Jens Isensee is a multimedia artist with a focus on participative art and interactive video installations. His works are mostly made of temporal materials in combination with technical elements and software. These range from motors, loudspeakers and cameras to computer hardware, sensors, game engines and experimental short films.
2003 – 2011
Fine Arts Studies, Diploma with distinction at HBK Braunschweig, University of Art | Film class – Prof. Michael Brynntrup | Video installation – Prof. Corinna Schnitt | Sculpture – Prof. Thomas Virnich | Communication design studies – Prof. Eku Wand and Prof. Uli Plank
Grants, Awards
Winner – Deutscher Computerspielpreis, ‚Bestes Expertenspiel‘, München – 2022
Winner – Green Game Jam, ‚Best in Forests‘, UN Environment Programme – 2022
Scholarship – CoLab TechArt, Goethe Insitute Bangalore, British Council – 2020
Nomination – ‚Virtual Materialism‘, A Maze Festival award, Berlin – 2019
Nomination – Azplay Festival, Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao – 2017
Scholarship – Exchange Program – Goethe-Institut Johannesburg – 2017
Winner – Game Jam, Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin – 2017
Artist in Residence – Künstlerstätte, Stuhr-Heiligenrode – 2016
Winner – Shortfilm Contest, ‚Transit‘, Public LED screening, VB Brawopark – 2013
Winner – Performance Award, Fulldome Festival, Zeiss-Planetarium, Jena – 2013
Winner – Best Simulation Demo, Intel Level Up Award, Online Award – 2012
Winner – Interactive Implementation, ‚The Imaginary‘, Koordinaten Festival, FH-Kiel – 2012
Winner – Student film contest, ‚Neo Kuben‘, HAWK Hildesheim – 2012
Exhibitions
2023
re:publica – Presentation, The climate crisis in video games
European Games Showcase – GDC, Swissnex, San Francisco
Serious Play Award
2022
‚Arbeit‘ – Screening, 48h Neukölln, Rollwerk Atelier, Berlin
Nomination – Games Without Borders Award, Imagine Earth
Winner – 3rd Price, Serious Play Award & Devcom Indie Award
2021
Federal funding – BMWK, Imagine Earth, Climate crisis simulation
2020
Befantastic Triennial – Jaaga, Bangalore, India
Narben – Interactive app, presentation, LOT-Theater, Braunschweig
Netz Werke – Group show, re:publica, Berlin
Voyage – Interactive video installation, Luftfahrtmuseum, Wernigerode
2019
E-Dentity – Group show, KeinMuseum, Zurich, Switzerland
A Maze Game Festival – Group show, Berlin
Imagine Earth – Audience award, White Nights, Berlin
2018
Meta – Solo show, Kunsthaus BBK, Braunschweig
Surviving the Fitness – Group show, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel
Residence II – Group show, Syker Vorwerk, Syke
2017
Game Mixer – Group show, Goethe-Institut Johannesburg
Money Money Money – Group show, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Braunschweig
Reversed Festival – Group show, Museumsquartier, Wien
Artcore – Group show, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Braunschweig
Too Much – Screening, Extra Filmfestival, Kub Galerie Leipzig
2016
Kern der Dinge – Solo show, Künstlerstätte, Stuhr-Heiligenrode
Wechselspiel – Group show, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Braunschweig
Indie Expo – Group show, Respawn Conference, Köln
2015
Hier und Jetzt – Group show, Konsumverein, Braunschweig
IdeenExpo – Group show, Expo, Hannover
The Forest – Group show, Group Global, Berlin
Neu – Group show, Torhaus Galerie, Braunschweig
Nachts sind alle Katzen Grau – Group show, Aula Galerie, HBK Braunschweig
2014
Primat des Privaten – Exhibtion with Deborah Uhde Malerhof, Voigtholz
Funding Aproval – Nordmedia, Imagine Earth, Expo Plaza, Hannover
Intensivstation – Group show, Raumlabor, Braunschweig
StattLAB Collective No.1 – Group show, Stattbad Wedding, Berlin
2013
Objekte für Subjekte – Solo exhibition, Kunstverein Jahnstraße e.V., Braunschweig
Only the Winds – Music film, screening, B3 Bienale, Frankfurt
LIONEL Award Nomination – ‚The Imaginary‘, Ottmerbau, Braunschweig
Arbeitskrise & Grundeinkommen – Screening, Contravision Filmfestival, Berlin
Quadrature of the Triangle – Shortfilm contest winner, ‚Transit‘, Public LED screening, VB Brawopark
2012
Herbstausstellung – Group show, Kunstverein Hannover
Romantik 2.0 – Group show, Kulturanker e.V., Magdeburg
2011
Zeit ausstellen – Group show, Raumlabor, Braunschweig
Das Imaginäre – Diploma exhibition, Filmklasse, Rundgang HBK Braunschweig
2010
China Associations – Screening, Braunschweiger Filmfestival and Asian Hot Shots Festival, Berlin
Visual Volt Amplified – Group show, Haus Nordischer Botschaften, Berlin
The Green Wall – Screening, Anadoma Filmfestival, LOT-Theater, Braunschweig
Schnittraum – Show with Adrian Schedler, Galerie Schnittraum, Braunschweig
2009
Visit from Braunschweig – Group exhibition, Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing, China
LiS Ensemble – Group show, Rebenpark, Braunschweig
The Green Wall – Screenings, Various galleries, Peking, Chongqing
2008
Imagine Cup Finals – Group showcase presentation, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris