Karla is Alex Zitzmann and that’s the story of her life
1975, Germany. Bachelor in Graphic Design in Bristol’s
UWE School of Art, Media and Design, UK. She is studying Fine Arts in Dresden. She works in graphic design, animation and illustration in different studios
[1] and also creates video installations and live video in various places
[2] such as the
Documenta / Kassel / Germany;
Caixa Forum / Palma de Mallorca;
Fabbrica Europa Festival / Florence / Italy;
Mercat dels Flors / Barcelona / Spain;
Mousonturm / Frankfurt / Germany;
Loop Festival / Barcelona / Spain; amongst others.
[3]
Interested in staying away from the idea of a fixed screen, she is exploring surfaces for projections and the relation between the performer, the audience and the projected image. She works in collaborations with musicians
[4], architects, dance companies
[5], video artists
[6] and programmers. In 2006 she started to collaborate with
Senza Tempo in the show “la Canción de Margarita” and also collaborated in the latest production “A+, lo que nunca te conté”. In 2008 she started a collaboration with the dance-theatre company N Naranja on their piece “La Cena” (the dinner) , which had the premiere at
Temporada Alta in Girona, Spain.
On the commercial site, since summer 2008 she collaborates with advertising agencies
atletico international and
dutch collective.
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1. STUDIOS I HAVE WORK(ED) AT/ WITH Elephant 7 Citricus Emascaro Blackout Station Salz Kommunikation Atletico International Dutch Collective ↑2. ART CENTRES/ VENUES Caixa Forum Mercat dels Flors Mousonturm maumau bcn niu ↑3. EVENTS AND FESTIVALS Portomusical documenta 12 Fabbrica Europa Festival Loop Festival Varna summer festival Shining Festival fete djs contra la fam VAD Festival FESTIVAL TAC Festival Fiar Festival Grec FERIA DE TARREGA Festival a Corte↑4. MUSICIANS Arbol Kindred Spirits Christian Vogel Modeselektor Aparat Nervous JoZian John Smorto aka FkZ Djeliah Al Lindrum TURBO TRIO takeshi nishimoto Wakanda DJ Monne Hector Pizarro Festival Fabbrica Europa Adam Colyer ↑5. DANCE COMPANIES Senza Tempo ↑6. VIDEO ARTISTS SCHALLBILD vj. ALBERTO↑7. CLIENTS I HAVE WORKED FOR Driinn, Fortis Bank, Mercedes, Vodafone, LaCaixa, Tchibo, L’Oréal, Delphi Filmverleih, Arvato, Mutua Universal, Concom Consulting, Menzis, Sanitas, Generalitat de Catalunya, Ciba Vision, Punto Blanco, Mezcla, Parmigiano Reggiano, H10 Hoteles, Intersalim, My Favourite Things, Deusto, Rossvand, ADC Consulting, Ärzte ohne Grenzen, MAPFRE, FC Barcelona. ↑