About –– Julian Hespenheide

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

Exhibitions

2022 — KERNELS, September 2022 at Bright Moments Gallery, Berlin Germany.
2022 — Stochastic Oracle, May 2022 upcoming exhibition + talk for new work at CIRCA106, Bremen, Germany. (Moved due to COVID-19 reasons)
2021 — How To Walk On Water, programming and electronics for the performance installation by Irena Kukric. Together with Chang Hwan Park (Sound design), Peter Buczkowski (Production assistance), Kate Chen (Voice), Iva Brdar (Dramaturgy) and Nadine Becker (Production) at Schwankhalle Bremen, Germany.
2021 — Continuous Erosion + ASCII Animations, Ortstermin: Art festival in Moabit and Hansaviertel, Berlin. Germany with *Projektraum für analoge und digitale Experimente*: Thomas Brandstätter, Erik Freydank, Hojin Kang, Arnaud Korenke and Kai Kruschel
2020 — Living the City: An Exhibition about Cities, People and Stories with TheGreenEyl, Special Exhibition at Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin. Germany.
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community within the framework of the National Urban Development Policy
2019 — bauhaus / documenta – vision und marke with TheGreenEyl, Special Exhibition at Neue Galerie Kassel, Germany
2019 — Seltene Lichtmomente with TheGreenEyl, Permanent Exhibition at Neues Bauhaus Museum Weimar, Germany
2018 — ARTEFAKTE with TheGreenEyl, Special Exhibition at Natural History Museum Berlin, Germany
2018 — Continuous Erosion, (Un)natural encounters (Group Exhibition together with Irena Kukric, Bojana Petkovic, Mariana Schetini Basso, Luiz Zanotello), Galerie Herold, Bremen, Germany
2017 — Viserosion (later: Continuous Erosion), (Un)natural encounters (Group Exhibition together with Irena Kukric, Bojana Petkovic, Mariana Schetini Basso, Luiz Zanotello), Galeriji Doma kulture Studentski grad, Belgrade Serbia
2017 — Sagenmaschine with TheGreenEyl, HörenSAGEN, GRIMMWELT Kassel, Kassel, Germany
2017 — Biotic Explorers, Jahresausstellung 2017 (Graduate Show HfK), Bremen, Germany
2017 — Biotic Explorers, Galerie Herold, Bremen, Germany
2017 — Biotic Explorers, European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
2017 — Biotic Explorers, Studiogalerie35, Bremen, Germany
2016 — Automatic Orchestra, European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
2016 — Fine Tuning of Marble, Resonate Festival 2016, Belgrade, Serbia
2016 — Automatic Orchestra, Hochschultage 2015, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Germany
2015 — Sensopoda, Hochschultage 2015, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Germany
2015 — Automatic Orchestra, Resonate Festival 2015, Belgrade, Serbia
2015 — The Assembly, Hochschultage 2015, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Germany
2014 — The Assembly, AS IF, Immigration Office, Bremen, Germany
2014 — Linie des Lebens, Best of HFK Design 2013, Wilhelm-Wagenfeld Haus, Bremen, Germany
2012 — Linie des Lebens, Live Performance, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2011 — Sport, Hochschultage 2011, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Germany

Teaching

2022 — Introduction to Creative Coding with p5.js, Lehrauftrag, Winter Semester 2022/23, University of the Arts Bremen / HfK Bremen
2022 — Creative Coding, Lehrauftrag, Summer Semester 2022, University of the Arts Berlin / UDK Berlin
2021 — Introduction to Creative Coding with Processing, Lehrauftrag, Winter Semester 2021/22, University of the Arts Bremen / HfK Bremen
2021 — Physical Computing, Lehrauftrag, Summer Semester 2021, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal
2021 — Bachelor Project Industrial Design, Lehrauftrag with Prof. Dominik Schumacher, Summer Semester 2021, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal
2021 — Physical Computing "Poetic Computation", 3 day Workshop at ZHDK (Zurich University of the Arts), Switzerland
2019 — Physical Computing, Lehrauftrag, Winter Semester 2019/20,
Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal
2019 — Creative Coding, Lehrauftrag, Winter Semester 2019/20,
Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal
2016 — Physical Computing with Arduino, Workshop tutoring together with Luiz Zanotello, Winter Semester 2016, University of the Arts Bremen / HfK Bremen
2015 — Computation + Music, Winter Semester 2015/16, Course Tutor for Prof. Dennis P. Paul, University of the Arts Bremen / HfK Bremen
2015 — *Arduinos + Sensors*, Workshop tutoring, Summer Semester 2015, University of the Arts Bremen / HfK Bremen
2014 — Electrical Engineering for Designers, Workshop tutoring, Winter Semester 2014/15, University of the Arts Bremen / HfK Bremen
2013 — Programming for Designers, Workshop tutoring, Summer Semester 2013, University of the Arts Bremen / HfK Bremen

http://teaching.julian-h.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