MICHAELA SCHWENTNER
*1970 in Linz, lives in Vienna.
Conceptual video artist mainly working with time-based media (film, video, sound).
Studies of philosophy, history, history of the arts, dramatics and film theory in Vienna.
Lecturer at the Institute for Experimental Design at University of Arts and Design Linz
and at the Institute for Art and Design at TU Vienna.
Director of mosz records.

Video– / film works
Orchester 33 1/3 [1997], transistor [2000], r4 [2000], sZ [2001], grainbits [2001], take the bus [2002], the future of human containment [2002], JET [2002], giuliana 64.03 [2003], how do you want m.? [2003], tucker [2004],
der kopf des vitus bering [2004], tester [2005], la petite illusion [2006], swinging [2006], composition set // image transformed // mozart moved [2006], bellevue [2008], ridin’ [2008], alpine passage [2008], speech [2009],
des souvenirs vagues [2009], canranc [2010], mouvements et cadeaux III [2010], prospects [2011], 26 Days (2012),
un divertissement d’amour [2012], PENELOPE (2013)

Installations [selection]
Pas de deux [2009], La route du paradis [2010], It will all be different [2011], PROSPECTS [2012], PROSPECTS modifiés [2012], NOCTILUCA [2011], ANGEPASSTE VERHAELTNISSE (2013), PROSPECTS.split (2013)

Sound installations [selection]
autoradio [2009], Chanter toujours [2011]

Festivals / Screenings [selection]
Sundance Independent Film Festival, London Film Festival, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Viennale Film Festival, Transmediale Berlin, Videonale Bonn, EMAF Osnabrück, La Rochelle Film Festival, Exis Seoul, Videoexperimental Zürich, Cork Filmfest, Evolution Film Festival Leeds, NYUFF New York, Transat Video Caen, Avanto Festival Helsinki, LIAF London, Edinburgh Film Festival, IFFRl Rotterdam, HAFF Utrecht, WRO Biennale Wroclaw, Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz, Diagonale Graz, Viennashorts, Animadrid, Image Forum Festival Kyoto, Sonambiente Berlin, Mutek Montreal, Parvin Etesami Women Film Festival Teheran, Wien Modern, Stimultania Festival Strasbourg, Scanorama Vilnius, Melbourne Int. Animation Festival, Bienal de Video Y Nuevos Medios Santiago de Chile, dig.it 01 Minneapolis, Microwave International Media Art Festival Hongkong, Synch Festival Athen, Forum Culturel Autrichien Toulouse, Festival du Court Métrage Nizza, Nas Imagens Porto, backup Festival 01 Weimar, Barbican London, Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Wiener Festwochen, Cinematexas Austin, Sonar Barcelona, Videofestival Bochum, Sao Paolo Short Film Festival, Micro Festival of Digital Film Culture Liverpool, Tricky Women Festival Wien, Animateka Ljubljana, Steirischer Herbst Graz, Elektra Festival Montréal, Triennale Linz 1.0

Exhibitions [selection]
Shedhalle Zurich, Kunsthalle Vienna, Secession Vienna, ACF New York, Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst Oldenburg, BAWAG Contemporary Vienna, Lentos Linz, BELEF Center Beograd,
La Casa Encendida Madrid, Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam, Kulturbrücke Fratres.

Awards:
2004: Local Artists Award. Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz
2007: Austrian Award for Film Art

Residencies:
2009: Domus Artium Malo, Italy
2012: Domus Artium Paliano, Italy

Contact:
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