Danielle de Picciotto is an American born artist, musician and film maker. She was born in Washington, USA, but now lives and works in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. In 1989 Danielle, along with partner Dr Motte, founded the first Berlin Love Parade

Love Parade

The Love Parade was a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held in Germany annually between 1989 and 2003 in Berlin, and then from 2006 to 2010 in the Ruhr region...

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She was:

• Initiator of Berlin "Clubart Movement" in 1992.
• Singer of "Space Cowboys" and "The Ocean Club"( [Gudrun Gut]).
• Initiator of the exhibition and event series: "Kunst oder König / in" brought

into life to promote Berlin artists, DJs and musicians.

• Member of Berlin art movement "Pop Surrealism".
• Sang for Die Haut
  Die haut
  Die Haut were an experimental German post-punk post-rock band, who enjoyed some local success in the Berlin of the 1980s and 1990s, with one record where Nick Cave was involved in the mixdown, Burnin' The Ice...
  
   together with Anita Lane
  Anita Lane
  Anita Lane is an Australian singer and songwriter who directly influenced the early 1980s European post-punk landscape.-Birthday Party:Lane was born in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1950s. Lane began singing and writing songs at age 16. She was a classmate with Rowland S. Howard who would...
  
  , Nick Cave
  Nick Cave
  Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
  
   and Kid Congo Powers
  Kid Congo Powers
  Kid Congo Powers is the stage name of Brian Tristan , an American rock guitarist and singer, best known as a member of The Gun Club, The Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.-Biography:...
  
  .
• 2001 Directs music video for Einstürzende Neubauten
  Einstürzende Neubauten
  Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...
  
  's Alexander Hacke
  Alexander Hacke
  Alexander Hacke is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, experimental / industrial / electronic musician from Germany....
  
   on his world recording tour of "Sanctuary"
• 2002 Initiates "Bada Bing" a music event series together with partner Alexander Hacke
• Works together with the Goethe Institut internationally on presenting Berlins cultural scene

In 2006 she married her longtime partner Alexander Hacke, bassist of Einstürzende Neubauten.

Initiates and directs "Mountains of Madness" a visual/audio performance together with The Tiger Lillies and Alexander Hacke

Alexander Hacke

Alexander Hacke is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, experimental / industrial / electronic musician from Germany....

In 2008 she produced and creates live visual/acoustic show "Ship Of Fools" together with Alexander Hacke with which they tour internationally, inviting musicians from different countries to participate and create cultural interaction.

She was commissioned by the German Foreign Ministry to direct a short film on European Club Culture in 2008.

In 2009 she was commissioned by the German Foreign Ministry to direct a short animation movie on Club Culture.

She was featured as an important artist in the documentary "In Berlin" by Michael Ballhaus

Michael Ballhaus

Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C. is a German cinematographer. In 1990, he was the Head of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.- Life and career :...

 and Ciro Cappelari'

2011 Danielle de Picciotto and Alexander Hacke are invited to do a five month art residency at the Meetfactory in Prague.

Released Songs/Records/Films

• 1991 LP "Locked And Loaded" Space Cowboys
• 1992 "Cheerio" Malaria
• 1993 "Single: " Terrorist" Space Cowboys
• 1995 "Waiting" Divamania; Digivalley
• 1996 "Pearl" & "Obsession" Oceanclub
• 1997 "No Go" Die Haut
• 2002
  • "John Massis" music video for "Fred Alpi" Paris
  • "Rock On" music video for "Martin Dean" Berlin
  • "Kleiner Dicker Junge" music video for "Electrcute" Los Angeles
• 2004 "Einstürzende Neubauten - on tour with neubauten.org" filmdocumentary
• 2005 "Nackte Hunde" Mermer Records
• 2006 "Throbbing Gristle; Berlin" film documentary
• 2007 "Mountains Of Madness" film documentary in cooperation with The Tiger Lillies and Alexander Hacke
• 2008 "The Ship Of Fools" DVD/CD film documentary and CD together with Alexander Hacke
• 2009 "Sternentanz" Animation movie for Foreign Ministry of Germany
• 2009 "In Berlin" Protagonist in the Berlin documentary by Michael Ballhaus
  Michael Ballhaus
  Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C. is a German cinematographer. In 1990, he was the Head of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.- Life and career :...
  
   and Ciro Cappelari
• 2009 "Do you love me as much as I love you" Protagonist in the Documentary on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
  Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
  Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard are British artists who create re-enactments of cultural and art historical events. Forsyth was born in Manchester in 1973, Pollard in Newcastle in 1972.-Life and work:...
  
  
• 2010 "How Long Is Now" Filmdocumentary DVD
• 2011 "Hitman'S Heel" CD in cooperation with Alexander Hacke

External links

• Official homepage