About the person
Biography
Marcel René Marburger (Prof. Dr.) is a Cologne-based media, design and art scholar. He studied art history, German studies and philosophy at the University of Cologne and wrote his doctoral thesis on the aesthetic relevance of Vilém Flusser's writings. After a journalistic traineeship, he was a research assistant at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, co-curator of the Simultanhalle in Cologne, lecturer at the Dresden University of Fine Arts, research assistant at the University of Potsdam and research assistant and lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts. From 2007 to 2010, he was scientific director of the _Vilém_Flusser_Archive, and from 2005 he was co-editor of the International Flusser Lectures. In 2015/16 he held the Chair of Media Technology at Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts and in 2016-2019 the Chair of Design and Cultural Studies at Fachhochschule Dortmund. Since 2019, he has been a full professor of design studies at the Faculty of Design at Fachhochschule Dortmund.
Publications
Monograph
- M. R. Marburger, Ed., We are..., 300th ed. Dortmund: Fachbereich Design Fh Dortmund, 2023.
- A. Apfelbaum, M. R. Marburger, and B. te Wildt, Der Phoenix-See hat zu viele Inseln. Dortmund: Kettler, 2021.
- E. Fürlus, D. Irrgang, M. R. Marburger, and S. Zielinski, Eds., “Imperitis pro lectione pictura est.” Köln: König, 2018.
- M. R. Marburger and V. Karré, Die Fliege Dienstag. Köln: Edition_, 2015.
- T. Düllo, D. Irrgang, M. R. Marburger, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Abwegen und Abschweifen. Köln: König, 2015.
- K. Ebeling, D. Irrgang, M. R. Marburger, and S. Zielinski, Eds., “Quote/unquote.” Köln: König, 2014.
- S. Zielinski and M. R. Marburger, Eds., Over the head. Köln: Edition_, 2013.
- H. Emigholz, M. R. Marburger, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Zeichnung oder Film. Köln: König, 2013.
- F. Rötzer, C. Becker, S. Zielinski, and M. R. Marburger, Eds., Ist das Leben ein Spiel? Köln: König, 2013.
- M. R. Marburger, Flusser und die Kunst. Köln: Edition_, 2011.
- P. Bucher and M. R. Marburger, Homo bellicus: ein Gespräch über das Schlachtenpanorama. Köln: Snoeck, 2011 [Online]. Available: https://nrw.digibib.net/search/hbzvk/record/(DE-605)HT017082742
- A. Finger, C. Becker, M. R. Marburger, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Die Kunst der Migration. Köln: König, 2011.
- S. Zielinski, C. Becker, and M. R. Marburger, Eds., Entwerfen und Entbergen. Köln: König, 2010.
- A. R. Galloway, M. R. Marburger, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Außer Betrieb: das müßige Interface. Köln: König, 2010.
- R. Guldin, M. R. Marburger, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Wolkenformationen (...) aus dem Dunst der Möglichkeiten. Köln: König, 2009.
- D. Kamper, M. R. Marburger, S. Wagnermaier, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Körper-Abstraktionen, 2., überarbeitete Auflage. Köln: König, 2008.
- P. Bozzi, M. R. Marburger, S. Wagnermaier, and S. Zielinski, Eds., “Durch fabelhaftes Denken.” Köln: König, 2008.
- M. R. Marburger, SUV - Folge Köbberling & Martin Kaltwasser. Köln: Strzelecki Books, 2008 [Online]. Available: https://simultanhalle.de/publikationen/suv/
- M. R. Marburger, Helge Friedrich Jansen, die Schläfer und die Zeit. Soest: Arthellweg-Verlag + Agentur, 2007.
- K. Theweleit, M. R. Marburger, S. Wagnermaier, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Übertragung. Gegenübertragung. Dritter Körper. Köln: König, 2007.
- C. Asendorf, M. R. Marburger, S. Wagnermaier, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Knoten des zwischenmenschlichen Netzes. Köln: König, 2007.
- N. Baitello, M. R. Marburger, S. Wagnermaier, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Flussers Völlerei. Köln: König, 2007.
- H. M. Emrich, M. R. Marburger, S. Wagnermaier, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Was Avatare und Engel uns sagen können... Köln: König, 2006.
- P. Weibel, M. R. Marburger, S. Wagnermaier, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Time Slot. Köln: König, 2006.
Anthology contribution
- M. Marburger, “Poetische Maschinenwesen,” in KAI, Köln: Edition_, 2023, pp. 4–9.
- M. R. Marburger, “Kritik der Oberflächlichkeit,” in Butterland, Dortmund: Fachhochschule Dortmund, Fachbereich Design, 2019, pp. VI–XI.
- M. R. Marburger, “The art of resistance,” in Design & activism : perspectives on design as activism and activism as design, Sesto San Giovanni: Mimesis International, 2019, pp. 205–210.
- M. R. Marburger and H. Weiser, “Gespräch/Interview,” in Weiser, Köln: Edition_, 2018, pp. 112–159.
- M. R. Marburger, “Im unsichtbaren Raum,” in Johannes Nagel: Trial and error, Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2018, pp. 10–19.
- M. R. Marburger, “Medien sind keine Lösungen, sondern Darstellungen des Problems selbst,” in Große Sätze machen - über Bazon Brock, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink, 2016, pp. 80–84.
- M. R. Marburger, “Flusser und die Kunst, oder: „Kunstausstellungen gehen, hoffentlich, ihrem Ende entgegen\",” in Bodenlos - Vilém Flusser und die Künste, Berlin: Akademie der Künste, 2015, pp. 21–22.
- D. Irrgang and M. R. Marburger, “Vilém Flusser: a biography / eine Biografie / uma biografia,” in Flusseriana, Minneapolis, MN: Univocal, 2015, pp. 452–519.
- M. R. Marburger, “Artwork/Kunstwerk/Obra de arte,” in Flusseriana, Minneapolis, MN: Univocal, 2015, pp. 64–67.
- M. R. Marburger, “Exhibition/Ausstellung/Exposição,” in Flusseriana, Minneapolis, MN: Univocal, 2015, pp. 174–177.
- M. R. Marburger, “School/Schule/Escola,” in Flusseriana, Minneapolis, MN: Univocal, 2015, pp. 354–355.
- M. R. Marburger, “Do you like it?,” in Inszenierung und Politik, Bielefeld: Transcript, 2015, pp. 197–214.
- M. R. Marburger, “Einblicke ins Unbekannte,” in Black hole horizon, Ingolstadt: Kunstverein Ingolstadt, 2015, pp. 6–11.
- M. R. Marburger, “Vilém Flusser,” in AnArchive(s), Köln: König, 2014, pp. 75–75.
- M. R. Marburger, “From perception to projection,” in Heterogeneous objects, Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2013, pp. 119–130.
- M. R. Marburger, “Vilém Flusser - a short biographical approach & selected bibliography,” in “We shall survive in the memory of others”, Vilém Flusser, Köln: König, 2010, pp. 39-?
- M. R. Marburger, “Bewegungen in mentalen Räumen,” in Hold it!, Berlin: Jovis, 2009, pp. 10–11.
- M. R. Marburger, “Movements in mental spaces,” in Hold it!, Berlin: Jovis, 2009, pp. 226–227.
- M. R. Marburger, “Der Dialog als Akt der Schöpfung,” in Technobilder und Kommunikologie, Berlin: Parerga, 2009, pp. 107–120.
- R. Buschmann, M. Marburger, and F. Weltzien, “Vermittelbar,” in Dazwischen - die Vermittlung von Kunst, Berlin: Reimer, 2005, pp. 17–24.
Conference paper
Journal article
- M. R. Marburger, “Ecological foot printing,” Nullnummer : Zeitung des FB Design, FH Dortmund, vol. 2021/22, no. 2, pp. 4–5, 2021.
- M. R. Marburger, “Fotophänomenologie: Standpunkte,” European photography : the independent art magazine for contemporary photography and new media, vol. 39, no. 103, pp. 3–4, 2018.
- M. R. Marburger, “From science to fiction,” Flusser Studies : multilingual journal for cultural and media theory, vol. 22, 2016.
- M. R. Marburger, “Dear App Review team,” cahiers - Hefte zur Fotografie, no. 3, pp. 54–55, 2015.
- R. Pagel and M. R. Marburger, “Edith Flusser: Belichtungen,” Kolik.Film, no. 23, pp. 72–76, 2015.
- M. R. Marburger, “Creativiteit, informatie en de dood van de auteur,” De witte raaf, no. 163, pp. 11–12, 2013.
- M. R. Marburger, “Chronologie eines kuratorischen Scheiterns,” Flusser Studies : multilingual journal for cultural and media theory, vol. 13, 2012.
- M. R. Marburger, “Site of dialogue,” European photography : the independent art magazine for contemporary photography and new media, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 87–87, 2010.
- M. R. Marburger, “SUV,” HDA-Gazette, no. 3, pp. 7–7, 2008.
Anthology
- M. R. Marburger, K. Aßfalg, and F. Schmale, Eds., re:vue - exhibition & screening 2023. Dortmund: Fachhochschule Dortmund, Fachbereich Design, 2023.
- M. Marburger, Ed., KAI. Köln: Edition_, 2023.
- M. R. Marburger, Ed., re:vue 2022. Dortmund: Fachhochschule Dortmund, Fachbereich Design, 2022.
- M. R. Marburger and H. Weiser, Eds., Weiser. Köln: Edition_, 2018.
- J. Johnen and M. R. Marburger, Johannes Nagel: Trial and error. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2018.
- D. Irrgang, M. R. Marburger, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Vom Umkehren der Bedeutungsvektoren. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2017.
- T. Kubli and M. R. Marburger, Black hole horizon. Ingolstadt: Kunstverein Ingolstadt, 2015.
- D. Irrgang, M. R. Marburger, and S. Zielinski, Eds., Die Rache der Oberfläche. Köln: König, 2015.
- R. Buschmann, M. R. Marburger, and F. Weltzien, Eds., Dazwischen - die Vermittlung von Kunst. Berlin: Reimer, 2005.
Article in scientific blogs
Organization of exhibition, workshop, congress, trade fair
- M. R. Marburger, F2 Fotofestival. 2023 [Online]. Available: https://www.f2fotofestival.de/de/
- M. R. Marburger, photo/dialogues. 2023 [Online]. Available: https://www.fh-dortmund.de/termine/re-vue-ausstellung-arles.php
- M. R. Marburger, Vilém Flusser a Robion. 2023 [Online]. Available: https://flusser.club/projects/flusser-summer-school/flusser-summer-school-2023/
- M. Marburger, Passagen 2023. 2023 [Online]. Available: https://www.voggenreiter.com
- D. Gebhardt, V. Loitzsch, M. Marburger, and F. Schurig, Ausstellung “We are ...” 2023 [Online]. Available: https://www.f2fotofestival.de/de/
Miscellaneous
Book publications (selection)
Monographs
Thom Kubli. Black Hole Horizon
(with Thom Kubli), Kunstverein Ingolstadt (ed.), Ingolstadt 2015
The Fly Tuesday, Cologne: Edition_, 2015
Flusser and the arts, Cologne: Edition_, 2011
Homo Bellicus (with Patricia Bucher), Cologne: Snoek-Verlag, 2011
Helge Jansen: The Sleepers and Time,
Exhibition catalog of the Soester Kunstverein, Cologne: arthellweg, 2007
Publications
Re:vue, Photographic Studies #8 (ed. with Anne Braune, Marcus Heine and others), Dortmund, 2019
Weiser, Cologne: Edition_, 2018
Grenzen der Fotografie, magazine, (ed. with Dirk Gebhardt), Dortmund, 2017
Graham Harman, The Revenge of the Surface. Heidegger, McLuhan, Greenberg (ed. with Daniel Irrgang and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2015
Thomas Düllo, Deviation and digression. Versuch über die narrative Drift, (ed. with Daniel Irrgang and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2015
Alan Shapiro, Die Software der Zukunft, oder Das Modell geht der Realität voraus (ed. with Daniel Irrgang and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2014
Siegfried Zielinski, Over the Head. Projecting Archaeology and Variantology of Arts and Media, Cologne: Edition_, 2014
Knut Ebeling, "quote /unquote". Kleine Archäologie der Operatoren, (ed. with Daniel Irrgang and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2013
Heinz Emigholz, Zeichnung oder Film (ed. with Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2013
Florian Rötzer, Is life a game? Aspekte einer Philosophie des Spiels und eines Denkens ohne Fundamente (ed. with Claudia Becker and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2013
Nils Röller, Bodies of Sensation. On Indirect Experience (ed. with Claudia Becker and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2012
Anke Finger, The Art of Migration (ed. with Claudia Becker and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2011
Siegfried Zielinski, Entwerfen und Entbergen (ed. with Claudia Becker), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2010
Alexander R. Galloway, Außer Betrieb: Das mü.ige Interface (ed. with Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2010
Rainer Guldin, "Cloud formations [...] from the haze of possibilities." On the Nubian Imagination (ed. with Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009
Dietmar Kamper, Körper-Abstraktionen (ed. with Silvia Wagnermeier and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2008 (first edition 1999)
Paola Bozzi, "Durch fabelhaftes Denken": Evolution, Gedankenexperiment, Science und Fiction(ed. with Silvia Wagnermeier and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2008
Klaus Theweleit, Transference, Countertransference, Third Body (ed. with Silvia Wagnermaier and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2007
Christoph Asendorf, Knoten des zwischenmenschlichen Netzes (ed. with Silvia Wagnermaier and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2007
Norval Baitello Jr, Flusser's Gluttony (ed. with Silvia Wagnermaier and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2007
Hinderk M. Emrich, "What avatars and angels can tell us...". (ed. with Silvia Wagnermaier and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2006
Peter Weibel, Time Slot (ed. with Silvia Wagnermaier and Siegfried Zielinski), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2005
In Between - The Mediation of Art (ed. with Renate Buschmann and Friedrich Weltzien), Berlin: Reimer Verlag, 2005
Articles (selection)
52 The Art of Resistance: On Contemporary Responsibility of Art and Design,-in: Design & Activism, (ed. by Tom Bieling), London/Milano: Mimesis International, 2019, pp. 205-210
51 Critique of Superficiality, in: Butterland. Delusion of Photography, (ed. by Susanne Brügger), Dortmund: 2019, pp. V-XI
50. photo/dialogues, in: Re:vue, Photographic Studies #8 2019 (ed. by Marcel René Marburger, Anne Braune, Marcus Heine and others), Dortmund, 2019, pp. 28-30
49. photophenomenology: points of view, in: European Photography, No. 103, 2018, pp. 3-4
48 Marburger/Weiser: Conversation, in: Weiser (ed. by Marcel René Marburger), Cologne: Edition_, 2018, pp. 112-159
47 In the invisible space. The gestures of Johannes Nagel, in: Johannes Nagel. Trial and Error, Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2018, pp. 10-19
46 Mindmap, in: Grenzen der Fotografie, magazine (ed. by Dirk Gebhardt and Marcel René Marburger), Dortmund: 2017, pp. 14-15
45 Yvonne Klasen: out loud, in: licht teilen. P: lux (ed. by Robert Simon and Julia Otto for the Kunstmuseum Celle), Celle 2017, pp. 60-62
44 Media are not solutions, but representations of the problem itself, in: Wolfgang Ullrich & Lambert Wiesing (eds.), Große Sätze machen. On Bazon Brock, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2016, pp. 80-84
43 From Science to Fiction. Considering Vilém Flusser as an Artist, in: Flusserstudies 22, 2016 (http://www.flusserstudies.net)
42 Flusser and the arts, or: "Art exhibitions are, hopefully, coming to an end", in: Bodenlos - Flusser und die Künste (ed. Siegfried Zielinski and Daniel Irrgang), Berlin: Akademie der Künste, 2015, pp. 21-22
41 The Art of Resistance: From Communication to Action, in: Design and War (ed. by Martin Scholz and Friedrich Weltzien), Berlin: Reimer 2015, pp. 297-306
40 Vilém Flusser: A Biografie / Eine Biografie / Uma Biografia (with Daniel Irrgang), in: Flusseriana (ed. by Peter Weibel and Siegfried Zielinski), Karlsruhe 2015, pp. 452-519
39 Artwork/Kunstwerk/Obra de Arte, in: Flusseriana (ed. by Peter Weibel and Siegfried Zielinski), Karlsruhe 2015, pp. 64-67
38. exhibition / Ausstellung / Exposição, in: Flusseriana (ed. by Peter Weibel and Siegfried Zielinski), Karlsruhe 2015, pp. 174-177
37 School/Schule/Escola, in: Flusseriana (ed. by Peter Weibel and Siegfried Zielinski), Karlsruhe 2015, pp. 354-355
36 Do you like it? Die Inszenierung des Sozialen, in: Staging and Politics. Scenography in the Social Field (ed. by Ralf Bohn and Heiner Wilharm), Bielefeld: Transcript 2015, pp. 197-214
35 Dear App Review Team, in: Cahiers (ed. by the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts), Dortmund 2015, pp. 54-55
34. insights into the unknown. Thom Kubli's Black Hole Horizon, in: Thom Kubli. Black Hole Horizon, Kunstverein Ingolstadt (ed.), Ingolstadt 2015, pp. 6-23
33 Edith Flusser: Exposures. Encounter with a Nomad (with Rocco Pagel), in: Kolik. Film. Special Issue 23, March 2015, pp. 72-76
32 Deconstruction as construction: Herwig Weiser. Government Building, in: The Artistic Intervention of the Self ..., Austrian Cultural Forum (ed.), Moscow, 2014, pp. 102-103 (Russian and English version)
31 Vilém Flusser. Catch me if you can, in: AnArchive(s). Eine minimale Enzyklopädie zur Archäologie und Variantologie der Künste und Medien (edited by Claudia Giannetti for the Edith Russ Haus für Medienkunst), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2014
30 From Perception to Projection: On the Future of Technical Images, in: Heterogenous Objects. Intermedia and Photography after Modernism (ed. by Raphael Pirenne and Alexander Streitberger), Lieven Gevaert Series, University of Leuven Press: Leuven, 2013
29 Creativiteit, informatie en de dood van de auteur, in: De Witte Raaf 163, Brussel: May, June 2013
28. cronologia de un fracaso curatorial, in: Flusser Studies 13, May 2012 (http://www.flusserstudies.net)
27 Runa Islam: This much is uncertain, in: Temporary Gallery Cologne (ed.), Spectrums of Light, Cologne 2011, pp. 15-17
26 Revealing and Concealing: Herwig Weiser's Ambiguous Cut Into Space of Conjecture, in: herwigweiser.net [2011/2017]; Chinese version in: Fan Di'An, Zhang Ga (eds.),Translife. International Triennial of New Media Art, Liverpool 2011, p. 171
25 Biography and Bibliography, in: Vilém Flusser, We shall survive in the memory of others, Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther König, 2010 [DVD]
24 Site of Dialogue: The Flusser Archive, in: European Photography, Spring/Summer 2010, p. 87
23 Movements in Mental Spaces: The SUVs, in: Hold it! The Art and Architecture of Public-Space-Bricolage-Resistance-Resources-Aesthetics of Folke Köbberling and Martin Kaltwasser, Berlin: Jovis Verlag GmbH, 2009, pp. 226-227
22 Dialogue as an act of creation.creativity in communicological terms,
in: Oliver Fahle, Michael Hanke, Andreas Ziemann (eds.), Technobilder und Kommunikologie. The Media Theory of Vilém Flusser, Berlin 2009, pp. 107-119
21 SUV, in: HDA Gazette, Graz September/December 2008, pp. 7-8
20. brochure on the symposium "IN:FORM: Vilém Flusser on Design" (http://archived.janvaneyck.nl/0_2_3_events_info/arc_08_IN-FORM.html)
19 SUV. Exhibition catalog of the Simultanhalle Cologne, 2008
18. mediable. The Art History of Antje von Graevenitz (with Renate Buschmann and Friedrich Weltzien), in: Renate Buschmann, Marcel René Marburger, Friedrich Weltzien (eds.), Dazwischen. The Mediation of Art, Berlin: Reimer 2005, pp. 17-20
17 Nachsommer of Love. 40 Years of Haight Ashbury (with Brigitte Böttcher), in: Neon, December 2005
16. making a mark. Street art in Cologne, in: Viertel Vor, August 2000
15th M.A.I.S. - Painting, Action, Installation, Sculpture, in: Viertel Vor, May 2000
14. from horse to machine, in: Viertel Vor, February 2000
13. 30 years of the art market in Cologne. On the annual debates about Art Cologne, in: Viertel Vor, November 1999
12. Tokyo Schock. Contemporary art from Japan as a guest in Cologne, in: Viertel Vor, September 1999
11. today a king. Interview with Kasper König, in: Viertel Vor, August 1999
10. from Bauhaus to Deconstructivism, in: Viertel Vor, August 1999
9 Norman Junge: From painter's maneuver to children's book,
in: Viertel Vor, July 1999
8. sometimes less is more. Galerie Brehm in upheaval, in: Viertel Vor, June 1999
7. last exit art, in: Viertel Vor, June 1999
6. authentic: Digital Headhunting, in: Viertel Vor, April 1999
5. photographed landscape in a double pack:
August Sander and Jeff Wall at the SK Foundation,
in: Viertel Vor, March 1999
4th I love Cologne, in: Viertel Vor, March 1999
3 East 100th Street, New York. Bruce Davidson in Spanish Harlem, in: Viertel Vor, March 1999
2. Andreas Scholz. Variable Graphics and Play, in: Viertel Vor, January 1999
1. interview with Damo Suzuki, in: Viertel Vor, January 1999