M.A. Kristian Petersen

Lecturer
Kristian Petersen received his Diploma and Master of fine arts at HBK Braunschweig, Germany (Prof. Birgit Hein, Film and Prof. Marina Abramovic, Performance). He is the Founder and director of the short and experimental cinema "Quino im Querhaus", Berlin, since 1992 soundrecordist in different TV and Filmproductions, since 1995 d.o.p in different TV, Film and music video productions, since 2002 teaching Visual Anthropology at the Freie Universität Berlin and Documentary Film at the “Berliner Filmschule”. He is the producer of three feature films being shown on different film festivals all over the world.
Teaching experiences
2007 cooperation with “Arts Fission company”, Singapore teaching “film in motion”
2006 Filmworkshop children from the outskirts of Sao Paolo
2006 Organization of the e-learning study course “Digital Camera operation for Visual Anthropology” at Freien Universität Berlin
2005 Workshop und mentoring filmprojects at the filmschool FAAP Sao Paolo, Brasilien
2003-2005 Lecturer for Visual Anthropologiy at Freie Universität Berlin, Ethnologie
2004 Teaching at Berliner Filmschule, section filmlanguage and camera
2003 Workshop at the Universitas sebelas maret, fakultas sastra, Surokarta
2003 Workshop at the Universitas Gadjah Mada fakults sastra, Jogyakarta
2001 Mentoring students of social anthropology of der FU Berlin on a 2 month field study in Tanzania
Filmography (director, editing, camera)
1995 “Pilca”
1995 “laut gemalt”,
1996 “Für Jo”
1997 “Stumpf Film”
1998 “Wer suchet” (loop in Videoskulpture)
1998 “Die Hand krankt” (clip)
1999 “sur la methode pour bien conduire sa raison…”(loop in Videoinstallation)
2000 “Anglermythos “ (loop in Videoinstallation)
2001 “Elsbeth Stoiber – Wachseindrücke” (documentary)
2002 “abre los ojos” (doubleprojektion)
2004 “mit Herz”
2005 “Fucking different”
2006 “Fucking different New York”
Film Festivals (selection)
1996 S/L Filmfestival, Berlin
1998 Low budget Filmestival, Hamburg
1998 Outfest, Los Angeles
2000 Film und Videonacht at the Kulturdepot Ludwigshafen
2005 International Berlin Filmfestival (Berlinale)
2005 mix New York
2005 mix Mexico
2005 Filmfestival Bogota
2006 mix Brasil
2007 International Berlin Filmfestival (Berlinale)
Exhibitions (selection)
1998 "FINALLY", Kunstverein Hannover
1999 European Media Art Festival, OsnabrŸck
1999 "unfinished business", Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
1999 "fresh air", e- Werk Weimar
2000 "visible differences", Hebbel Theater Berlin
2000 Groupexhibition at the museum of modern art, Frankfurt
2002 "present&past" Groupexhibition in the Mediagallery, Ludwigshafen
Grants
1997 1. price of the Kunstverein Schaumburg
1998 Award from niedersächsische Filmförderung
2002 1. price at "Shorts-welcome Filmfestival" for "STUMPF-FILM”
2002 Travelgrant of the DAAD for a 3-month stay in Indonesia
2004 Grant for “Fucking different” from H.S e.V
2005 Invitation by Goethe Institute to Sao Paolo, Brasil