ARYE WACHSMUTH

Born 1962 in Hamburg, Germany, raised in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Education: Visual Media Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Class of Prof. Peter
Weibel. Hamburg School of Photography. Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

EXHIBITIONS (selection, for more details see www.s04.at)
2005
Tektonik der Geschichte, group show at Forum Stadtpark Graz, with Hans Haacke, Klub
Zwei, Zdena Kolecková, Anna Kowalska, Martin Krenn, Pia Lanzinger, Gustav Metzger, Lisl
Ponger, Anja Salomonowitz, Joachim Seinfeld, Peter Weibel and others
Interior Memory Photography, one man show at Gallery DUM-Fotografie, Césky Krumlov,
Czech Republic
Interior Memory at Christie´s, Vienna, Austria
2004
The_Jetty, group show at artBodensee, with Willi Kopf, Rini Tandon, Nita Tandon,
Alexandra Berlinger, Ruth Schnell, Zelko Wiener, and others (catalogue)
Zwischen Original, copy art show with Georgia Creimer, Petra Egg, Herwig Kempinger,
Willi Kopf, Katarina Matiasek, Mina Mohandes, Erich Praschak, Rini Tandon, Simon
Wachsmuth and others, art space PRAXIS, Vienna, Austria (multiple book edition)
Virtual Frame, in collaboration with Constanze Ruhm, group show at the project space,
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2003
Von Hedwig bis Theodor, group show at PRAXIS, Vienna, Austria
Operation Figurini, a traveling show in public spaces, art and science project by Christoph
Steinbrenner, multiples and text, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
>Natu®al Pa®tne®s in Sto®ytelling<, with Gerhard Himmer and others at Klaus
Engelhorn Gallery-Depot, Vienna, Austria
2002 Interieur/Exterieur, with Simon Wachsmuth, Art Association-Remise Bludenz, Bludenz,
Austria
Flüchtig Daheim, at the annual SOHO Ottakring Art Festival, Vienna, Austria
doubleheart - HEAR THE ART, group show, WUK, Vienna, Austria
In liebe dein, group show, art space Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria
Vampiric Signatures, curated by Judith Fischer, at IGBildendekunst, Vienna, Austria
2001
Metro Legends, show at the annual SOHO Ottakring Art Festival, with Gabriele Steidinger,
Gerhard Himmer and others
VideoTalk&Tea, with Alexandra Berlinger, Heimo Zobernig, Rudi Molacek, and others,
Graz, Austria
2000
Emerging Artists, with LUX FLUX and Simon Wachsmuth, show at the Essl Collection,
Klosterneuburg, Austria
Tweak, curated by Michael Buckland, group show at Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
Love Parade02, live art auction at the Berlin, Germany
Kampfzone, curated by the Futuregarden Art Association, Vienna, Austria
Antirasisstische Öffentlichkeiten-Feministische Perspektiven, project for Kunsthalle
Wien, Vienna, Austria
1999
MARS, group show at the Post Gallery, Los Angeles, California (as artist and curator)
Wild Life, curated by Adi Rosenblum, Markus Muntean, Anthony Auerbach and David
Burrows, Austrian Cultural Institute in London, with Cameron Jamie, Elke Krystufek, Peter
Lloyd Lewis, Ines Lombardi, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Muntean & Rosenblum, Jemima
Stehli, Calliope Travlos, London, UK
Europa spielt New York in Berlin, group show hosted by Philip Grötzinger, Pan Tappert
Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
Sincerly Yours-Videoart in Austria, video screenings, Sofia Municipal Gallery, Sofiya and
TED Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
Exhibition with Photography, group show, Kunstraum Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck,
Austria
media.art., The Federal Collection-Arthotek, Salle de Bal, Institut Français de Vienne,
Vienna, Austria
1997
Contribution to Art Magazine published by Maurizio Cattelan, Italy
Sound and music contribution to Audio Arts-Magazine, Permanent Food Volume
published by William Furlong, UK
Strange Encounters, group show, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria (video compilation)
1996 Mission Impossible, video exhibition, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria
The Blind Spot, Atelier im Augarten, Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
(catalogue)
Künstlerhouse, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
1995
D.O.G_Radio, internet radio project for the Diagonale Film Festival (Hypermedia), in
cooperation with Public Netbase, Salzburg and Vienna, Austria
Living Past-Lebendige Vergangenheit, group show at Liechtenstein Palace, Feldkirch,
Austria
Concrete Visions, with Fatih Aydogdu, Ricarda Denzer, Franz Graf, Michaela Math, Martin
Kusch, "You Never Know" and others, Istanbul, Turkey
1994
IOI, group show, media-art at the Orangerie, Eisenstadt, Austria.
Lokalzeit-Wiener Material im Spiegel des Unbehagens, Fondazione Querini Stampalia
"Premio Furla", Venezia , Italia - Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia and at Raum Strohal,
Vienna, Austria
1993
Genetik Art-Artificial Life, Ars Electronica ´93, stereolithographic objects, video and text
installation, Linz, Austria (catalogue)
1992
Refraktion, Neue Galerie-Studio, Graz, Austria (catalogue)
100 X Video-Arte na Åustria, screening, organized by the Medienwerkstatt Wien,
Serravles, Portugal (catalogue)
OCCIDENT EXPRESS, contemporary film, video works from Austria at the Visual
Communications Lab, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Zeitschnitte 92, Messepalast, Vienna, Austria
CVC, group show, Grita Insam Gallery, with Christoph Nebel, Simon Wachsmuth,
Constanze Ruhm and others (catalogue)
1990
2e biennale internationale du film sur l´art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the
Bibliotheque municipale de Lyon, France (catalogue)
Young Austrian Sculpture, Gallery Griss, Graz, Austria
1989 Museum des 21. Jahrhunderts, screening video sampler at show
Skulpturenzeichnungen, videoscreening, with Johanes Zechner, Heike Curtze Gallery,
Vienna, and the Artsalon, Cologne, Germany (video edition)
1988
Lichtboard am Europaplatz – Wiener Festwochen, LED screening, computer animation,
curated by Roy Ascott, Vienna, Austria
1987
Logokultur, group show curated by Peter Weibel, University of Applied Arts, Vienna,
Austria
Cultura Digitalis, project by Zelko Wiener and Roy Ascott, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
VIDEOGRAPHY / MUSICAL SCORES 1987–2004 (selection):
_ Hands, VHS, 20’
_ Hey Rank, VHS, 5’
_ Lists (Listen), VHS, 2’
_ OX, U-Matic lowband, 2’
_ The New Level, U-Matic lowband, 7’
_ Skulpturenzeichnungen, semi-documentary, U-Matic lowband, 5’
soundtrack (shown at the 2e biennale internationale du film sur l´art, Centre Georges Pompidou
and the Bibliotheque municipale de Lyon)
_ Lords of the New Church, music clip, U-Matic lowband, 54’,
with Dieter Hasan, Constanze Ruhm, Simon Wachsmuth
_ KUNSTSTÜCKE, ORF- signation and jingle, 2 clips, MII, each 10’’
_ Untitled (Mission-Impossible), VHS, 2’ each, soundtrack, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna
_ Lights'N'Sirens, found footage video clip, BetaSP, approx. 12’
_ DownBy, Wild At & Strange, S-VHS, 3 clips, each approx. 2’-3’
for Strange Encounters, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna,
_ INTERIEUR I&II, DV, 12’’-CD, loop, each approx. 30’, with independent soundtrack
_ Windows 1.1/1.2, DV, loop, 17’, independent 4 Channel soundtrack, 2 x 12’’-CD’s
_ Interior Memory, DVD, 50’, narration, self composed soundtrack

CURATORSHIP 1997–2003 (selection):
Exhibitions at the artspaces brasilica and arc (*in part with Simon Wachsmuth, Romana
Scheffknecht, Iro Goldblat), Vienna, Austria and Los Angeles, California
At brasilica:
V6 - We six, group show *
Through_Video, with Michael Buckland, Katharina Copony, Colin Cook, Heidrun Holzfeind,
Jasmine Ladenhaufen, Kristin Lucas, Axel Stockburger, Vienna, Los Angeles, New York, Toronto
The Candidates, with Ruth Honegger, Marino Pascal, Los Angeles *
Rise & Fall, with Yoshua Okón, Pablo Vargas-Lugo, Mexico City
Sugar Sex Magik, with Siggi Hofer, G.B. Jones, Pierre Klossowski, Michaela Math, Johanes
Zechner *
Mnemonique HiFi, with Mnemonique, New York *
Play Hard, with Marek M.C. Banek, Philip Grözinger, Special Guest: DATEC-1,2 Rechenzentrum
Berlin, Germany
Doping, with DAG, Rechenzentrum Berlin, Germany *
Semi Casual, art from Canada, curator: Michael Buckland, with Jill Henderson, Stacey Lancaster,
Sally McKay, Daniel Olson, Alan Smith, John Velveeta, Nicole Kidman, Michael Buckland,
Conpaintorary, with Martin Eiter, Monika Huber, Susanne Lenca, Vivian Klagsbrun, Miriam Moss,
Clemens Stecher, Anita Witek *
In Los Angeles:
MARS, Post Gallery, with Ricarda Denzer, Christine Gloggengiesser, Martin Hanf, Christoph
Hinterhuber, Markus Muntean, Adi Rosenblum, Constanze Ruhm,
Simon Wachsmuth, Arye Wachsmuth
At arc:
One woman, one man shows:
Stefan Hirsig, DAG, Deborah Sengl, Susanne Lenca, Alexandra Berlinger
Group shows:
From Scratch, with Steven Steinman, Russel Maltz, Corrina Peipon, Simon Wachsmuth, Sharon
Louden, Axel Stockburger
Venus, with Skip Arnold, Andrea Bowers, Miriam Dym, Hilja Keading, Charles Labelle, Tina
Marrin, Yunhee Min, Joseph Santarromana
fitONScreen, with Eva Jantschitsch, Reiner Mandl, Wolfgang Otto, Span (Del Campo &
Manninger), Grischenka Teufl
freestyle, with dB, Nikolaus Gansterer, Florian Schmeiser,Susanne Shuda, Ines Weber & Manuel
Maxl (Plan-C)
[IM]possible Rooms, transformations of “leakage”, a drawing by Daniel Libeskind: student works,
Technical University, Vienna, Austria
At IGBildendekunst: Life Goes On, works by Adi Rosenblum + Markus Muntean, Constantin
Luser, Simon Wachsmuth, Constanze Ruhm, Christian Tinkhauser, Christoph Hinterhuber, Stefan
Hirsig, Axel Stockburger. Text by Judith Fischer, Patricia Grzonka, Friedrich Tietjen, Manisha
Jothady, Franziska Lesak, Carola Platzek (Art and writings on the art of the pill on medical flyers)
Other:
Enthusiastic Partners, together with Brigitte Felderer at the law firm of Lansky, Ganzger &
Partner, a show for students of the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
Hotel Utopia, art, film and video festival, curated by Constanze Ruhm and Arye Wachsmuth, with
works by Vito Acconci, Chris Marker, Uli Aigner, Elke Krystufek, Bruce and Norman Yonemoto,
Michael Blank, Mike Kelly, Èder Santos, Robert Cahen, Rea Tajiri, René Beckman, Harun Farocki,
Chris Burden, Kristin Lucas, Pierre Huyghe, Colin Cook, Jessica Bronson, Wolfgang Schmidt, Bill
Seaman, Mark Lewis, Adam Chodzko, Jean-Luc Godard, Seoungho Cho, Bill Viola, Sophie Calle
and Gregory Shepard, Tony Cokes, Fiona Tan, Olaf Breuning and others, Summerstage
Independent Festival, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
star_project01, for The Karajan Center, concept and organization for a new media-art award, with
Sigrit Fleiss, Götz Bury and others, art direction and logo creation with Sekulic & Niemetz, Vienna,
Austria (catalogue and audio cd)
Bibliography and Reviews (selection):
On the artist:
_ Marc Ries, „Interieur, Foto, Film, Text“ Springerin no. 01/2006, 2006
_ derStandard, „Gegen Geschichtsklitterungen", 27/12/2005
_ Ariane Grabner,Voralberger Nachrichten, ''Der Raum als Arbeitsfeld'', 2002
_ Michael Buckland, ''Tweak'', catalogue text, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada, 2002
_ Friedrich Tietjen, ''Interieur, Exterieur'', text, Remise Bludenz, Austria, 2002
_ Grabher Ariane, ''Space as Enviroment'', Vorarlberg News, 12.12.2002
_ Kristian Sotriffer, ''Blitzlichter und Dialoge'', Die Presse, Vienna, 26.05.2000
_ Judith Fischer, ''Arye Wachsmuth. Artist'', feature on the work as curator,
Der Standard, February 13, 1998
_ Matthias Dusini, ''Ränder Formate... '', Springerin,1998
_ Marc Ries, ''Zeitschnitte 92'', catalogue text, 1992.
_ Peter Weibel (ed.), ''Österreichische Medien-Kunst'', 1992.
_ Peter Weibel, [Hrsg.], ''Medienwerke aus Österreich 1992 - 93: Neue Galerie am
Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, 1992 - 1993''
By the artist
_ ''The bust’s metamorphosis into a bucket...'', Operation Figurini, Vienna, 2003
_ ''Der Mensch in Bewegung im Kontext zukunftsweisender und innovativer Technologie'',
MIB 03, for a show by students from the University for Applied Arts at the
Technical Museum in Vienna, 2003
_ ''star_project01, senso_and visionary_links'', catalogue text, 2001
_ ''Life Goes On'', conceptual flyer text, (as editor), 2001
_ ''A brief Genealogy of Artificial Life'' for ''Genetic Art - Artificial Life'',
ars electronica 93, catalogue text, 1993