alisa lieu anh kotmair

VITA.
alisa lieu anh kotmair
born in baltimore, maryland, usa. Lives and works in berlin as an
artist/filmmaker, video editor, writer/editor and translator. Occasionally works
under the name Liesl Nguyen.
education
2002-2010 Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf,” babelsberg: Diplom, Montage
1997 Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City: Visiting language student
1995-1997 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: European Ethnology, Vietnamese
1990-1991 Karl-Eberhard University, Tübingen and University Rostock: Visiting student
1988-1992 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island: Bachelor of Arts, German Studies, Russian
2000 Birth of daughter Hana
exhibitions (selection)
2010 Wuträume | On Rage, youth outreach program, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, berlin
2008 ReAsia, youth outreach program, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, berlin
2006 Trip to Asia | Stadion X, warsaw
2005 Video Viet Nam, GEDOK Künstlerinnenforum, karlsruhe
2004 Psyche Offline, Academy for Film and Television Konrad Wolf, babelsberg
Fremde Heimat Vietnam, Werkstatt der Kulturen, berlin
2003 Berlin Open End, Tsatsis Projects, thessaloniki
Just Passing Through, bgf_mitte & Rocket Shop, berlin
Book cover for Pipo Bui, Envisioning Vietnamese Migrants in Germany: Ethnic Stigma,
Immigrant Origin Narratives and Partial Masking (Munster: LIT Verlag, 2003).
2002 City-Info-Boogie-Woogie, Info Offspring Kiosk, dresden
Here and Now, BüroFriedrich, berlin
layered histories, plattform in der staatsbank, berlin
2000 radio temporaire archives sonores, Ècole Superieure d’Art Visuel de Genève,
geneva
1999 used to be was, Neurotitan / Haus Schwarzenberg, berlin
Gap Viet Nam, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, berlin
1998 Ceterum Censeo, Galerie am Marstall, berlin
Pavillon der Volksbühne / loop raum für aktuelle kunst, berlin
filmography (selection)
2010 Stories of Kieu – a trilogy (in development). Writer, director.
Sunday Menu (Drama. Written, Directed, Edited). 24 min.
Home Affairs (Documentary. Dir. Rita Bakacs, Masayo Kajimura, Graziella Tomasi). 60 min. Editor
2008 Pink Taxi (Documentary. Flying Moon/ Zorro, Dir. Uli Gauke). Additonal Editing.
2007 Verflucht (Drama/ Horror. Dir. Markus Adrian). 13 min., Editor
2006 O Mo U Ga Ma Ma Ni (Documentation-Imagefilm, Hoshi Coupe). 20 min. Director, Editor
2005 A Father’s Prayer (Drama. Dir. Döndu Kilik). 6 min. Editor
2004 Samagon (Documentary. Dir. Sebastian Heinzel, Eugen Schlegel). 12 min. Editor
2003 Lajos (Documentary Dir. Ciril Braem). 16 min. Editor
performance / contemporary dance / movement
Actively performing between 1996-1999, e.g. in Dock 11; Pfefferberg, Akademie der
Künste, Schaubühne, Berlin; Theatre Contemporain de la Dance, Paris. Studied and
worked with Howard Katz, Thierry Niang, Felix Ruckert, etc. Passionate encounters
with capoeira regional, kalarippayat; ongoing deepening of yoga practice.