Anke Nowottne researches the performativity of theory. Her project "Schiffbruch des Zuschauers" asks in which ways the presentation of theory differs from artistic practice.

Anke Nowottne. Born 1978 in Dresden; in Berlin since 2005. Studies of photography and graphic design in Dortmund, St. Petersburg (Russia) and Zurich. 2004 diploma at the Zurich University of the Arts with an affair between art and life: a laundromat in St. Petersburg. Freelance work in communications design (concept and design). Lecturer for media studies and design theory at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund. Still laundromat owner.

Scholarships and awards (selection)
1999-2004 Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
2001/2002 Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation for studies in Russia
2002 Award at Deutsch-Russisches Jugendforum in Moskow and Berlin
2003/2004 Hölderlin-Scholarship for studies in Switzerland
2004 Award for diploma at the Zurich University of the Arts
Since 2008 scholarship from the Graduate School for the Arts and Sciences, Berlin University of the Arts