Michael Mack at the Colosseo (Europa-Park) in 2014 | |
Born | December 21, 1978 (age 40) |
---|---|
Nationality | German |
Education | International Business Management |
Organization | Europapark Rust |
Board member of | Liseberg Applause Award, International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions |
Spouse(s) | Miriam Mack |
Parents |
|
Family | Thomas Mack (brother), Ann-Kathrin Mack (sister) |
Awards | Top Next-Generation Entrepreneur; Germany’s Top 40 under 40 |
Michael Mack (born December 21, 1978) is a German entrepreneur.
If you want to make an 'exact audio copy' (i.e. Uncompressed, linear PCM, 16 bit, 44.1kHz audio file, same as what's on the CD), you'd just drag the audio tracks from the CD to a new folder on your hard drive. You don't need to buy separate software to do this on a Mac.
Life[edit]
Mack was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany. He is the son of Roland Mack and his wife Marianne. He has two siblings, Thomas (born January 4, 1981) and Ann-Kathrin (born October 19, 1989).[1][2] Mack completed a tri-national study program from 1999 to 2003 in the field of International Business Management in Basel, Lörrach and Colmar. In 2003, Mack graduated with a degree in business administration. He started his career in the family business in his early youth and was since then continuously working inside the park during his whole childhood.[3] During his studies, he completed internships in amusement parks in Germany and all over the world.[4]
Michael Mack, Emmanuel Macron and Roland Mack (Europa-Park, 2018)
In 2002, Mack established his first own company, Mack Media. This company creates 3D/4D movies and virtual reality coasters. In 2013 the idea of a virtual rollercoaster was born and resulted in the start-up VR Coaster.[5] In 2015, the first VR coaster was officially launched in Europa-Park.[6][7] The VR coaster in combination with a specially created Coastiality app received the Deutschen Computerspielpreis, a award which is given by Verband der deutschen Games-Branche e.V. and German Bundestag.[8]
The German weekly magazine Wirtschaftswoche described Mack as a pioneer in this field.[9]
Since 2005, Mack is strengthening the cooperation between Mack Rides GmbH & Co KG in Waldkirch and Europa Park. He is also active in the management of the Mack Rides GmbH & Co KG as a part of the family business.[10] In addition, since April 2007, he's responsible for Mack Solutions, as well as the strategic business development entertainment and the construction management of the amusement Park.[10][11]
In 2017, he became executive director of the Europa-Park. His father, Roland Mack, is still part of the family business.[12][13] In the same year, Mack founded the label Mack Music and soon after the production company Mack Animation.[14] Michael Mack is producer of the German Kids Choice Award (Nickelodeon).[15][16] He also initiated the AUREA Awards, that took place for the first time in November 2018 and honours VR/AR projects.[17][18]
Mack started the halloween event Horror Nights - Traumatica, that won several prizes at the ScareCON.[19]
Mack attracted attention by planning a cable car across the Rhine to France.[20][21] This cable car is primarily designed to relieve traffic and contribute to a possible reduction of the required parking areas.[21][22]
He met to talk about the project the French President Emanuel Macron and the minister president of Baden-WürttembergWinfried Kretschmann.[23][24]
Mack is a member of the European board of International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions and in the board of Governors of the Liseberg Applause Award.[7] He's also part of the Blooloop 50 Theme Park Influencer list 2018.[7]
Honorary consul[edit]
In August 2018 Mack became French Honorary Consul. He got the exequatur from the ambassador of France Anne-Marie Descôtes.[25]
Awards[edit]
In 2016, the Capital magazine listed Michael Mack among “Germany’s Top 40 under 40” and honoured him as an influential young entrepreneur. In the same year, Mack received the CampdenFB Award in the category Top Next-Generation Entrepreneur, which is awarded by the eponymous British business magazine and the French private bank Société Générale.[26]
References[edit]
- ^'Ein Familienunternehmen mit langer Tradition'. Europapark.com (in German). Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^'Die Disneys aus Rust'. brandeins.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^'Unterwegs als Ed Euromaus'. SWR (in German). Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^'Michael Mack'. Gesichter der Nachhaltigkeit (in German). Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^um 22:18, Özbek sagte am 23/05/2017. 'Trend VR-Coaster: Interview mit Michael Mack von MackMedia/ Europa-Park'. Games-Career Blog (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^Der Extra-Kick: Mit Filmen für 3D-Brillen baut sich der Europa-Park ein ganz neues Geschäftsfeld auf., Handelsblatt May 2, 2016. German.
- ^ abcMichael Mack, blooloop.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^Deutschland: VR Coaster und MackMedia erhalten Deutschen Computerspielpreis, EUROProfessional Amusment, May 4, 2017. German.
- ^Matthias Hohensee: Wie Start-ups am Durchbruch von Virtual Reality arbeiten, Wirtschaftswoche, July 21, 2017. German.
- ^ ab'So will der Europapark Disney Konkurrenz machen'. Welt.de (in German). 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^'Der Europa-Park geht in die Trickfilmbranche'. Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^'König der Achterbahnen'. Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^'Europa-Park-Chef Michael Mack: 'Wir sind offen und gesprächsbereit''. Badische Zeitung (in German). 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^'Music Production and Publishing'. Mack Media. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^'About us'. Mack Media. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^'Das waren die Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2019: Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz im Europa-Park - Presse | Europa-Park - Unternehmensportal'. presse.europapark.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^'MackMedia hosts AUREA awards at Europa Park | Mixed reality'. Blooloop. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^'2018'. Aurea Award. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^'Horror Nights - Traumatica zum 6. Mal international ausgezeichnet - Presse | Europa-Park - Unternehmensportal'. presse.europapark.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^'Europa-Park will eine Seilbahn nach Frankreich bauen'. Badische Zeitung (in German). 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ ab'Millionen für eine Seilbahn nach Frankreich'. Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^'Europa-Park plant Seilbahn nach Frankreich'. Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung (in German). 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^'Mit dieser Seilbahn-Idee greift der Europa-Park Disneyland an'. Welt.de (in German). 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^Dona Kujacinski: Die Familiencharta ist unsere Bibel, Focus (German magazine), German. December 1, 2018.
- ^'Michael Mack zum Honorarkonsul in Freiburg im Breisgau ernannt'. French Embassy in Germany (in German). 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^'Michael Mack als Nachwuchsunternehmer ausgezeichnet'. Netzwerk Südbaden (in German). 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Mack&oldid=921648384'
Heinz Mack 2008 | |
Born | March 8, 1931 (age 88) Lollar, People's State of Hesse, German Reich |
---|---|
Nationality | German |
Known for | op art, light art and kinetic art |
Movement | Zero (art) |
Heinz Mack (born March 8, 1931) is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.
Biography[edit]
Heinz Mack was born in 1931 in a small German village. Between 1950 and 1956 he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1957 together with Otto Piene he started a series of what were called Abendausstellungen (evening exhibitions) at their studio in Düsseldorf. This series was the initial event for the formation of the group ZERO (with Mack, Piene and Günther Uecker as its nucleus) and the international ZERO movement. Among the participants of the ZERO movement were Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni and Jean Tinguely.[1]
In the early 1960s, Mack worked, with Gotthard Graubner, as an art teacher at the Lessing Gymnasium, Düsseldorf.[2][3] In 1964 Mack, Piene and Uecker arranged the 'ZERO Lichtraum (Hommage á Lucio Fontana)' at the 1964 documenta in Kassel. From 1964 to 1966 Mack lived and worked in New York where the Howard Wise Gallery presented a solo exhibition in 1966.
Although known for his minimalist outdoor sculptures, Mack also produced smaller works, both static and kinetic. Light Dynamo #2' from 1966, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is an example of his rotating disc kinetic sculptures. Since 1991, he has been producing brightly colored, abstract, paintings in acrylic.[4]
1970 Mack was invited as visiting professor to Osaka, Japan. In the same year he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale (together with Günther Uecker, Georg Karl Pfahler and Thomas Lenk). For the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he created an illuminated 'Wasserwolke' (Water cloud). In 1972 he was asked to create a 230 ft tall sculpture for the United Nations headquarters in New York (not realized).
Solo exhibitions[edit]
- 1957: Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
- 1966: Howard Wise Gallery, New York
- 1972: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
- 1977: Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
- 1989: Galerie Neher, Essen
- 1993: Galerie Schoeller, Düsseldorf
- 1998: Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Vaduz
- 2001: Galerie Denise René, Paris
- 2001: Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Teheran
- 2004: Galerie Geiger, Konstanz
- 2006: Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf
- 2006: Pergamonmuseum, Berlin
- 2009: Ludwig Museum, Koblenz
Gallery[edit]
- Heinz Mack by Lothar Wolleh
- Sculpture for the Sky (1976), university library of the Bundeswehr University of Munich, Neubiberg
- Water Sculpture (1977), Münster
- Columne pro Caelo (1984), Roncalliplatz, Cologne
- Großer Vertikaler Rhythmus (2008), Langenfeld[5]
Publications[edit]
- Heinz Mack. TRANSIT – zwischen Okzident und Orient. Faszination und Inspiration der Islamischen Kultur im Werk des Künstlers – ein Werkaspekt 1950-2006. Museum für Islamische Kunst, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin. Exhib.: October 7, 2006 – January 21, 2007. ISBN978-3-8321-7755-3.
- Heinz Mack – Licht der ZERO-Zeit. Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz. Exhib.: August 30 – November 1, 2009. ISBN978-3-86678-334-8
Footnotes[edit]
- ^Kristine Stiles & Peter Selz, Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded by Kristine Stiles) University of California Press 2012, pp. 479-480
- ^'Klasse von Heinz Mack feiert 50 Jahre Abitur', Rheinische Post, March 23, 2012.
- ^'Zum Tod des Malers Gotthard Graubner: Meister der Zeitlosigkeit', rheinische Art, 5 , 2013.
- ^Guggenheim Museum, collection on line
- ^Stadt Langenfeld: Großer Vertikaler Rhythmus Accessed 1 March 2016
External links[edit]
- [1] ZERO foundation
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heinz_Mack&oldid=912682862'