals] (Paperback) (in German and English). Berlin: Theater der Zeit. pp. 22–27. ISBN 978-3957491633.
  5. ^ a b c Kaminski, Astrid (2013-03-04). "Dance Moves". Frieze. No. 9. pp. 24ff. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 2020-12-24. The entire first part of Sketches belongs to Hill.
  6. ^ a b c Magel, Eva-Maria (April 26, 2003). "Kleidung, nicht Kostüm". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ISSN 0174-4909.
  7. ^ Bickmann, Walter; Kolde, Doris (2019-12-16). "Eye Sea". Tanzformum Berlin. Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Abteilung Kultur, Referat VD. Retrieved 2020-12-24. Costume design & Stage: Claudia Hill
  8. ^ "Breaking the Circle". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-12-24. Claudia Hill: Producer, Costume Designer
  9. ^ "Kŏn′voi′". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-08. Claudia Hill: Director, Producer, Costume Designer
  10. ^ "Key Visual for Tanz im August 2016".
  11. ^ a b "Paris Internationale 2019". Paris Internationale. Retrieved 2021-01-08. 18 October 2019 16:00, 19 October 2019 16:30, Chakra Sessions Performance, Claudia Hill
  12. ^ Impulstanz. "Unstable Nights". Mumok. Retrieved 2021-01-08. fashion and costume designer Claudia Hill, who has worked for William Forsythe, The Wooster Group and Meg Stuart
  13. ^ "Program". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2021-01-10. Sketches/Notebook, 11-14 Dec 2013, Grande Salle
  14. ^ Leonard, Stephane (2015-12-12). Inside the Magic Cave: short documentary Sketches/Notebook. Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods. Retrieved 2021-01-10 – via Vimeo.
  15. ^ "Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin". 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2021-01-08. 7pm, Claudia Hill, Stephane Leonard: Kon'voi', Vidéo expérimentale, 4k, couleur, 9:23, Allemagne, 2017
  16. ^ "Love as a Battlefield, or Playground". The New York Times. New York City. 2009-10-09. p. C3. ISSN 0362-4331.
  17. ^ a b "Unacknowledged Loss". HAU. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  18. ^ a b "Unacknowledged Loss II". HAU. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  19. ^ Kaminski, Astrid (March 2018). "Fähigkeit zur Freiheit" [Freedom Ability]. Tanzraum Berlin (in German). No. March/April 2018. Berlin, Germany. pp. 12–13. ISSN 2193-8520.
  20. ^ Wesley, Jay (2005). "High on the Hill". Zoo. No. 8. ISSN 2210-2558. Hill has created costumes for Broadway productions like RENT
  21. ^ "Not All Black and White". Wallpaper. April 2001. ISSN 1364-4475. when the Smithsonian picks up one of your designs from the Broadway production of RENT for its permanent collection
  22. ^ a b Rashid, Hani; Couture, Lise Anne; Katsanos, NA; Karaiskakis, G (2002), "Flux", Journal of Chromatography A, 934 (1–2), London: Phaidon Press: 31–49, doi:10.1016/S0021-9673(01)01277-8, ISBN 0-7148-4172-2, PMID 11762762, archived from the original on 2008-12-15, retrieved 2009-04-06
  23. ^ Fashion Tsushin (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: TV Tokyo. 2000-09-16. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  24. ^ Schipp, Anke (June 27, 2004). "Auf Tuchfühlung". Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (in German). ISSN 0174-4909.
  25. ^ Blech, Volker (April 24, 2003). "Hüllen, die enthüllen" [Envelopes that reveal]. Berliner Morgenpost (in German). ISSN 0949-5126. Sie macht Kostümbilder für Theater und Film [She creates costume designs for theater and film]
  26. ^ a b Atwan, Shahar (2010-11-24). "Something intimate in shopping for elite couture". The International Herald Tribune. p. 9. ISSN 0294-8052. Hill displays only at special events, during which items can be ordered with a personal fitting.
  27. ^ "Claudia Hill". Xing.
  28. ^ "Supernova #1". HAU. Retrieved 2021-01-10. from 4pm Claudia Hill: Flags from Tomorrow, Claudia Hill: Kŏn'voi'
  29. ^ "Supernova #2". HAU. Retrieved 2021-01-10. from 4pm Claudia Hill: Flags from Tomorrow, Claudia Hill: Kŏn'voi'
  30. ^ "Raimunda Build a Flag". Künstlerin Claudia Hill
  31. ^ "Pharmacist or Balloonist". Costumes: We fit in them
  32. ^ "Ding Dong". By and with: [...] Claudia Hill [...]
  33. ^ "The Clearing". Costumes: Claudia Hill
  34. ^ "Water Sports". Costumes: Claudia Hill
  35. ^ "Who's afraid of Raimunda". Künstlerin Claudia Hill
  36. ^ a b Pfeiffer, Alice (2010-12-28). "Breaking the Cycle: Claudia Hill". Interview. ISSN 0149-8932. Retrieved 2021-01-10. Ms. Hill cruises from city to city and organizes fashion happenings— an apartment affair this winter in Paris, followed by a stop in a boutique in Tel Aviv.
  37. ^ "Glanzpunkte, Mixen Sie Perlen, Duft, & Haute Couture". Elle Decoration Germany. January–February 2005. p. 46. ISSN 0941-7303.
  38. ^ "Eiskalt für die Avantgarde" [Ice-Cold for the Avantgarde]. Deutsch (in German). August 2004. bei Barneys New York, Louis Boston oder Fred Segal in L.A. [at Barneys New York, Louis Boston or Fred Segal in L.A.]
  39. ^ Storey, John (September 2004). "Claudia Hill". Madame Figaro, Taiwan. ISSN 1608-5396.
  40. ^ Quinn, Bradley (2009), Textile Designers at the Cutting Edge, London: Laurence King Publishing, pp. 68–73, ISBN 978-1-85669-581-7, archived from the original on 2010-01-05, retrieved 2009-04-06, Hill eschews traditional catwalk shows and presents her collections through performances, installations and presentations
  41. ^ Siegmund, Gerald (2004), William Forsythe: Denken in Bewegung, Berlin: Henschel Verlag, pp. 78, 114, ISBN 3-89487-472-4
  42. ^ Brantley, Ben (November 1, 2007). "Looks it not like the King? Well, More Like Burton". The New York Times. pp. E1 and E12. ISSN 0362-4331. costumes by Claudia Hill
  43. ^ "Associated Artists of The Wooster Group". Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  44. ^ "Sketches/Notebook". Damaged Goods.
  45. ^ "Hunter". Damaged Goods.
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