Curiculum Vitae
1952 born in Vienna
1958-62 Primary School in Vienna
1962-70 Gymnasium in Vienna
1970-79 studies of Architecture, TU Vienna, Dipl.Ing.
1980-83 member of Medienwerkstatt Wien - Videoworks
since 1983 member of the Artists group DER BLAUE KOMPRESSOR (DBK)
since 1985 works with Hanna Schimek (D&S)
since 1989 numerous filmworks
since 1996 member of SIXPACKFILM
since 2002 member of AFTER IMAGE PRODUCTIONS
since 2003 artistic director Aegina Academy (1)
2015-17 Guest Professor at the Art University of Linz, Time based Media.
Lives and works in Vienna and Aegina
Main focus of artistic works
Filmworks on the phenomenology of the media film: i.e. TASCHENKINO, 1995; FILM IST.1-6 / 1998; FILM IST.7-12 / 2002; WORLD MIRROR CINEMA Episode 1-3 / 2005; FILM IST. a girl & a gun / 2009; SHIRLEY - Visions of Reality 2013; HOW WE LIVE - messages to the family
International Festival participations, rewards und prizes (selection):
Prize New Cinema/Viennale 96, for TASCHENKINO and FILM IST MEHR ALS FILM, 1996
Main Prize, Filmfestival Ann Arbor, for FILM IST.1-6, 2000
Curators Award, Cinema Texas, for FILM IST.7-12, 2002
Best Film, EXiS Mediafestival, Seoul, for WORLD MIRROR CINEMA (1-3), 2005
Honorable Mention, Viennale, for FILM IST. a girl & a gun, 2009
Mehrwert Film Prize Viennale, for SHIRLEY-Visions of Reality, 2013
Austrian Film Prize, Best Setdesign, for SHIRLEY-Visions of Realty, 2014 (1)
Concept, organisation und realisation of interdisciplinary Artprojects as an attempt to regain social effectiveness of Art (selection):
JARDIN DE WILTZ, 1983 -1987 (2), DIE KUNST DER REISE, Vienna 1985 / Frankfurt 1989 / London 1991 (1), ODYSSEY TODAY / THE ATHENS CONFERENCE, 1995 (1), LIGHT IMAGE - THE AEGINA ACADEMY 2003 / 2005 (1), CAFE MELANGE, 2008 (1)
Artistic research works (selection):
THE WATER-, THE PLANTS-, THE BORDERS OF THE DESERT, 1985-1994, Figuig / Marokko; FILM STADT WIEN (1)(4), 2009-11; RESET THE APPARATUS! (1)(5), 2016-19
Art & Environment Projects, BuildingArt (selection):
ALPENGLÜHEN/ 10000 Watt, 1998, Bielerhöhe (1), SIGNAL, 1998-1999, Wien (1), FOOD DESIGN - artistic concept guess club 2, 1999, Wien (1), CAMERA OBSCURA BUILDING, 2003, Aegina (3); MODERATE PALETTE, Color concept for: Federal School Aspern Seestadt, Vienna (2015-17), and PERSPEKTIVEN, Color concept for: School campus with Boardinh Home, Neustift in Stubaital, (2016-18), Fasch & Fuchs Architects (1)
Exhibitions and participations in exhibitions, nationally and internationally (selection):
FILM IST. 1-12, 8 channel DVD Installation in the context of the International Filmfestival Rotterdam, and Wien Modern, Künstlerhaus Wien, 2002; FILM IST. 1-6, Single Channel DVD Installation in the context of "Remembrance and the Moving Image", Australien Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, 2003; LICHT I BILD I REALITÄT - atlas, LENTOS Museum for contemporary Art, Linz, 2004 (1); FILM IST. VOICE AND SINGING, 4 channel DVD Installation, in the context of "Phonorama", ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2004; LICHT I BILD I ILLUSION - atlas / 26 PANORAMEN, Kunsthalle Wien / Projectspace, 2005 (1); TATORT - MIGRATION 1-10, 10 channel DVD Installation, in the context of "Projekt Migration", Kölnischer Kunstverein, 2005; FILM IST.1-6, Single Channel DVD Installation, in the context of "Postmediale Kondition", Neue Galerie Graz and Arco 06, Madrid, 2006; REFLECTIONS, Solo-exhibition, Galeria de Arte Cinemática Solar, Vila do Conde/Porto, 2006; FILM IST.1-12, DVD Installation in the context of "That's Not Entertainment : el cinema respon al cinema", Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, 2006, VISIONS OF REALITY -Wednesday, 28th of August 1957, 6 p.m, Pacific Palisades, Multimedia Instellation, in the context of "Edward Hopper and contemporary Art", Kunsthalle Wien, 2008/2009, VISIONS OF REALITY - Friday, 29th of August 1952, 6.a.m., New York, Multimedia Instellation, in the context of "Edward Hopper", Palazzo Reale, Milano, 2009/2010, PRIVATE SANDNES. A KINEMATOGRAPHIC ATLAS, single channel DVD installation, in the context of "TIDSMASKINEN, en reise tilbake – til fremtiden, KINOKINO, Sandnes, Norway, 2010; MONDAY, AUGUST 28th 1939, NEW YORK, 10 p.m., Mikro-Kinoinstallation, in the context of "FILM", Galeria de Arte Cinemática Solar, Vila do Conde, 2013, and at Kunsthalle Graz, 2014 and in the context of "Whatsappropriation" VI Mostra 3M de Arte Digital, Fundicao Progresso, Rio de Janeiro, 2015.
Lectures and workshops at Universities and Museums, national and international (selection):
San Francisco Art Institute, Cinematheque, 1995; MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Media Lab, Boston, 1996; University of Liege, Belgien, Liege, ARCHIMEDIA, 1999; Athens School of fine Arts, digital media department, 2000; Bard College, New York, film department, 2000; Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Wien, 2002; Museo Reina Sophia, Madrid, 2002; Nederlands Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, ARCHIMEDIA, 2003
Tampere Filmschool, Finnland, 2004; Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Wien, Ringvorlesung, 2004 / 2005
Kunstakademie Helsinki, Helsinki, 2006; University of Binghamton, Departement for Film, New York, 2006
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Porto, 2006; Academy of Fine Arts Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 2007; University of Brighton, Brighton, 2007; Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin, 2008; Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Wien, 2009; Cineteca Nacional Mexico, Mexico City, 2010; European School of Visual Arts, Angouleme/Poitiers, 2011; Athens School of Fine Arts, 2011; Beaux Art, Paris, 2012; UQAM, Montreal (1), 2012; McGill University Montreal (1) 2013; Bauhaus-University Weimar (1), 2013; Tampere Film Festival (1), 2014; Sofia Film Festival, 2014; EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam (1), 2014; Austrian Cultural Forum NYC (1) 2014; Cinematheque Bruxelles, 2014; The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Gent, 2014; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2016; Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 2016; Binghamton University, Vestal/Binghamton, NY, 2016; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2016; Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 2016
Together with:
(1) Hanna Schimek (2) Der Blaue Kompressor (3) Franz Berzl (4) Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Geschichte & Gesellschaft / Österreichisches Filmmuseum (5) Edgar Lissel u.a.
