Fields of Work: Film/Video, Performance Art, Installation Art, Interactive Art, Sound Art, Photography, Net Art, Mixed Media Painting, Interdisciplinary Art, Generative Art, Public Art, Site-specific Art, Ephemeral Art, Mobile Art
Education
| 1999-2005 | University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. Master's Degree | Digital Arts | Visual Media Design |
| 2002-2003 | Jewish Musem Berlin, Germany. | Holocaust Memorial Service |
| 2002 | University of Arts, Berlin, Germany. | Sokrates Scholarship: Visual Communication |
| 2000-2001 | Movie College, Allary Film, Munich, Germany. | Movie Production |
Honors/Awards/Residencies
| 2009 | Jury Recommended Work, Art Division/Visual Image, Japan Media Arts Festival |
| People's Choice Award, So Fresh! | |
| Electro-Residency Invite, Electrofringe, Festival of Electronic Arts & Culture, Newcastle, Australia. | |
| Residency, MoBY/Museum of Contemporary Art, Bat Yam, Israel. | |
| Best of Show Award, 'Unauthorized', Gallery RFD | |
| 2007 | Electric Rats Dream Video Dreams Special Award |
| 2003 | Leonardo da Vinci Scholarship |
| 2000 | CYNETart | MB21 |
| Prix Ars Electronica | |
| 1999 | Student of the Year |
| 1997 | Soundtrack Competition |
| Rheingold Award | |
| Prix MultimediaArt | |
| 1996 | Press button to continue |
Selected Exhibitions/Screenings/Festivals
| 2010 | Japan Media Arts Festival, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto/Japan. |
| 'Sommernachtstraum', kultpur, Berlin/Germany. | |
| 'So Fresh!', juried exhibition, Mestna Galerija di Nova Gorica, Slovenia. | |
| 13th Japan Media Arts Festival, The National Art Center, Tokyo/Japan. | |
| 'So Fresh!', Galleria Medusa, juried exhibition, Koper, Italy. | |
| 2009 | MADATAC, Festival of Contemporary Audio-Visual Arts Madrid/Spain. |
| So Fresh!, Art-Kino Croatia of Rijeka, Rijeka/Croatia. | |
| Visions in New York City, Art Basel, Miami Beach/USA. | |
| Pantheon International Xperimental Film and Animation Festival 0.9, Nicosia, Cyprus. | |
| 'So Fresh!', Stazione Rogers, Trieste, Italy. | |
| Borders+Segments, International ArtExpo, Baia Mare, Romania. | |
| Visions in New York City, New York, USA. | |
| Visionaria 18, Intl. Toscana Video Festival, Piombino, Italy. | |
| 'So Fresh!', juried exhibition, Gradisca d'Isonzo, Italy. | |
| Electrofringe 09, Festival of Electronic Arts & Culture, performance/exhibition, Newcastle, Australia. | |
| Split Film Festival, Split, Croatia. | |
| 'So Fresh!', Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, juried exhibition, Monfalcone, Italy. | |
| BuSho Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary. | |
| VInVAF 2009, International Video Art Festival, Stattbad, Berlin, Germany. | |
| Downtown Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA. | |
| DigitalArt.LA, LACDA, Los Angeles, USA. | |
| CON-CAN Movie Festival, International | Tokyo, Japan. | |
| Screengrab: Intervention, Townsville, Australia. | |
| FILE Media Art, Electronic Language Intl. Festival, SESI Cultural Centre, São Paulo, Brazil. | |
| 'Istanbul-Off-Spaces', Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, Germany. | |
| 19. Internationales Videofestival Bochum, Germany. | |
| Kurye International Video Festival, Istanbul, Turkey. | |
| Berlin Shorts, Street Fest 09, London, UK. | |
| Takeaway Festival, Dana Centre, Science Museum, London, UK. | |
| re-new 09/ICAD Arts Festival and Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark. | |
| 'Factory', MoBY (Museums of Bat Yam), performance/exhibition, Bat Yam, Israel. | |
| Dérapage 9, Centre de Design Uqam, Montreal, Canada. | |
| 'Off the Strip', Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Las Vegas, USA. | |
| 'Video Kills', AB Project Galleries/HOF 96, Berlin, Germany. | |
| European Video Art Highlight, Lagari, Berlin, Germany. | |
| 'Unauthorized: Art Without Permission', Gallery RFD, by Juror Wendy DesChene, Swainsboro, USA. | |
| 'The Art of Manipulating a Curator' vol.2, Gallery-33, curated by LAN Hungh, Berlin, Germany. | |
| 2008 | Alternative Film/Video 2008, Belgrade, Serbia. |
| 'Soundscapes of Memory', SCCC, curated by Aleksandra Sekulić, Belgrade, Serbia. | |
| Detour, International Video Festival, Cairo, Egypt. | |
| Streaming Festival, International | The Hague, Netherlands. | |
| 'HollyWould', 11th Festival of New Media Arts, Los Angeles, USA. | |
| CologneOFF IV, Museum of Contemporary Art (MACZUL), Maracaibo, Venezuela. | |
| Rencontres Internationales, Madrid, Spain. | |
| 2007 | Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Paris, France. |
| Video Art Festival Miden, Kalamata, Athens, Greece. | |
| Electric Rats Dream Video Dreams, Celje, Slovenia. | |
| 48 hours Neukölln, Berlin, Germany. | |
| Dérapage 7, Centre de Design Uqam, Montreal, Canada. | |
| 2005 | quartier21 | MuseumsQuartier, curated by Tom Fürstner and Peter Weibel, Vienna, Austria. |
| 2004-2005 | 'UNISEX', Galerie GC 85, solo exhibition, Berlin, Germany. |
| 2003 | ONE Smart Space, Vienna, Austria. |
| 2002 | quartier21 | MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria. |
| 'Always ON!', Kunsthalle project space, Vienna, Austria. | |
| 'TELEVISIONS', Kunsthalle, curated by Joshua Decter, Vienna, Austria. | |
| 2001 | Ars Electronica T.O.C. Campus, Linz, Austria. |
| FILE, São Paulo | Curitiba City, Brazil. | |
| 'Moving Out', MUMOK | Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria. | |
| 2000 | Kunst Haus Dresden, Germany. |
| Open, invitational exhibition, London, UK. | |
| Electrohype, juried exhibition, Malmö, Sweden. | |
| O.K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria. | |
| 'Filmischer Körper', Diagonale, Graz, Austria. | |
| 1998 | Milia, invitational exhibition, Cannes, France. |
| 1997 | komm, invitational exhibition, Düsseldorf, Germany. |
| Philips Haus, invitational exhibition, Vienna, Austria. |
Bibliography
| 2010 | Space Cool Hunting, Italy. | May 12, 2010. |
| 2009 | Bant Magazine, Turkey. | Jul-Aug, 2009, p.120. |
| New Music Up Late on ABC Classic FM, 'Inside Angle', Australia. | Jul 18, 2009. | |
| Factory, exhibition catalogue, Bat Yam Museums of Art, Israel. | May, 2009, p.5, p.89-90, p.119. | |
| Las Vegas Weekly, 'Vegas was built for this' by Danielle Kelly, USA. | Apr 16, 2009. | |
| Canal Autor (Orange TV/Euskaltel), 'Transfera Video Art #30', Spain. | Jan 30, 2009. | |
| 2007 | RBB Kulturradio, 'Kulturradio am Nachmittag: Das Porträt' by Andrea Heinze, Germany. | Jun 21, 2007. |
| Berliner Abendblatt (weekly newspaper), 'An ungewöhnlichen Orten ...', Germany. | Nr. 23 Neukölln, Cover Story, Jun 6, 2007. | |
| 2006 | Neural.it (hacktivism, e-music, New Media Art), 'Confess.or, one to many confessions' by Francesca Colasante, Italy. | Feb 20, 2006. |
| Phlow (magazine for music & net culture), 'Medieninstallation: Öffentliche Beichtgespräche im Podcast-Abo' by Moritz Sauer, Germany. | Feb 2006. | |
| Radio ORANGE 94.0, 'Radio Netwatcher', Austria. | Feb 10, 2006. | |
| Pfaffe3000, 'Multimedia-Installation ReReligion', Germany. | Feb 07, 2006. | |
| PDA 247 (mobile news), UK. | Feb 4, 2006. | |
| we make money not art, 'Confession-Podcasts' by Régine Debatty, international. | Feb 1, 2006. | |
| networked_performance (Turbulence Net Art research), 'Religion for Rent on eBay' by Jo-Anne Green, CA, USA. | Feb 1, 2006. | |
| Basisklasse (visual communication blog), School of Art and Design Kassel, Germany. | Feb 1, 2006. | |
| macnews.de, 'Mac mini nimmt die Beichte ab', Germany. | Feb, 2006. | |
| fonolog.com, Germany. | Feb, 2006. | |
| 2002 | E-Business-Community, #18, APA, Austria. | Newsletter #18, Oct, 2002. |
| Ö1 (FM Radio), 'Matrix', Austria. | Oct, 2002. | |
| Horizont | Nr. 40 | Austria. | Oct 4, 2002, p.13. | |
| Falter | 40/02 | Austria. | |
| Der Standard Online (daily newspaper online), Austria. | |
| 2001 | TAKEOVER, Ars Electronica 2001, SpringerWienNewYork, Austria/USA. | Sep 2001, p.400-405. |
| Moving Out, exhibition catalogue, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. | p.146-147. | |
| up (Lauda Air in-flight magazine), 'cool' by Rita Newman | p.74-78. | |
| Computer Kommunikativ, OCG, Austria. | Issue 1-01, Mar, 2001, p.24-26. | |
| 2000 | CYNETart 2000, festival catalogue, Dresden, Germany. | p.123, 160. |
| Kurier (daily newspaper), Austria. | Sep 11, 2000. | |
| tele.ring Nachrichten (news online), Austria. | Sep 7, 2000. | |
| Prix Ars Electronica Gala, ORF | 3sat (TV, live), Austria | international. | Sep 4, 2000. | |
| Cyberarts 2000: International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica, Springer, Vienna/New York, Austria/USA. | Sep 2000, p.228-229. | |
| OÖNachrichten (daily newspaper), Austria. | Aug 24, 2000. | |
| Tagesanzeiger (daily newspaper), 'Kunst-Recycling', Switzerland. | May 10, 2000. | |
| Der Standard Online (daily newspaper), Austria. | May, 2000. | |
| ORF, Kunststücke (TV art program), Austria. | April, 2000. | |
| 1998 | Ö1 (FM Radio), 'Matrix', Austria. |
| mba (Top 10, Multimedia Business Austria) Vol. 1, Austria. | CD-ROM | |
| 1997 | ORF, Landeskorrespondenz Land Salzburg (TV, newscast), Salzburg, Austria. |
| ORF | 3sat, 'Zeit Im Bild' (TV, newscast), Austria. |
Publications
| 2007 | Iris Thalhammer: Am Rande des Verstummens, Avinus, Berlin, Germany. | book cover art |
| 2005 | Ger Ger: ReReligion, catalogue, unpublished |
| 2003 | Dem Deutschen Volke, edited by Cilly Kugelmann and Hanno Loewy, Dumont, JMB, Berlin, Germany. | CD-ROM |
| 2001 | LAB-AC.AT_Compilation_01, produced by Bernhard Loibner and Thomas Felder | Audio CD |
| 1999 | Ger Ger: Multimedia between Design and Content, unpublished |
| 1997 | Ger Ger: GERI-Simulator, published by Electronic Land, Vienna, Austria. | Sim Game, CD-ROM |
Lectures/Presentations
| 2009 | Center for Contemporary Art (CCA). Tel Aviv, Israel. |
| 2000 | Roundhouse, Interchange Studios. Open, London, UK. |
| Electrohype 2000, Malmö, Sweden. |
Selected Projects
| 2009-Pres. | 1 month project | Photography |
| 2009-Pres. | Dreamwalkers | Photography |
| 2006-Pres. | SOUND NOMADS | tours, sound huntings, performative transformations of the surroundings into sensor based playgrounds |
| 2005 | ReReligion | work cycle | networked and interactive installations CONFESS.OR + JAM Bears |
| 2003-2004 | UNISEX | Mixed Media Series |
| 2002 | car[sound]scape | Public Art, cars simultaneously combined into soundscapes by controlling their radios |
| 7 days/week | Public Art, performance, experiments | |
| 2001 | Freeze | performance/videos, between art and commerce |
| 2000-Pres. | Kartonage | genre jumping film project, new approaches to composition between fiction and reality |
| 2000-Pres. | o0oo | Creative Collaboration/Content/Digital Asset Management System |
| 1999-2000 | NETDUMP | Net Art, Internet platform for recycling discarded creativity and upgrading datatrash |
Selected Performances
| 2009 | Still Evidence of Water, Tel Aviv, Israel. | sensor based Public Art performance |
| Evidence of Water, Bat Yam, Israel. | sensor based Public Art performance | |
| French Fries, Berlin, Germany. | sensor based Public Art performance | |
| 2007 | Bale, Puyvalador, France. | sensor based Public Art performance |
| Lights Out, Berlin, Germany. | sensor based Public Art performance | |
| 2006 | Lantern Dogs, Los Angeles/CA, USA. | sensor based Public Art performance |
| Sound Pets LA, Los Angeles/CA, USA. | sensor based Public Art performance | |
| Victor's Desert Party, Mojave Desert, Goffs/CA, USA. | sensor based Public Art performance | |
| Luxor 22.145, Luxor Hotel, Room 22.145, Las Vegas/NV, USA. | sensor based art performance | |
| Play!, Cedar City/UT, USA. | sensor based Public Art performance | |
| What the Fuck, Kanab/UT, USA. | sensor based Public Art performance | |
| Sound Pets, San Francisco/CA, USA. | sensor based Public Art performance | |
| Black Balloons, Cholla Cactus Garden, Joshua Tree NP, CA, USA. | sensor based Public Art performance | |
| Shoot Down Out, Palm Court Inn, Room 205, Palm Springs/CA, USA. | sensor based Public Art performance | |
| Viva la Hetch, Hetch Hetchy Dam, Yosemite/CA, USA. | sensor based Public Art Performance | |
| 2002 | car[sound]scape, parking lots, building site, car dealer, Berlin, Germany. | multiple cars combined into soundscapes |
| Arrival/Departure, Tegel Airport TXL, Berlin, Germany. | Public Art performance dealing with fears | |
| 2001 | Kartonage Performances #1, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria. | Public Art interventions |
Selected Clients/Commissioned by
| 2010 | Valerie Lasserre, Berlin, Germany. |
| Encovia, Cologne/Berlin, Germany. | |
| 2009 | Germanwatch, Bonn/Berlin, Germany. |
| Monbijou, Zurich, Switzerland. | |
| Alpine Peace Crossing, Austria. | |
| DIE ANTWORT, Vienna, Austria. | |
| Richard Rossmann Film Production, Berlin, Germany. | |
| Gustav Gschossmann, Vienna, Austria. | |
| 2008 | Kort + Partner, Berlin, Germany. |
| Fridolin Design, Vienna, Austria. | |
| LOBA TOWN, Basel, Zurich, Bern, Lausanne, Switzerland. | |
| Designbüro Planetdaisy, Berlin, Germany. | |
| 2007 | Shane Anderson | English Theater Berlin, Germany. |
| Avinus Verlag, Berlin, Germany. | |
| 2006 | Seso Media Group, Los Angeles/CA, USA. |
| Lose Seiten Editorial Office, Berlin, Germany. | |
| 2005-Pres. | FAR A DAY CAGE, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 2004 | Miresi, Berlin, Germany. Verona, Italy. |
| 2003-Pres. | Tomas Schweigen | Theater an der Sihl, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 2003-2005 | FLUMEN, Vienna, Austria. |
| 2003 | Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany. |
| 2002 | ONE, Vienna, Austria. |
| 2001 | Together, Vienna, Austria. |
| 2000 | University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. |
| 1999 | Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany. |
Professional Experience
| 2009 | Guest Juror, 'Where I'm From', Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, USA. |
| 2002-2003 | Curatorial experience, temporary exhibitions, Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany. |
| 1998-Pres. | Workshop, teaching, consulting, think tanks | CI, Graphic Design, usability, interfaces, IT, art |
| 1999-2000 | DMC, New Media Agency (Neville Brody), Vienna, Austria. |
| 1998-1999 | Nulleins/01, New Media Agency, Vienna, Austria. |
| 1997-1998 | SGI, Silicon Graphics Inc., Vienna, Austria. |
| 1997-Pres. | Graphic designer, art director, and creative director in the new media industry. |
People with whom I have studied
Karel Dudesek, Tom Fürstner, Joachim Sauter, Ruth Schnell, Peter Weibel
Biography/Artist's Statement
A biography can be found under About Me.
| About Me | Personal |