Biography
Julian-Anthony Hespenheide is a german designer in the fields of Interaction Design. In his work, he creates compelling complex installations to tell peculiar stories about the digital and opens a discussion space in the analog sphere. His work emphasizes on converging the digital with design, art, science and technology to create novel concepts and a better understanding of the future. He is holding a M.A in Digital Media from the University of the Arts Bremen (HFK), Germany.
He can be contacted at: hello [at] julian-h [dot] de
Talks and Lectures
- 2017 — Biotic Explorers, Galerie Herold, Bremen, Germany
- 2017 — Biotic Explorers, Sneak Talks @ Interaction Lab, Hochschultage 2017, HfK Bremen
- 2016 — Automatic Orchestra "Live Coding Demo", Sneak Talks @ Interaction Lab, Hochschultage 2016, HfK Bremen
Selected Work Experience
- 2017 — 2022: Creative Technologist, Studio TheGreenEyl. Berlin, Germany.
- 2016 — 2017: Interaction Designer for the start-up Rhino Parking Solutions in the Kraftwerk City Accelerator Bremen, Innovation Hub. Bremen, Germany.
- 2014 — 2016: Frontend Developer, Graphek GmbH.
Written Publications
- - Hespenheide, Julian-Anthony, "DEFINITION". In: Irena Kukric, Andrea Sick (Hochschule für Künste Bremen) (ed.), THE DYNAMIC ARCHIVE 03
- - Hespenheide, Julian-Anthony, “Biotic Explorers Research Group”. In: Ralf Baecker, Dennis Paul, Andrea Sick (Hochschule für Künste Bremen) (ed.), Reenactments in Kunst, Gestaltung, Wissenschaft und Technologie (Reenactments in Art, Design, Science and Technology) Salon Digital Band / Vol. 1. Hamburg (Textem Verlag) 2020. ISBN: 978-3-86485-233-6.
- - Hespenheide, Julian-Anthony, “Biotic Explorers Manifesto”. In: Andrea Sick (ed.), Nevertheless. 17 Manifestos. Issue No 2, Hamburg (Textem Verlag) 2018
Selected Press and Articles
Selected Awards / Grants / Recognitions / Residencies
- 2015 — University of the Arts Bremen, Graduate exhibition 'Jahresausstellung 2015'. Curatorial work.
- 2019 — Jury work: Member of the guest jury for selecting Hochschulpreis 2019 – Digital Media, Hochschule für Künste Bremen
Residencies
- 2022— Artist in Residence with Bright Moments DAO resulting in the work KERNELS (exhibited in the Berlin, Los Angeles, London locations)
- 2017 — MAiR I (Media Artist in Residence), (1st edition) - (formerly knows as Graphic Art Colony, Edition VIII) resulting in the exhibition (Un)natural encounters, Prolom Banja, Serbia
Worked with and for
- Resonate Festival Belgrade, Serbia
- Graphek GmbH
- HfK Bremen Digital Media
- HfK Bremen Integriertes Design (Master Studio: Kultur & Identität)
- Immigration Office (Lucas Odahara, Camila Riveros, Daniela Reina Tellez, Paula Hurtado Otero and Zhe Wang)
- Kunsthalle Bremen
- FIELD.io, London. England
- swb Bremen / Kraftwerk – City Accelerator Bremen
- The Dynamic Archive, Bremen. Germany
- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany
- GRIMMWELT, Kassel. Germany
- Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra. Italy
- Neues Bauhaus Weimar, Germany
- Neue Galerie Kassel, Germany
- Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, Germany.
- FREITAG lab.ag
- The New York Times