| After studying “Experimental Visual Design” I have been working in the fields of still and moving images, experimental- and musicvideo, installations and interactive arts. Besides this serious pursuit I was busy with commercial stuff in the 90´s and early 2000´s as a designer and director in advertising. As a member of Ars Electronica Futurelab in the late 90´s I was responsible for numerous projects in conception, creating and curating.
Since 2004 I am part of the developing- and administration-team for the branch of studies “Timebased and Interactive Media” at the University of Art and Design in Linz, where I am teaching since 2003. Most of my works are dealing with phenomenons in the context of manipulation in media with a strong focus on different aspects of “time”, like changes in perception through manipulation of temporal structures or intermediate spaces of time. Researching paradox aspects within dynamic systems and their counterparts, there is one big interest that is connecting my works: The question of what is happening “inbetween”. |
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Most recent project: INSTANT shown at
MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen HU in May 2010
Contact:
Joachim Smetschka
lame(@)smetschka.com
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Exhibitions, Events, Festivals (fragmentary excerpt 1994-2006):
1994 Die Schwelle Photography Die Schwelle Werkstättenhallen ÖBB Linz
1995 Schweben und Stürzen Sculptur Schweben und Stürzen Galerie Forum, Wels
1996 ASYL II Photography Exp.Vis Stifter Gallerie, Linz
1996 Seduction Video Warming Up Ballgasse, Vienna
1997 Faces Video Kunstball Landesmuseum, Linz
1997 Seduction II Video Panorama Linz Raum f. Kunst, Graz
1997 Sonic Tonic Audio/Performance Läufer, Linz
1999 Chillloops Video Kunstpark Ost Ultraschall, Munich
2000 Tug of War Interactive Playzone Millennium Dome, London
2000 Nanotech Opening Film Nanotech Conference VDE EXPO 2000 Hannover
2001 Tug of War Interactive permanent Installation Ars Electronica Center, Linz
2001 onScreen I Video, Curating Ars Electronica Festival Ars Electronica Center, Linz
2001 Tug of War Interactive the Interaction 01 Softopia Japan Center, Kagano, Japan
2001 Living Forms Video MUMOK, Vienna
2002 onScreen II Video Ars Electronica Festival Ars Electronica Center, Linz
2002 InMotion Opening Film Daimler Chrysler InMotion IAA Hannover
2003 Electro Downtempo Video, Liveset 6×6 Fluc, Vienna
2003 Tug of War Interactive Laval Virtual Laval, France
2003 Sono01 Video Art Position 2003 Ottakringer Brauerei, Vienna
2003 SONO Video ..to be continued Schönbrunnerstraße, Vienna
2003 Tug of War Interactive Toki Messe Niigata Convention Center, Japan
2003 Winter Wonderland Video, Liveset 6×6 Fluc, Vienna
2003 LIQUID MOTION Video Softmanipulation Atelier Martin Vesely, Vienna
2003 liquid stills Photography Kunst am Bau Linz AG, Linz
2004 Disconnected Video Domino Effect Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico
2004 LIQUID MOTION Video Softmanipulation Galeria Budapest, Budapest
2004 Moon Addicted Video Isolated, Triple Media Watergate, Berlin
2004 LQM II Video Sound/Video Art Austria Space Gallery, Bratislava
2005 Moon Addicted, Disconnected Video, Photo Isolated Hudson Gallery, Perth, Australia
2005 LQM II Video 2.Berliner Kunstsalon Arena Berlin, Berlin
2005 Make me fall Video Gloandi Release Kunsthalle, Vienna
2005 LQM II Video Softmanipulation Roxy Arthouse, Edinburgh
2005 blow! Interactive Postmediale Kondition Neue Galerie, Graz
2006 Out of Isolation Video, Curating Crossing Europe Filmfestival Moviemento, Linz
2006 Video, Liveset Concept Wie die Schweine Alter Schlachthof, Linz
2006 Hidden Places Video, Liveset Integrationsball Retoutensäle Landestheater, Linz
Awards:
- Adolf Loos Staatspreis Design 2001, Joseph Binder Award (with Gerfried Stocker and Dietmar Offenhuber)
- Kunstförderungsstipendium der Stadt Linz 2001, Sparte Design
- Deutschsprachiger Wirtschaftsfilmpreis 2002, Silver Award (with Steinlein&Partner, Daimler Chrysler)
- Kunstförderungsstipendium der Stadt Linz 2003, Sparte Bildende Kunst