visual artist/filmmaker
The films, performances and installations of Karel Doing (1965, Canberra, Australia) deal with elusive subjects such as music, rhythm, poetry, death, history and memory. After starting as an admirer of the surrealists, romantic aesthetics and the new american cinema, Karel Doing has developed into a headstrong filmmaker who makes films that are a category appart. He works together with composers, musicians, performers, and dancers. His work is screened and exhibited in a wide range of public spaces such as musea, theaters, cinema and internet, as well in global art crosspoints (New York, London, Paris) as on less obvious locations (Jakarta, Paramaribo). He lives and works in Rotterdam.
beeldend kunstenaar/filmmaker
De films, performances en installaties van Karel Doing (1965, Canberra, Australia) handelen over ongrijpbare onderwerpen zoals muziek, ritme, poëzie, dood, geschiedenis, en herinnering. Begonnen als bewonderaar van de surrealisten, de romantic aesthetics en de new american cinema heeft Karel Doing zich ontwikkeld tot een eigenzinnige filmmaker wiens films een heel eigen genre vormen. Hij werkt veelvuldig samen met componisten, musici, performers en dansers. Zijn werk is te zien in een scala aan verschillende vertoningsplaatsen, van museum, via theater, naar cinema en internet, in zowel mondiale kunstcentra (New York, London, Parijs) als minder voor de hand liggende lokaties (Jakarta, Paramaribo). Hij woont en werkt in Rotterdam.

Chronology

- 1965

Born in Canberra, Australia

- 1986/1990

Student fine arts at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem the Netherlands

- 1989

Birth of his son Vleer Doing

- 1990

Start of Studio één foundation: workshop for experimental and independent filmmakers

- 1995

Moves to Rotterdam with Studio één

- 1998

Start of production company Doing Film

- 1998/now

Works on different media; film, video, digital

- 2002/2010

Chairman of Filmbank distribution of Dutch experimental and independent films

- 2010

member supervisory board Eye Film Institute Netherlands