Hillerbrand+Magsamen is the collaborative husband and wife visual art team of Mary Magsamen and Stephan Hillerbrand. Through collaboration, Hillerbrand+Magsamen create sculpture, installation, performance, video, and photographic works to explore family identity, everyday interactions and consumer culture.[1]
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| Nationality | American and German |
| Education | Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| Awards | Fulbright Fellowship, Austin Film Society, Houston Arts Alliance |
| Website | hillerbrandmagsamen |
Personal life
editMary Magsamen is currently the curator of Media and Film at the Aurora Picture Show.[2] Magsamen earned her BFA from the University of Denver and MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art.[3]
Stephan Hillerbrand is currently an Associate Professor and Honors College Fellow in the School of Art at the University of Houston. They currently live and work in Houston, Texas.[4] They often include their two children, Madeleine and Emmett in their work.[5]
Bio
editThe artists have presented their videos in international film and media festivals including SCOPE Basel, WAND V Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, New York Underground Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, LA Freewaves New Media Art Festival and Currents Media Festival.[citation needed] Their cinematic installations have also been seen in the Everson Museum of Art,[6] the Cardiff International Festival of Photography by Ffotogallery, the Hudson River Museum, the Center for Photography at Woodstock,[7] the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Blue Sky Gallery,[8] and Houston Center for Photography.[citation needed]
Their work has been cited in publications such as The New York Times,[9][10] Glasstire,[11] The Houston Press,[12][13][14] Culture Map,[15] and television.[16]
Awards
edit- Cinespace, Houston Cinema Arts Festival (2015) 1st Place Winner, juried by Richard Linklater.[17]
- The Sustainable Art Foundation (2015)[18]
- Carol Crow Fellowship from the Houston Center for Photography in Houston, TX (2008)[19]
Notable works
edit- 'Higher Ground[20][21]' is an interdisciplinary work consisting of video, sculpture and photography commissioned by the Houston Airport System and the City of Houston.
- 'Whole[22]' is a single channel video that embarks on an epic adventure, this family creates new levels of interaction, communication and exploration by breaking and cutting holes into their actual home to make a habitrail-like environment where they go nowhere fast.
- 'House/hold[23]' a series of 20 Archival Pigement Prints, 20"x28", Edition 1/3. The House/hold photograph series are portraits of our family that playfully capture slices of our daily life with surreal viewpoints and dark humor inspired by actual events from bath time to laundry.
- 'DIY Love[24]' Seat is a playful single channel video that reinterprets our family and its identity. In this dark comedy a woman takes the family couch and cuts out a section with a chainsaw.
References
edit- ^ "Hillerbrand+Magsamen | Elsewhere". Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ^ "Staff". Aurorapictureshow.org. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Staff". aurorapictureshow.org. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ^ "Our Practice". Hillerbrand+Magsamen. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ^ "Our Practice". Hillerbrand+Magsamen. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ^ Katherine Rushworth. "Could 'Higher Ground' couple be the coolest parents in the world?". syracuse.com.
- ^ "Hillerbrand + Magsamen: FAMILY PORTRAIT". cpw.org. Center for Photography at Woodstock.
- ^ "Hillerbrand+Magsamen". Bluesky.org. Blue Sky Gallery.
- ^ MacDonald, Kerri. "Rethinking the Family Portrait". The New York Times.
- ^ Michael, Hoinski (March 21, 2013). "Texas Monthly". The New York Times.
- ^ Beth Secor (24 Jan 2012). "eState Sale". Glasstire.com.
- ^ Suise, Tommaney (March 4, 2016). "Houston Artists' Cinematic Trip to Outer Space Yields Merch...and It's for Sale". Houston Press.
- ^ Tommaney, Sussie (April 4, 2016). "See What's Next for the Houston Family That Tore Apart Its Home to Build a Rocket". Houston Press.
- ^ Kelly Klaasmeyer. "REAL ESTATE". Houston Press. Houston Press.
- ^ Nancy Wozny. "What's the scariest thing in the world for an artist? Exploring something new". Culture Map. Culture Map Houston.
- ^ Doug Miller (November 12, 2015). "Festival features flicks with real NASA footage". KHOU 11 News. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "CINESPACE 2015 WINNERS | Houston Cinema Arts Festival". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ^ "Spring 2015 awards". Sustainable Arts Foundation.
- ^ "Carol Crow Fellowship: Past Fellowships". HCP Online.
- ^ Tarra Gaines. "Astronauts and a movie star propel the first CineSpace Awards into the stratosphere". Culturemap Houston.
- ^ Melinda Johnson (May 14, 2015). "Family of artists to bring spaceship project to Everson Museum". Syracuse.com.
- ^ Pamela Patton (August 27, 2012). "There's No Place Like Home". KCAD.
- ^ Nancy Wozny (August 1, 2011). "Greek drama gone wild: Houston arts groups get ancient, reimagine classical themes". Culturemap Houston.
- ^ Brooklyn Film Festival. "2012 Brooklyn Film Festival". Brooklyn Film Festival. Brooklyn Film Festival. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
Bibliography
editMadeline Schwartzman, See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception, Black Dog Publishing, June 28, 2011.ISBN 1907317295