Bio
*1996
Mainz, DE
Luca Ganz is an artist, creative director, theologian and musician based in Frankfurt, DE.
He holds a Magister degree in Theology. Studying in Frankfurt am Main, he focused on hermeneutics, epistemology, aesthetics, and performativity. His interdisciplinary studies included literary studies, musicology, religious studies, psychoanalysis, sociology, theater studies, and art history. As a recipient of the Evangelische Studienwerk Villigst scholarship, he worked with scholars including Ursula Roth and Stefan Alkier, publishing essays on semiotic exegesis and the Apocalypse of John. His current research explores the synthesis of theological mythology and contemporary aesthetic theory.
As a freelance artist pursuing an MFA in Offenbach am Main, he studies performance art and electronic media under Kerstin Cmelka, Alexander Oppermann, Manfred Stumpf, Juliane Rebentisch, and Mike Bouchet. His artistic practice spans experimental music, sound installations, endurance performances, songs, happenings, and workshops.
Additionally, he serves as an creative director and cultural mediator, working at the intersection of art and society.
Solo Shows
Aleph, Alpha, A/Aleph, Omega, O. Requiem Material St. Michael (St. Michael, Frankfurt) 2022
Scapes/Songs/Scores (Aaarbeitsamt, Offenbach) 2024
Born Slippy. Sound@Johanneskirche (Johanneskirche, Offenbach) 2024
Group Shows
Entropie/Atopie/Learning to Count 2018 (BOK Offenbach, with Enxhi Mehmeti, Sara Moscow, e.a.)
Aus heutiger Sicht. Diskurse über Zukunft 2021 (Group Exhibition at MAK Frankfurt)
Konversion 2023 (Zollamt Studios, Offenbach with Orell Kötter, Amparo Lippek, Curated by Mara Aiko)
Dramaturgy/Curation
Requiem Material St. Michael, November 2022
Public Listening. Sound@Johanneskirche, August 2024
Prizes/Scholarships
2015-2023
Scholarship Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
2021
Essay-Prize Freunde und Förderer des Fachbereichs 06 Evangelische Theologie
2022-2023
Atelierstipendium Zollamtstudios Offenbach
2023-2024
Scholarship Deutschlandstipendium, Dr. Marschner Stiftung
Festivals
Festival der jungen Talente 2018 (Festival, with Yannick Brenden)
Wagner Project 2019 (Festival, with the Rewe City Crime Boys)
Ceci ne pas un Rundgang 2020 (Festival, with Kerstin Cmelka e.a.)
Biennale des Bewegten Bilds 2020 (Festival, with Kerstin Cmelka e.a.)
Rough Proposals 2022 (Festival at ATW Gießen, with Hanna Launikovich)
Riviera Festival 2023 (Festival Offenbach, with Lazerhaze Art Duo)
Biennale des Bewegten Bilds 2023 (Festival, as Lazerhaze)
Riviera Festival 2024 (Festival Offenbach, with Neue Offenbacher Welle)
Published Papers
Ganz, Luca, "Channeling Schlingensief", in: Tissue No666FFF, Tokyo 2019.
Ganz, Luca, "Konstellation und Syntagmatik. Zum Verhältnis zweier Interpretationskonzepte am Beispiel von Apk 2,12–16", in: Stefan Alkier (Hg.), Antagonismen in neutestamentlichen Schriften. Studien zur Neuformulierung der "Gegnerfrage" jenseits des Historismus, Paderborn 2021, S. 407-435.
Ganz, Luca, "Post-Moderne Apokalypse. William S. Burroughs und Keith Haring im Dialog mit der Johannesoffenbarung", in: Stefan Alkier, Thomas Paulsen (Hgg.), Apocalypse Now? Studien zur Intermedialität der Johannesapokalypse von Dante bis Darksiders, Leipzig 2022, S. 93-112.
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