Gebhard Sengmüller is an artist working in the field of media technology, currently based in Vienna, Austria. Since 1992, he has been developing projects and installations focussing on the history of electronic media; creating alternative ordering systems for media content; and constructing autogenerative networks. His work has been shown extensively in Europe, the US and Japan, among others in venues such as Ars Electronica Linz, the Venice Biennale, ICA London, Postmasters Gallery NYC, the Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, the FCMM Festival Montreal, or the ICC Center, Tokyo.
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Gebhard Sengmüller - Curriculum Vitae
1967 born in Vienna, Austria. childhood and school in Salzburg, Austria
1985 Summer Academy Salzburg / class of artistic photography, Tamarra Kaida
since 1985 artistic work with photography, Super8
1988 founding member of LUMEN X photo laboratory, Vienna
since 1989 artistic work with electronic media, video, computer
1989 - 1994 founding member of PYRAMEDIA Media Art Collective, Vienna
1992 Workshop Cerith Wyn Evans (GB) / University of Applied Arts, Vienna
1992 - 1998 Klomfar&Sengmüller, architectural photography
1994 BKA Kunst grant for artistic photography, Paris
1994 - 1996 member of HILUS Intermedia Project Research, Vienna
1998 Polar Circuit Workshop / Tornio, Finnland
2000 BKA Kunst grant for visual arts, New York City
llives and works in Vienna/Austria
Education
1992 - 2002 University of Applied Arts, Vienna / Masterclass of Visual Media Design, Prof. Peter Weibel (Mag.art..degree, equivalent to MFA)
1987 - 1989 University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna / Institute of Electroacoustics, Prof. Dieter Kaufmann (Diploma in sound engineering: this two year course deals with both analog and digital sound production and music recording technology, with a strong commitment to experimental electroacoustic music.)
Teaching
since 2005 Lecturer, University of Arts, Linz, Austria: Teaching a class on Media Archeology
2007 Lecturer, Transart Institute, Danube University Krems, Austria: Teaching a seminar on Media Archeology
1998/99 Lecturer, HGB Leipzig (University of Fine Arts, Leipzig, Germany): Teaching a class on Media Archeology and curating a student´s exhibition at Dogenhaus Gallery, Leipzig
1992 - 1997 organizing and teaching courses in photography and darkroom techniques at the W.U.K. Center (Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus), Vienna.
Collaborative Work
Throughout my artistic career, I was always very interested in working in artistic collectives.
1989 co-founder of the PYRAMEDIA group Vienna, collaboratively developing new concepts in the field of video art and computer animation.
1994 - 1996 member of HILUS Intermedia Project Research, a non-profit organisation serving the
Viennese media art community, organizing conferences and working on an extensive database on art with new technologies in Austria.
1997 – 2000 participant of the Vergessen© project, a collaboration of about 20 artists and art theoriticians, working on the topic of forgetting in different ways, trying to cope with a phenomenon which seems inaccessible to known methods of epistemology.
Exhibitions/Projects
2008
JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL / Tokyo, Japan (C)
2007
EMAF Festival / Osnabrück, Germany (C)
MONITORING / Kassel, Germany
WAV_MODULATOR / Kunst am Bau Projekt, erster Preis, Wels, Austria (mit Herwig Turk)
BASTART GALLERY / Bratislava, Slovakia
VOORUIT ARTS CENTER / Gent, Belgium
DISCOVERY WORLD MUSEUM / Milwaukee, USA
2006
BLIND SPOT / Hannah Maclure Centre, Dundee, Scotland
PIKSEL / Bergen, Norway
LAB.30 / Augsburg, Germany
ELECTROHYPE / Malmoe, Sweden
2005
ICC INTERCOMMUNICATION CENTER / Tokyo, Japan
IMAGES FESTIVAL / Toronto, Canada
TRANSITIO_MX / Centro Multimedia, Mexico City
SKIZZEN FÜR EIN HAUS / Kunstverein Salzburg, Austria
2004
ARS ELECTRONICA / Linz, Austria (C)
DEAF FESTIVAL, V2_Organisatie / Rotterdam, Netherlands (C)
ALT WIEN / Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria
NOUMATROUFF / Mulhouse, France
HILCHOT SHCHENIM / Digital Art Lab, Tel Aviv, Israel
JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL / Tokyo, Japan
BASICS / Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
TELEVISUELLES LEBEN / Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
VIDEOTHEK / Galerie der Stadt Wels, Austria
2003
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts / London, UK (S)
FACT Center / Liverpool, UK (S)
SOUND IMAGE / Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City
2002
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts / London, UK (S)
IMAGES FESTIVAL / Toronto, Canada (C)
CLUB 3, Forum Stadtpark / Graz, Vienna
READ_ME 1.2, Macros Center / Moscow, Russia
THANATOTRONICS, Duisburger Filmwoche / Duisburg, Germany
2001
NET.ART PER ME, Slovenian Pavillon at the 49th Biennale di Venezia / Venice, Italy (C)
DIGITAL ART LAB / Tel Aviv, Israel (C) (S)
MAK NITE, Museum of Applied Arts / Vienna, Austria
BITS & PIECES, University of Hartford / Hartford CT, USA (C)
AUDIBLE IMAGERY, Museum of Contemporary Photography / Chicago IL, USA (C)
INTERFACE EXPLORER, Public Netbase / Vienna, Austria
BATOFAR SEEKING VIENNA / Paris, France
26TH YOUTH SALON / Zagreb, Croatia (C)
2000
POSTMASTERS GALLERY / New York, USA
LOWTECH, Shedhalle / Zürich, Switzerland (C)
FORUM DES IMAGES / Paris, France
SHIFT E.V. / Berlin, Germany (S)
INTERFERENCES, Biennale Internationales des Arts Multimedia Urbains / Belfort, France (C)
SCENES OF SOUNDS, Tang Museum / Saratoga Springs NY, USA (C)
D-VISION 2000 FESTIVAL / Vienna, Austria (C)
LOWTECH, Kunstraum München / Munich, Germany
STAR PROJECT, Karajan Center / Vienna, Austria
1999
TRANSLOCATION, Generali Foundation / Vienna, Austria (with HILUS) (C)
PHONOTAKTIK FESTIVAL / Vienna, Austria
EMAF - EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL / Osnabrück, Germany (C)
FCMM - FESTIVAL OF CINEMA AND NEW MEDIA / Montreal, Canada (C)
TOOT '99, Hull Time Based Arts / Hull, England
DOGENHAUS GALERIE / Leipzig, Germany (S)
DIGITALE FESTIVAL / Cologne, Germany
CYBER '99 FESTIVAL / Lisbon, Portugal
HALTBAR BIS...IMMER SCHNELLER, Kunsthalle Krems / Krems, Austria (C) (with VERGESSEN©)
LOST IN SOUND, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea / Santiago de Compostela, Spain (C)
1998
DEAF FESTIVAL, V2_Organisatie / Rotterdam, Netherlands (C)
SUB-TECHS: POST-DIGITAL SCULPTURE, The Lab / San Francisco CA, USA
ANALOG-DIGITAL, OK Cultural Center / Linz, Austria (S)
VERGESSEN© TRAILER, in 30 cinemas / Vienna, Austria (with VERGESSEN©)
DIAGONALE / Graz, Austria (C)
DISKRETE PRAXIS, Büchsenhausen Exhibition Room / Innsbruck, Austria (C)
VERGESSEN© FESTIVAL / St. Veit a.d. Glan, Austria (C)
MEDIA.KUNST, Salle de Bal / Vienna, Austria
GALERIE 5020 / Salzburg, Austria (C) (S)
IN BETWEEN THE IMAGES / Graz, Austria
1997
VERGESSEN© / different projects (http://www.vergessen.com) (C)
MACHINE AESTETHICS, V2_Organisatie / Rotterdam, Netherlands
VERGESSEN© SHOP, Grundsteingasse / Vienna, Austria (with VERGESSEN©)
COWBOY.ANIM, Mini Kebap / Vienna, Austria
SYMPTOMS AND HOME REMEDIES / Brno, Czech Republic (with VERGESSEN©) (C)
STILL, Salle de Bal / Vienna, Austria
1996
VERSION 2.2, Saint-Gervais de Geneve / Geneva, Switzerland
STATEMENTS, Galerie Cult / Vienna, Austria (S)
KÜNSTLERPECH, Junge Szene 96, Secession / Vienna, Austria (with HILUS) (C)
APOLLO 17, Media Arts Festival / Klagenfurt, Austria (C)
ST. PETERSBURG BIENNALE / St. Petersburg, Russia (C)
TINSEL TOWER, PS1 Clocktower Gallery / New York, USA
1995
RECYCLED REALITY, Traklhaus / Salzburg, Austria (C) (S)
SPRING PROJECT, Ambrosi Museum / Vienna, Austria (with HILUS) (C)
1994
MEDIENBIENNALE LEIPZIG / Leipzig, Germany (C)
ERASMUS PROMO VIDEO, University of Applied Arts / Vienna, Austria (with Christine Meierhofer)
CULTURE ELECTRONIC / Loosdorf, Austria
KUNSTSTÜCKE SIGNATION, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Cooperation / Austria
ELEKTRONISCHE GALERIE / Vienna, Austria
KONTEXTKUNST, documentary video, Neue Galerie / Graz, Austria (director, with Bruno Klomfar) (C)
M.I.T. MEDIAMOO / Boston, USA
DIAGONALE / Salzburg, Austria
1993
ARS ELECTRONICA / Linz, Austria (C)
PUBLIC SPACES, promo video, WUK / Vienna, Austria (with PYRAMEDIA)
KUNST UND MEDIEN, IFABO / Vienna, Austria
REALTIME, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Cooperation / Austria (with TRANSIT)
VIRTUAL VEXILLOMAT, Elektronische Galerie Freihaus / Vienna, Austria
1992
VIDEOLEITSYSTEM, Tanzsprache Festival / Vienna, Austria (with PYRAMEDIA)
1991
VEEJAY DEEJAY, medialivemixinstallation, WUK / Vienna, Austria (with PYRAMEDIA)
MEDA TM, Transformator Media Art Festival/ St. Veit a.d. Glan, Austria (with PYRAMEDIA) (C)
TRANSFORMATOR, documentary video for ORF Kunststücke / Austria (director, with Rosa von Suesz)
VEXILLOMAT, WUK / Vienna, Austria (with Rosa von Suesz)
1990 - 1992
TERMINAL TAPES, WUK / Vienna, Austria (with PYRAMEDIA)
1989
TRANS EUROPE HALLES, documentary video, WUK / Vienna, Austria (with PYRAMEDIA)
(S) Solo show, (C) Catalog available
Talks/Lectures/Presentations
2008
AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE / München, Germany
2006
TRANSART INSTITUTE / Linz, Austria
2005
PUBLIC NETBASE / Vienna, Austria
ICC INTERCOMMUNICATION CENTER / Tokyo, Japan
INTERACCESS / Toronto, Canada
2004
ISRAELI CENTER FOR DIGITAL ARTS / Tel Aviv, Israel
LE QUAI ART SCHOOL / Mulhouse, France
2003
HÖR!SPIEL!ART.MIX / Bayrischer Rundfunk BR2, München, Germany
MULTIPLACE 2 FESTIVAL / Priestor Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
FACT Center / Liverpool, UK
WIMBLEDON COLLEGE / London, UK
2002
FLOW: NEGOTIATING DATA MOVEMENT / Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts / London, UK
NJUMEDIJA / Belgrade, Yugoslavia
KUDA.ORG / Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
2001
HALLWALLS CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER / Buffalo NY, USA
DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS SYMPOSION, University of Hartford / Hartford CT, USA (C)
SNIF / Tel Aviv, Israel
M.I.T. MEDIALAB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Boston MA, USA
BROWN UNIVERSITY / Providence RI, USA
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART / Boston MA, USA
RPI Renselaaer Polytechnical Institute / Troy, USA
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS / Vienna, Austria
2000
REMEDIATION / Merz Academy, Stuttgart, Germany
THING.NET / New York NY, USA
1999
MEDIA NON GRATA / Tallinn, Estonia
1998
HOCHSCHULE FÜR GRAFIK UD BUCHKUNST / Leipzig, Germany
1997
MACHINE AESTETHICS, V2_Organisatie / Rotterdam, Netherlands
1996
HOCHSCHULE FÜR BILDENDE KUNST / Basel, Switzerland (with HILUS)
MIRRORPAGE SYMPOSIUM / St. Petersburg, Russia
Bibliography/Reviews
"Don´t you wonder sometimes" by Dan Jones, in: i-D Magazine, 2002
"Bildplatte und Hanfskulptur" by Martin Behr, in: Salzburger Nachrichten, 2002
"Le Chainon Manquant" by Andre Piche, in: Enroute, 2001
"Video Art Gets in the Groove" by Erica D. Rowell, in: ABC News, 2001
"Fernsehbilder von Schallplatten" by Thomas Rottenberg, in: Der Standard, 2001
"Ether Talk" by Lina D. Russell, in: WIRE Magazine, 2001
"VinylVideo - Le mix en trashpeg" by Salma Schnabel, in: Trax, 2001
"Virtually Real" by Barry Davis, in: Jerusalem Post, 2001
"Viva Vinyl" in: Stern, 2000
"Kopfüber im Zeitspeicher" by Christoph Blase, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2000
"Hör das Bild, Sieh den Ton" by Tilman Baumgärtel, in: Berliner Zeitung, 2000
"VinylVideo" by Scott Edge and Chris Force, in: Alarm Magazine, 2000
"Groove Tube" by Richard Baimbridge, in: Wired Magazine, 2000
"The Retro-Future of Television Today - VinylVideo™" by Daniel Janoff, in: Ten By Ten Magazine, 2000
"Future Imperfect" by Daniel Janoff, in: ID Magazine, 2000
"VinylVideo - Das Missing Link in der Mediengeschichte" by Martina Gröschl, in: wienwebplus, 2000
"Visions in Vinyl - Pictures Bring New Life to Old Records" by Carly Berwick, in: Village Voice, 2000
"Wider eine ökonomisierte Kunst" by Vera Tollmann, in: Springerin, 2000
"Lowtech aus Österreich: Die gute, alte LP als Bildspeicher" by Sigrid Berghoff, in: Net Business, 2000
"Come On OVer and We´ll Watche Some Records" by Matthew Mirapaul, in: New York Times Online Edition, 2000
"VinylVideo" by Alessandro Ludovico, in: Suoni Futuri Digitali, 2000
"VinylVideo - Transforming the Turntable into the VCR of the Past" by Richard Baimbridge, in: Res Magazine, 2000
"VinylVideo: retour vers le futur" in: Pariscope, 2000
"Vinyl, Vidi, DJ" by A.H., in: Liberation, 2000
"Media Scratching" by Jade Lindgaard, in: Les Inrockuptibles, 2000
"Kunst Zwischen Medien (V)" by Reinhard Braun, in: Springerin, 1999
"Missing Links" by Timothy Druckrey, in: EIKON Magazine, 1999
"Video auf Schallplatte" by Ingrid Malina, in: Mediabiz, 1999
"Contemporary ASCII" by Vuk Cosic, Timothy Druckrey, Lev Manovich, 1999
"Medien, Gedächtnis, Moderne" by Timothy Druckrey, in: 2nd International Flusser Lecture, 1999
"A short history of VinylVideo™ - A Collective Memory" by Rike Frank, in: ISEA Newsletter, 1999
"Mo Wax – jetzt gibt es endlich auch Filme auf Vinyl" by Ralf Summer, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 1999
"Grooverider - yesterday's technology today" by Jörg Heiser, in: Frieze Magazine, 1999
"Rahma Khazam goes DEAF in Rotterdam" by Rahma Khazam, in: WIRE Magazine, 1999
"Fortschritt durch Rückschritt" by Wolfgang Richter, in: Salzburger Nachrichten, 1999
”Sub-Techs' at the Lab” by Kenneth Baker, in: San Francisco Chronicle, 1998
"Notes on the Aesthetics of Dysfunctionality, or: Why Some of Us Don’t Want to Become ‘Masters’" by Inke Arns, in: Medi-O-Rama, 1998
"Remove the Controls" by Andreas Broeckmann, in: Syndicate, 1997
"Zur Hybris von Mensch und Maschine in den Neuen Medien" by M. Grossmann, in: Nettime, 1997
Publications
"Inventors as Artists" (contribution), Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2008
"Interface Culture" (contribution), transcript, Bielefeld 2008
""Knowledge-Based Interaction Design" (contribution), Springer, New York, 2008
"gebseng – four works" in: apsolutno_report, Springer Verlag Wien, 2006
"VSSTV" in: Cabinet Magazine, New York City, 2004
"VinylVideo advertising folder 2" in: selfware Magazin, Graz 2002
"VinylVideo advertising folder 1" in: Eikon Magazin, Wien 1999
"Händeschüttelkunst" in: Pakt Magazin, Bielefeld 1996
Contact
Gebhard Sengmüller
Leopoldsgasse 6-8/8
A-1020 Vienna/Austria
tel/fax +43 1 5455929
mobile +43 699 15455929
gebseng@vinylvideo.com
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