Wolfgang Hauck

Wolfgang Hauck (* 1964) is a German multimedia artist, musician and project developer who has been active since the 1980s. He was already interested in art, music and politics at the age of 13. He develops electronic musical instruments, stages performances in rural areas, founds a cultural association and completes therapeutic, craft and artistic training.

He has been a freelance artist and lecturer since 1982. Hauck is the initiator and director of numerous artistic and social projects. He has lived in Landsberg am Lech since 1991, with an additional office in Berlin.

A particular focus of Hauck’s work is the culture of remembrance and the artistic communication of history. In 1988, he was invited by the Dachau artists’ groups to show a public installation on this subject.

In 2013, he realized his first exhibition with construction fences on the main square in Landsberg entitled theArtConstructionSite. This gave rise to the cultural and art association of the same name, dieKunstBauStelle, in 2014.

He has developed more than 20 model cultural education projects for young people and refugees as part of the federal program “Kultur macht stark”. Wolfgang Hauck also supervises the practical part of the social work course at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences.

In 2018 he initiated the Wolf Durmashkin Composition Award (WDCA) and the first international Jewish-German festival week in Landsberg am Lech with the Bernstein anniversary concert.

Hauck is also known for his work in the field of digital and multimedia exhibitions. With the BayernHistoryApp he brought digital local history in Bavaria to the smartphone.

In this context, the collaboration with Dr. Edith Raim and the project The Labyrinth project have developed. Another joint project is the Nazi Crimes Atlas – Digital Atlas of Nazi Crimes.

Photo: Conny Kurz