Writing (suspend) at <rotor> Graz
The new sound installation using endangered human languages is shown as part of an exhibition, and can be visited until 17 February.
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Autumn activities
This autumn features a mix of artistic and pedagogical activites in Klagenfurt, Graz, Vienna, Vilnius and Lisbon.
Invited talk at CARPA 8 ‘solved by moving’
The artistic research colloquium is held biennially at Uniarts Helsinki. Drawing on algorithmic experimentation, I participate in one of its three strands.
Phoretic Rogues and Strip & Embellish at xCoAx 2023
I participate in the Conference on Computation, Aesthetics & X this year again, bringing two pieces to Weimar.
Symposium Composition & Research at GMPU Klagenfurt
The music university is organising a three day international symposium, with focus on artistic research.
New Professorship at GMPU Klagenfurt
I have been appointed new Professor for Artistic Research, with a new research field Sound and Intermedia.
Simultaneous Arrivals - Residency Call Published
Our PEEK project on novel modes of collaboration offers a two-month funded research residency in spring 2023.
Anemone Actiniaria at Nuova Consonanza Rome
Our coupled-systems improvisation duo performs at the 59th edition of the festival in December 2022.
Swap Rogues at Neue Galerie Graz
We present a triplet of multi-sensory mixed media entities at the Kunstraum Steiermark show.
Piksel festival 2022
Our new improvisation project ‘Strip & Embellish’ will perform at the 20th edition of the festival, using a strong interlinking of two systems.
ARTikulationen 2022
This year I was coordinating the KWDS’s annual research festival, as well as moderating a panel on artistic collaborations.
Parallel Vienna
We present ‘in∣fibrillae’ as part of the Kunstraum Steiermark space in the art show at Semmelweis Clinic
xCoAx 2022 Coimbra
After two Corona years, xCoAx is taking place physically again, and I’m happy to show my piece ‘Kontakt (simultan)’ and co-chair the doctoral symposium.
Tagfalter - sound installation in public space
Part of the group project ‘Klangnetze’, the piece moves on a weekly basis between five different Styrian towns.
impuls MinuteConcerts 2022 - Strip & Embellish
A new duo improvisation with Daniele Pozzi, performed during this year’s gallery tour in Graz, at esc media art lab.
AMRO 22 - Debugging through collaborative experimentation
Having eyed the ‘Art Meets Radical Openness’ festival in Linz in the past years, I am happy to present a piece and a project at this year’s edition.
Simultaneous Arrivals
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has approved my project ‘Simultaneous Arrivals’ (Simularr in short) within its prestigous track of artistic research (PEEK).
Swap Space
Preparing in March, and taking place during the month of April, Swap Space is a research pilot project that explores new forms of collaborative artistic rese...
Into the new year 2022
In many ways, 2021 felt like stasis, nevertheless the turn to 2022 held some new developments ready.
Book Publication for Algorithmic Segments Available
More than merely a catalogue documenting the digital and sound art parcours, a new 116 pages book contextualises the project with guest constributions.
Anemone Actiniaria gig and Mellite workshop at Piksel festival
The experimental algorithmic duo gets together after a hiatus, and I’ll also present the computer music system hands-on.
Kontakt (simultan) and Aleatorium at Glowing Globe Rijeka
The electro-mechanical oracle and a new table top version of the stereoscopic piece go to Kortil gallery for the festival.
Exhibition Aleatorium at Reagenz 19 June–11 July
We open our studio and project space as part of the Kunstraum Steiermark presentations, and show a new work-in-progress installation.
Documentation Video of Algorithmic Segments Available
Shot and edited beautifully by Victor Jaschke, the 40 minute film portraits the different artworks presented for the Algorithmic Segments Graz 2020 parcours.
Presented two New Performances for SAR 2021
At the conference for artistic research, a new iteration in the series Divagations was presented, as well as performative reading through the Almat continuou...
Looking back at the strange year of 2020
For most artists, 2020 was a frustrating year, but despite the circumstances, the year was also successful in many ways.
Through Segments at Kunsthaus and Writing (simultan) at Reagenz
A collaborative and a solo sound installation are currently on display
Algorithmic Segments exhibitions announced with new dates
After the Corona interruption, we are happy to be back on track with a number of exhibitions for Graz 2020
MAST podcast: Algorithms matter and one should understand them better
During my visit to Madeira, I was interviewed on the theme of MAST, my artistic work and the ALMAT project.
Madeira: An Evening of (and about) Electronic Music / MAST Workshop
I’m joining the MAST seminar at M-ITI for a crit, and participate in a sound event on Feb 05
New Mellite version 2.42.0 and rendering tutorial
The new version of the computer music environment improves macOS usability and comes with a text tutorial on audio rendering.
Hacking into sonic algorithmic aesthetics - Lisbon
I am participating in the think tank at CFCUL Portugal, 13 Dec.
Algorithmic Segments is shaping up
Pieces for the digital and sound art parcours for Graz 2020 are being developed.
Mäanderungen to be presented at Pixxelpoint festival
An installation version of the experimental radio work is shown in Nova Gorica in November 2019.
Segmod release and concert at km28 Berlin
Released on Edition Dumpf, Segmod explores a new sound synthesis algorithm. Anemone Actiniaria is featured at the concert.
Algorithmic Segments
A project for spring/summer 2020, connecting the inner city of Graz through digital art and a special sound walk.
xCoAx is coming to Graz - in 2020
The Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X takes place adjacent to the Almat 2020 symposium at MUMUTH Graz
Enantiomorph Study - Prototype
A wearable audio-visual piece developed during Augmented Attention Lab
Space Material Detail - Workshop with MAST
Architecture and algorithmic practices come together in this collaborative workshop.
Almat @ impuls academy - Museum of Perception
From Feb 11 to Feb 20 we tutored a workshop on Algorithms that Matter in the impuls academy.
Mäanderungen at ORF Ö1 Kunstradio
Our experimental radio piece, developed in lime lab in autumn 2018 receives a new version.
Almat @ Orpheus Institute - Research Seminar
We collaborate in next March’s research seminar at Orpheus Institute Ghent on simulation and computer experimentation.
Almat @ ZKM - Algorithmic Spaces
We collaborate in this year’s inSonic festival, performing with Anemone Actiniara, and works selected from an open call.
schwärmen + vernetzen - Catalog Presentation
The presentation will take place on November 28, 2018, at Akademie Graz.
Mexican Tumulus - Comrade Conrade public art project
Drawing upon the exile connection between Austria and Mexico, this collaborative intervention takes place in 15.–29.09.
Mäanderungen - lime lab piece exhibition and broadcast
An experimental radio piece shown in the accompanying programme von Steirischer Herbst, and broadcast on ORF Steiermark, 29.09.–14.10.
New piece ‘Körper’ shown at xCoAx 2018 Madrid
Körper is an installation about the relation of corporeality and the algorithmic, on display July 11 to 13.
Thresholds of the Algorithmic - Exposition Lydgalleriet Bergen
ALMAT in collaboration with BEK are organising a workshop-in-exposition, and we present a new piece ‘Körper’, June 8 to 15.
Call for participation - ALMAT workshop with Robin Minard at impuls academy 2019
Algorithms that Matter returns to impuls academy with a sound installation workshop in Feb 2019.
Anemone Actiniaria at impuls MinuteConcerts
On May 26, impuls is organising again a day of gallery concerts. Anemone will participate with a new piece ‘Verschränkte Systeme 146:219’.
Thresholds of the Algorithmic - Call for Applications
ALMAT in collaboration with BEK and Notam Norway are hosting a workshop-in-exposition. Deadline 23 February.
Traumarsenal No. 6 radio broadcast
Algorithmic double-piece ‘Traumcloud’ to feature in 17 Feb radio show by Justin Winkler and based on a project by Robert Desnos.
‘Mäanderungen’ won lime_lab prize for transdisciplinary radio
The project auditively maps the city, using our bodies as instruments and an algorithmic generator of radio pieces. The prize is awarded on March 7.
New studio space ‘Reagenz’
In January we moved into a great new studio space which will be called ‘Reagenz - Raum für künstlerische Experimente’ (space for artistic experiments).
Radio piece ‘Raumaneignungen’ on Radio Helsinki
On December 19, Radio Helsinki broadcasts the radio piece ‘Raumaneignungen’ (ars acustica with texts in German and Spanish) created by Nayarí Castillo, Reni ...
Electronic piece at midissage of esc exhibition ‘Promenade’
On December 15, I am invited to play at the midissage of Martin Rumori’s exhibition “Promenade” at esc media art lab Graz.
Concert at 20y anniversary of Studio of electroacoustic Music Weimar
On November 24, I will play a live concert together with Ludger Hennig
Sound Installation and Presentation at Virtualities and Realities Riga
I’m presenting a reconfigured ‘wr_t_ng m_ch_n_’ during the RIXC festival, and I give a talk with Ron Kuivila on Oct 21
From Data to Process - Almat Presentation in Stockholm
One project comes to an end, one project is taking up speed. In collaboration with Transpositions, we’re showing ‘Inner Space’ and do a lecture performance o...
Humanising Algorithmic Listening
I presented the ‘Almat’ artistic research project at this workshop at the University of Sussex.
Schwärmen + Vernetzen - Transdisciplinary Art Project
A collaboration between writer Gertrude Grossegger, installation arts and trained molecular biologist Nayarí Castillo, and sound artist Hanns Holger Rutz.
xCoAx 2017 Lisboa - Almat Talk and Exhibit
Presenting a new paper “The Temporality of (un non)selection” and video installation “Inner Space” at the 5th Conference on Computation,...
Imperfect Reconstruction - Catalogue / Artist Talk / Concert
On Thursday 01 June 2017, we present the catalogue of the algorithmic project “Imperfect Reconstruction” at esc media art lab Graz.
Algorithms that Matter - PEEK project start
The Austrian Science Fund FWF has approved our artistic research project ‘Algorithms that Matter’.
Finissage Imperfect… + Art’s Birthday
Including a gig by Anemone Actiniaria, at esc media art lab, January 17th.
Imperfect Reconstruction - Hibernation
Our exhibition takes a ‘Winterschlaf’ until January 17th.
Imperfect Reconstruction - Exhibition
A collaboration between Hanns Holger Rutz, David Pirrò, and Lisa Horvath, to open in Graz on Nov 25th.
Anemone Actiniaria at TRANS concert
The algorithmic duo plays a gig in Graz on 12 November as part of TRANS - Denken in Klängen
Impuls Academy 2017 - Algorithms that Matter
The call is now open for the Almat workshop on experimentation with algorithms.
Chain Reaction Eisenerz
Collaborative interventions in the Styrian city of Eisenerz, July and August 2016.
Computation, Communication, Aesthetics
Presenting a performance as well as a paper at the 2016 xCoAx in Bergamo.
Roundtable Gender Studies and Music Theory
I will be speaking on the panel of a roundtable about gender studies and music theory on 25-Jun-2016 at the KUG Graz.
Anemone Actiniaria at Impuls MinuteConcerts
Anemone Actiniaria are playing live in Graz on May 28th.
New Software Releases and Processes
Several new packages are available or in the making.
Presentation at Forum Stadtpark
Short retrospective 04–06 December with residency-developed work ‘Configuration’.
Winter Activities
A brief update on current and ongoing activities.
Events in September
September sees a number of concerts and releases of new pieces.
Anemone Actiniaria at ZKM
We will be working on our system-fusion-project in Karlsruhe in August and September.
Grenzwerte - New Tape Project
In June and July I am working on an algorithmic tape piece for the new DEGEM CD.
Configuration Riga
Exhibition at NOASS Riga 16/05–28/05/2015.
Concert Tallin
Live Electronic Concert at EKKM - The Museum of Becomings, Tallin 22/05/2015.
Konfabulous Schmilblick
Trio with flute and electronics presented on Sat Feb 21 at HdA Graz.
Impuls Academy
I am participating in this year’s impuls-academy and the workshop Performative Computer Music with concerts on Feb 21 and 22.
Looking for New Projects
I am looking for new challenging artistic or scientific research projects from mid 2015.
Concert MIB Bremen
Thu Dec 25, 20:30h in Bremen. The ‘traditional’ Christmas concert with Ludger Hennig, Markus Markowski, Sciss.
Concert Forum Stadtpark
Sat Nov 29, 17:30h in Graz. «Anemone Actiniaria» is an improvisation with David Pirrò.
Exhibition Turbulence
Sound installation at Forum Stadtpark Graz. Opening Fri 7 Nov, 19h; Exhibition 8–29 Nov, Tue–Fri 11–18h, Sat 11–16h
Concert Welsche Kirche
Fri Nov 14, 18h in Graz. «Anemone Actiniaria» is an improvisation with David Pirrò.
Residency Riga
Artistic Research project April–May 2015 at NOASS Riga