lives and works in Vienna and Aegina 

studies in graphic at Grafische Lehr und Versuchsanstalt, Vienna  1966 – 1969

studies in painting at Ecole Nationale Superiore des Beaux Arts, Paris, Mag. Art 1970 – 1974

member of the artists group Der Blaue Kompressor Floating & Stomping Company since 1983

scientific illustrations for Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1985 – 1995

artistic collaboration with Gustav Deutsch since 1985

numerous photographic works since 1990

programming, research and artistic supervision in film since 1998

member of After Image Productions since 2001

artistic director of  Light I Image I The Aegina Academie since 2003 (1)

artistic activities and exhibitions in Austria and abroad.

 

Basic area of the artistic work :

Photography, installations, conception and organisation of interdisciplinary art projects.

Artistic research and curatorship in visual media and film, artistic works in sociocultural context.

Since 1985 projects with Gustav Deutsch, since 1997 projects under the label of D&S

 

ART PROJECTS, EXHIBITIONS(Selection):

 

Grünzeug  Pocket- Film Production / Film Programme / Installation with plants,

Kino wie noch nie, Filmarchiv Austria, Wien/A (7) 2011

 

Film/Stadt/Wien  A Transdisciplinary exploration of Vienna as a Cinematic City,

in cooperation with:  Ludwig Boltzmann Institut, Filmuseum, Wien/A (5) 2009/11

 

Ohrenzeugen – ein Buch, das HUNDmuseum und ein Archiv...,  Exhibition  

in cooperation with orthochrome, archiv for analogue photography, Hauptbücherei, Wien/A  2010

 

Stadtpflanzen und Taschenfilme – Urban Gardening & Pocketfilms...  Interactive installation,

filmscreenings and talks, Wienstation, Chelsea, Wien/A  (7) 2010

 

Ohrenzeugen  Publication, The dog as a companion to human beings and keen observer

of the “comedie humaine” in the history of civilisation and art, Edition Fotohof, Salzburg/A  2009

 

Hunde/Welt/Bild  Filmscreenings and Symposium, Filmuseum, Vienna/A (6) 2009

 

Cafe Melange A multimedia installation and public forum in the frame of the european

year of interculturale dialoge; concept, realisation and artistic director, Vienna/A (1) 2007/08

 

The O´s  Buttons in pairs, in collaboration with Christina de Pian, since 2007

 

The Mozarts Film for “Wiener Mozartjahr 2006”, Die Mozartminute, Vienna (1) 2006

   

Ein Tag Honig ein Tag Zwiebel  Art-book, Edition VHS, Vienna/A (3) 2005

 

Ein Tag Honig ein Tag Zwiebel  Multimedia- projects and workshops in collaboration with

Wiener Kunstschule and Radio Afrika, Vienna/A (3) 2005

 

Light I Image Illusion  –  The Aegina Academy A  forum for Art and Science, concept, realisation

and artistic director of a public forum for Art and Science,  in cooperation with After Image

Productions (1) Aegina /GR 2005

   

Light I Image Illusion – Atlas  26 Panoramas, Kunsthalle Wien Projectspace,

Vienna/A (1) 2005

 

Light I Image Reality – Atlas Installation; Lentos Museum, Linz/A (1) 2004   

 

Wiener Linien  Installation, Karamustafa Import Export; Wien Museum, Vienna/A (1) 2004

  

Light I Image Reality – The Aegina Academy  A forum for Art and Science,  concept,

realisation and artistic director of a public forum for Art and Science, in cooperation

with After Image Productions, Aegina /GR  (1) 2003

 

HeimatSprache – proverbButtons  Interactive project  within the framework of

Soho in Ottakring, Vienna/A (3) 2002

   

Danach Installation; Schauspielhaus, Vienna/A  (1) 2002

   

Film ist . Recherche Publication, Sonderzahl, Vienna/A (1) 2002

  

Odyssey Today The CD-ROM,  interactive multi-media-product (1) 2000

 

Odyssey Today Information Container A public installation within the framework of

the Festival of  Belluard/Bollwerk, Fribourg/CH  (1) 1999

 

Food Design Artistic concept for the restaurant and bar guess club 02, Vienna/D (1) 1999 

 

Aufsicht A foto project for and with attendants in Museums of Modern and

Cointemporary Art, art-book, Salon Verlag, Cologne/D 1999

 

Diana´s Patriotic Front  Magazine “Materialien zur Gesamtkultur” 1999

 

Alpenglühen/10000 Watt  Light-installation, Bielerhoehe, Vlbg./A (1) 1998  

 

Signal Art on site "Remise"- Coach house Ottakring, Vienna/A (1) 1998  

 

Karamustafa Import Export Austrian-Turkish Art-exchange-project, in cooperation

with Gülsün Karamustafa, exhibitions in Vienna, echoraum and Ethnography Museum Vienna/A,

and Kabataş Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul/T (1) 1997

 

Diana´s Digest Internet project, website and texts, Presentation Hilus Vienna/A 1997 (2) 1997

 

Die Kunst der Reise / The Athens Conference  Series of events in collaboration with:

Goethe Institute Athens, Fournos Theatre, Athens /GR (1) 1995

  

Son et Lumiere frankfurt  Video/installation, Deutscher Werkbund Ffm. /D(1) 1994

 

Son et Lumiere frankfurt  A sight-, audio-, and light-event with 10 taxis, Ffm./D (1) 1993

 

Die Kunst der Reise / Archiv – London  Installation and exhibition series in cooperation

with: Battersea Arts Centre, Watermans Art Centre, Chisenhale Gallery,  London Filmmakers

Co-op, London/GB (1) 1991

 

International Litter Specimen Artistic research on litter of the Oasis Figuig, London/GB 1991

 

Die Kunst der Reise / Archiv – frankfurt  Installation and exhibition series, Ffm/D (1) 1988

 

The Water-, The Plants-, the Borders of the Desert Artistic research works and

exhibitions in the Saharian oasis of Figuig / MA. (1) 1988

 

Chebika 1/100sec.,  Installation, Luftbad, Vienna/D 1987

 

Die Kunst der Reise / Archiv – Wien  Installations, exhibition series, talks, filmshows, Luftbad,

Vienna/A (1/5) 1986 – 1987

 

Son et Lumiere – Wien  A landscape, audio-, and light-event, Vienna/A (1) 1985  

 

The Water-, The Plants-, the Borders of the Desert  Artistic research work and exhibitions

in the Saharien oasis Figuig / MA (1) 1985 – 94

 

Jardin de Wiltz  Concept and realisation of a public garden, in cooperation with people with

special needs, Wiltz / L (5) 1983 – 87

RESEACH AND ARTISTIC SUPERVISION  IN FILM :

Film ist. a girl and a gun 2007 (1)

Tatort Migration (1-10)  2005 (1)

Welt Spiegel Kino  – Episode 1-3 2005 (1)

Film ist.  (7-12) 2002 (1)

 

FILM  PROGRAMMING:

Grünzeug, Filmarchiv Austria, Vienna/A (7)2011 

Stadtpflanzen und Taschenfilme, Wienstation, Vienna/A 2010

Hunde/Welt/Bild Filmuseum, Vienna/A (6) 2009

 

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS (Selection):

FILM.STADT.WIEN Conference and Workshop "Ephemeral Cities", Vienna/A 2011

Volkskundemuseum, workshop on amateur films, Film Stadt Wien, Vienna/A 2011 

Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Film Stadt Wien, N.Y./USA(1) 2010

UQAM, Montreal/CA (1) 2010

Orphans Film Symposium, NY/USA (1) 2009

Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Hunde/Welt/Bild Symposium, Vienna/A (6) 2009

Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Moving Landscapes, Vienna/A (1) 2004 

Lentos Museum, Linz/A (1) 2004 

Wiener Kunstschule, Vienna/A (3) 2004 

Wiener Kunstschule, Vienna/A (3) 2003 

Light I Image Reality – The Aegina Academy a forum for Art and Science,

Aegina/GR (1) 2003 

Medienwerkstatt, Vienna/A (1) 2002 

Kino unter Sternen, Vienna/A 2002 

Architektur in progress, Vienna/A (1/4)2000 

Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Vienna/A 1999 

Society for the Study of Human Sciences, Athens/GR (1) 1998 

 

AWARDS:

Ein Tag Honig ein Tag Zwiebel  Price “Die schönsten Bücher Österreichs “,

Federal Chancelor Office / Section of Culture, for the book Vienna/A (3) 2006

Odyssey Today the CD- ROM Main Price, VIPER International Festival for film,

video, new media (1) Basel/CH 2000 

Die Kunst der Reise Honorable Price of the Austrian Ministery of Culture  (1) 1992

 

In Collaboration with:

(1) Gustav Deutsch

(2) Eva Wohlgemuth

 3) Dagmar Frühwald

(4) Franz Berzl

(5) Der Blaue Kompressor

(6) Wilbirg Brainin Donnenberg

(7) Christa Auderlitzky