Monika Halkort
Module 1: Thursday, June 6th through Friday, June 7th 2002
Curriculum Vitae
Monika Halkort works as media author, producer and researcher for a wide range
of academic and corporate institutions in Berlin, Germany. Main focus of her work
is concept and content development for interactive media and academic research
on non linear narrative and storytelling.
Apart from teaching at the University of the Arts in Berlin (HDK) she is a well
received lecturer and seminar hosts at film and new media festivals.
Up until 1996 Monika Halkort has worked as a documentary filmmaker for TV networks
in Austria and Germany, i.e: ORF, ZDF, ARTE, PREMIERE, 3 SAT, MTV und VOX. After
10 years of filmmaking she decided to expand her media knowledge and studied multimedia
scriptwriting and production at the San Francisco State University. Ever since
she has been heavily engaged in exploring the potential of new media for non fiction
media formats.
References
WEBFREETV
development and prototyping for database driven narratives, Berlin 2001
YUNA
concept / content development for an avatarbased themeworld, Volkswagen AG, London
2000
MESSE FRANKFURT
concept development for an online business TV channel, Berlin 2001
LAB 01
concept development and producing of an interactive Science lab on the web, âDaimler
Chrysler AG 1999
ERSTE LIEBE FILM
concept development and producing of a filmwebsite
KNOWLEDGE & INNOVATION
Concept development, producing and directing a video installation at the SWISS
RE Centre for global Dialogue, Zurich 2001
THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE
Concept development, producing and directing a video installation at the Siemens
Forum, Munich 1999
GOLEM / CYBORG
Concept development for interactive media installations at an exhibition about
artificial life, Forum NRW 1998
CARL BERTELSMANN AWARD
Concept development, producing and directing the video stage design for the Bertelsmann
Media Award, Berlin 1998
LECTURES / CONFERENCES
HDK Berlin
Lecture series on interactive narrative as part of an interdisciplinary seminar
on mediadesign and experimental film (Willem Velthoven, Heinz Emigholz), Berlin
2001/2002
GRIMME AKADEMIE
2 day Seminar on interactive storytelling, Berlin 2002
INTERFICTION
Lecture on interactive narrative & film, Kassel 2001
TRANSMEDIALE
Lecture on interactive narrative & film, Berlin 2001
OBERHAUSEN FILMFESTIVAL
Lecture on interactive narrative, Oberhausen 2001
MONOMEDIA.BERLIN:VALUE
research, concept and editorial content for a new media conference at the Academy
of Arts, Berlin 2000