Herma Auguste Wittstock (born 1977 in Peine, Germany) is a German performance artist. She lives in Berlin. Wittstock has been compared to Marina Abramović in including pain and body exploitation in her work.[1]

Wittstock studied Fine Arts at Braunschweig University of Art from 1999 to 2004 with professors Mara Mattuschka, performance artist Marina Abramović and film maker Birgit Hein. She is a member of Independent Performance Group (IPG).

Among Wittstock's performances is Counting, previously Counting Lesson, which involves counting of hairs on a person's head.[2]

References

  1. "Marina Abramovic et Herma Auguste Wittstock" [Marina Abramovic and Herma Auguste Wittstock]. Arte Magazine (in French). Arte. 9 September 2006. p. 25. Retrieved 6 May 2023 via Internet Archive.
  2. Golubović, Snežana (2016). "My Private Alphabet". In Langkilde, Kiersten Merete (ed.). Poetry of the Real. Basel: Christoph Merian Verlag. p. 332 via Internet Archive.
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