Olaf Nicolai (*1962 in Halle/Saale, DE) studied German philology in Leipzig; following German reunification and his completed doctorate in 1992, he started working as an artist. Adopting a conceptual artistic approach, he works in various media and collaborates in many projects with different artists. His contribution to the 2010 Emscherkunst exhibition evolved in cooperation with Douglas Gordon.
Douglas Gordon (*1966 in Glasgow, UK) studied at the Glasgow School of Art and the Slade School of Art in London. In 1996 he won the prestigious Turner Prize. He works on interdisciplinary and trans-medial projects, frequently with film and sound. He achieved acclaim with his installation 24 Hour Psycho, in which he extended Hitchcock’s classic to last an entire day. Playing with perception – especially with the deceleration of time – has become, as it were, a hallmark of the Scottish artist’s work.
