Malika Ziouech

Born in Rastatt in 1965 • of Algerian-German descent • lives and works in Berlin • 1983: co-founder of the performance gallery “Penny Lane’s Friseur Salon” in Berlin • between 1987 and 1991: concerts and performances with the multimedia group “Minus Delta t” • Co-founder of “Ponton” and “Van GoghTV” • Founded “Emzet” in 1989 • Production of poetic reportages and videos • 1988–1994: numerous performances with the rope-walking group “Flying Flags” • LP “Death Opera” • Founded the rock ’n’ roll band “Mumriks” • Member of “Mobylettes” since 1996; LPs “Catch As Catch Can”, “Kicking The Clouds Away” • From 1990: studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin • Filmography (from 1992): “Dead Chickens”, 1992, 16mm, 20 min • “Kandidaten”, 1994, 16mm, 20 mins • “Die Treppe”, 1996, 35mm, 5 mins • “Build like a German Horse”, 16mm video portrait commissioned by 3 SAT • “ALLE FÜR ARBEIT”, 1998, 35mm, 23 mins