Hermann Heisig: Timing [DE]

240 pages, 504 b/w and color images, softcover

Leipzig August, 2025
ISBN: 9783959057318

Width: 23 cm
Length: 30 cm

Language(s): German

Editor
Igor Dobričić

Designer
Natasha Agapova

Artist
Hermann Heisig

An artist's book as performative storytelling - Hermann Heisig: Timing combines the format of an artistic monograph with the logic of a photo album. A photographic drift follows the development of a body along a timeline from 1981 to the present day, tracing possible and impossible correlations between childhood, post-reunification experiences, family history, artistic encounters and an autodidactic approach to dance and performance.

Hermann Heisig, born 1981 in Leipzig, works as a choreographer, dancer, and performer.

Igor Dobričić is a dramaturge. He works and teaches internationally.

Reviews

Hermann Heisig: Timing
"Born in 1981, the artist leads us through his early awakening teen years against the backdrop of Germany’s historical timeline during its post-reunification years. There is a palpable sense of promise during the 90s as Heisig begins his transformation into one of today’s more intriguing performers."

"I rate this book as an effective strategy that outlines a creative way to tell a biographical tale, whilst balancing a more rounded understanding of how the artist’s practice functions. Instead of focusing on the value of specific actions or works, the book extends the broader context of Heisig’s movements and offers a more interesting possibility/read for people interested in contemporary choreography and performance. Design is a large part of the book’s success."

"This is a universal book. You do not have to be German to understand its implications, and within that sentiment lies the greatest employ of the book as a medium, that it is flexible, open, and suggests an open possibility to the world in which it travels."

"Timing is a great object to read."
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