Biography
Danielle de Picciotto is an American-born artist, musician and filmmaker. She was born in Tacoma, Washington, USA and currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. In 1989 she founded, along with her then partner Dr. Motte, the first Berlin Love Parade. De Picciotto was the initiator of Berlin's "Clubart Movement" in 1992. She was vocalist for Space Cowboys and The Ocean Club (with Gudrun Gut).
She created the exhibition and event series "Kunst oder König / in", to promote Berlin artists, DJs, and musicians.
She was a member of the Berlin art movement Pop Surrealism.
She sang for Die Haut together with Anita Lane, Nick Cave and Kid Congo Powers.She married her longtime partner Alexander Hacke, bassist of Einstürzende Neubauten in 2008.
De Picciotto collaborates with the Goethe Institut internationally on presenting Berlin's cultural scene and was commissioned by the German Foreign Ministry to direct a short film on European Club Culture in 2008. In 2012, she became a member of the band Crime & the City Solution.
She was featured as an important artist in the documentary In Berlin by Michael Ballhaus and Ciro Cappellari. In 2016, she was invited to do a course on interdisciplinary performance at the HfG at ZKM Center for Media Art in Karlsruhe. Panels and talks have also been also offered at NYU, Berlin and the Folkwang University, Bochum.
Filmography
all 14
Movies 14
self 6
Director 3
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023)
Love Parade: When Love Learned to Dance (2019)
Ein Fall für Dr. Abel - Zerbrochen (2019)
Ein Fall für Dr. Abel - Zerschunden (2019)
Zersetzt - Ein Fall für Dr. Abel (2018)
Ȋuventa (2018)
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin (2015)
Love (2014)
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 5: Tender Prey) (2010)
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 6: The Good Son) (2010)
In Berlin (2009)
Einstuerzende Neubauten: Palast Der Republik (2006)
On Tour With Neubauten.org (2006)
Mountains of Madness (2006)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1965-02-19 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceTacoma, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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