Olaf Schirm (Symboter)
born 1958 in Berlin
Education:
1977, Abitur, Gisela Gymnasium, Munich
1978-83 Studies Biology/Physics, LMU Munich
Profession:
1987 Art/Technology company in Munich
1998-2000 Technology shop in Los Angeles, USA
1997- 2006 Art/Technology companies in Cologne
since 2006 Technology companies and Art Collection in Berlin
Awards from:
Royal College of Art, London
Medicale
1996 CeBIT Byte Best Award
Internet World
Siggraph Slide Award
Languages:
German, English, French, several programming languages
Milestones Sound :
electronic music, solo, with band and in individual art projects
from 1975 Symboter recording studio for electronic music, Munich
Cassettes (Syntape 1979-1982)
1986 Vinyl LP Japotage
Music for TV channels, TV and cinema
Collaborations with Gershon Kingsley (Popcorn), Peter Gabriel (Genesis), Dieter Meier (Yello)
2011 CD Remix by “Spaceships are cool” on CD Seriously Eric
2013 Limited Vinyl-LP, 500 units, “Symboter Tapes”
since 2018: Global music contract with French label Alter-K
Milestones Picture:
Real-time 3D animation for Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle Mayday IX and X major techno event (1996/1997)
Foundation of the first agency for virtual (synthetic 3D) actors (2000)
first virtual opera singer “Cold Genius” with artist contract at BMG
several TV logos, trailers, online graphics, advertising and feature film FX
140 live broadcasts by Eddie Highscore, virtual presenter X-BASE, ZDF
Real-time effects for QUEEN music videos (“One Vision” and “Living on my own”)
In broadcasting team of SAT-1 at station start, responsible for on-air graphics.
Milestones Word:
Brandname development “Pro Sieben”, noDNA, X-IST, YDNA, Vuppet, DynaFlash
Milestones Software:
Real-time facial expression detection, real-time tissue simulation on the face
First German entrepreneur with virtual real-time clone
Generative software for musical projects
AI software for Art installations
Milestones Hardware:
FaceTracker (facial tracker), BodyTracker (data suit), DataGlove (data glove), various robots
Artworks:
Kinetic light and sound sculptures
Kinetic sculptures, robotic installations
AI-Scenographics, Digital Paintings
Exhibitions:
Federal Ministery for environment, Community Convention, Berlin, 2024
Coderitter, REBOOT, Dresden, 2024
deeep, AI art show, Paris, France, 2024
Guelman und Unbekannt Gallery, Olaf Schirm – Main Works, (Solo Show) Berlin, 2023
CSR.ART Project space, Zeitenwende#1, Berlin, 2023
Coderitter, Singularity, (Solo Show) Dresden, 2023
Musee Dezentral, virtual exhibition, 2022
Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, NFT meets traditional art, 2022
CSR.ART Project space, Überschau#4, Berlin, 2022
HOTO Project space, 33guests 3artists, Berlin, 2021
Leo Kuelbs Projects, Passages of Perception into Structures, online, 2020
Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, Equilibrium, Berlin, 2020
Art against Corona, emerging Artists, Lily Fürstenow, online, 2020
Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, Materia, Berlin, 2020
Museum for Communication, Chaos Method, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2020
Diskurs, Superposition, Berlin, 2020
State Studio, Materialize, Berlin, 2019
Media Mitte Festival Berlin, 2019
Positions, Galerie Eigenheim, Art Week Berlin (Fair), 2018
Anna 25 Gallery, New York meets Berlin, 2018
Transformart Berlin, 2018
Ostrale Biennale, Dresden, 2017
Gallery Eigenheim, Instructions for Action, Berlin, 2017
The Grand, Proud Collector 4th Edition, Berlin, 2017
Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (Fair), 2016
The Grand, Proud Collector 3rd Edition, Berlin, 2015
The Grand, Proud Collector 2nd Edition, Berlin, 2015
Loewenpalais, Survivors, Berlin, 2014
Gallery of the City, Turbulence, Sindelfingen, 2013
Kunsthalle Dominican Church, Turbulence, Osnabrueck, 2012
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, 1995
Siggraph Show, Los Angeles, USA, 1993
Sites:
olaf-schirm.de/en (Science Art)
instagram.com/olaf_schirm (Artist)
facebook (Meta) new site 04-2024 after being hacked
youtube.com/symboter (Music and Art videos)
soundcloud.com/Olaf-Schirm (Music)
symboter.bandcamp.com (Music)
scienceartthinking.de (Science and Art thoughts)
Discord: oski #8288
sammlung-schirm.de (Art Collection)
carl-cowen-schirm.de (Heritage Collection)