11
Nesting
25.01.2024–29.02.2024
Tamás Páll
For it´s next program, discotec invites you to explore the ongoing research project of Hungarian artist Tamás Páll. Nesting is a reality-spanning role-play game where the artist blends failed utopian ideas and architecture using physical objects and performance.
“Nesting is an extension of LAIR, a project created in 2022 that summoned a fictional community of an abandoned biodome located in Budapest, Hungary. In the virtual level, para-fictional creatures and avatars exiled from colossal real-estate renders make the gallery their temporary dwelling. Scraps from their rituals are scattered in the space, while screen-based simulations keep their memories in limbo. In this new chapter the processes of virtual embodiment and architectural visualization are centered in a multimedia installation and a closing live performance.”
Tamás Páll
︎ www.tamaspall.com
10
I’m sorry
I made you feel that way
14.12.2023–12.01.2024
Martina Menegon
Photos by Tina Kult
“I'm sorry I made you feel that way (memories of care)” is an interactive experience and performative self-portrait exploring new possibilities for empathy and care for our hybrid selves.
Martina Menegon’s biometric data collected daily via a wearable smart ring device is linked with an artificial avatar generated via Machine Learning AI. The physical body state - specifically in connection to stress and tiredness - has an immediate and direct impact on its virtual extension. When the artists physical needs are neglected and fatigue or stress sets in, the virtual self-portrait deteriorates, its interactions become increasingly challenging and eventually evolves into abstract behavior.
Accompanying the interactive installation, “I’m sorry I made you feel that way (memories of care).extended” is an iteration specifically created for digital, online and hybrid spaces. Screenshots taken from a live interaction with the work are transformed into virtual sculptures and Augmented Reality experiences.
In linking very personal biometric data to an AI generated avatar, “I'm sorry I made you feel that way (memories of care)” draws attention to our hybrid corporeality and how we can foster care both offline and online. With this intimate and intricate bond Martina Menegon creates a new sense of awareness for our virtual extensions and thereby with our selves.
︎ www.martinamenegon.xyz
09
If I had more time I would have written
a shorter letter
16.11.2023–07.12.2023
Hidéo Snes ︎Felix Helmut Wagner
Photos by Tina Kult
The exhibition “If I had more time I would have written a shorter letter” features two artists exploring the obscure topic of an artificial intelligence making mistakes due to being too much in a hurry. It presents a curated collection of works reflecting on the new notions of the burgeoning changes AI introduces.
Artificial intelligence is not only a disruptor in the arts and creative fields. Living in the economic system of incessant optimization and exponentially accelerated growth expectations, AI can easily be seen both as a way of propelling us into the next phase of moving forward as well as a threat to our agency and relevance in the system as a whole.
The performance of Felix Wagner is an attempt at bringing human involvement in artificial intelligence to the forefront.The multi-screen video work of Hideo Snes transforms the artists and the curator, Felix Helmut Wagner, Hideo Snes and Peter Várnai, into an artificial intelligence-driven simulation. The virtual agents of the three are chatting, getting to know each other and they are organizing an art show in the virtual space of discotec.
︎ www.felixhelmutwagner.com
︎ www.hideosnes.online
08
Dreams of an electric sheep
18.10.2023–09.11.2023
Hanna Besenhard ︎Simon Goritschnig
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Line Finderup Jensen
Photos by Tina Kult
For the group exhibition Dreams of an electric sheep, discotec invites 3 artists working with different visual languages yet connected by a common thread. In their creative process they all form a constant feedback loop between the physical and the virtual world, creating an exchange between realities.
In the work of Simon Goritschnig, one finds “Everything is connected" - a motto under which he examines similarities and connecting points of all organisms, natural processes, thought structures, events and composition principles in the broadest sense. The Vienna based artist draws obscure entities in a VR software and 3d prints them as reliefs to further transform the original digital structure onto paper using a simple frottage technique.
In her VR and animation works Danish artist Line Finderup Jensen draws a colorful and sharp satire of our society. The virtual world she builds up is a humorously distorted version of our own. The topics of her paintings are often rooted in her digital works but rather than the language of absurdity they create tension and empathy by showing mundane moments from the world of her animation.
The Vienna based media artist Hanna Besenhard generates simple but strangely familiar shapes in a playful conversation with an artificial intelligence software. She merges the uncanny forms with a theater like structure and sculpts this image out of marble. Immersed in their cold stone arena, the masks seem to play in an accidental drama.
By seamlessly blending conventional techniques such as painting, sculpture, and drawing with digital tools, these artists prompt us to reconsider our perceptions of artistic heritage. With it´s ninth show, discotec invites its visitors to reflect on how technology redefines the very essence of traditional artistry and perhaps opens doors to a more unified appreciation of artistic expression in the digital age.
︎ hannabesenhard.com
︎ simongoritschnig.com
︎ linefj.com
In the work of Simon Goritschnig, one finds “Everything is connected" - a motto under which he examines similarities and connecting points of all organisms, natural processes, thought structures, events and composition principles in the broadest sense. The Vienna based artist draws obscure entities in a VR software and 3d prints them as reliefs to further transform the original digital structure onto paper using a simple frottage technique.
In her VR and animation works Danish artist Line Finderup Jensen draws a colorful and sharp satire of our society. The virtual world she builds up is a humorously distorted version of our own. The topics of her paintings are often rooted in her digital works but rather than the language of absurdity they create tension and empathy by showing mundane moments from the world of her animation.
The Vienna based media artist Hanna Besenhard generates simple but strangely familiar shapes in a playful conversation with an artificial intelligence software. She merges the uncanny forms with a theater like structure and sculpts this image out of marble. Immersed in their cold stone arena, the masks seem to play in an accidental drama.
By seamlessly blending conventional techniques such as painting, sculpture, and drawing with digital tools, these artists prompt us to reconsider our perceptions of artistic heritage. With it´s ninth show, discotec invites its visitors to reflect on how technology redefines the very essence of traditional artistry and perhaps opens doors to a more unified appreciation of artistic expression in the digital age.
︎ hannabesenhard.com
︎ simongoritschnig.com
︎ linefj.com
07
ODD SIZE BAGGAGE
14.9.2023–10.10.2023
Flora Lechner ︎
Photos by Tina Kult
“Odd Size Baggage” is a series of three suitcase pieces, a hand luggage, a cabin bag and a check-in bag. These pieces unfold into furniture items reflecting upon the pursuit of happiness as well as the restless drive to self-optimization. Oversized baggage is the burden a person generally carries around that goes beyond normal concerns and takes on unusual forms. Thus, the suitcase becomes a symbol of departure. It is a companion in the search, while undergoing test procedures at the departure gate and in everyday life. It is required to comply with certain specifications, dimensions and weight regulations in order to pass as normal luggage. If it falls out of line, it is an “odd size baggage“. With this series Flora Lechner questions the constant urge of the search of the next destination, how happiness and positivity become equated with productivity, quality, even normality. The constant pressure to achieve a sense of well-being, as well as the normative idea of happiness leads to an inability to live more successful and fulfilling lives than already lived.
"Odd Size Baggage" ist eine Serie von drei Koffern, einem Handgepäckstück, einem Cabin Bag und einem Check-in-Bag. Diese Stücke entfalten sich zu Möbeln, die das Streben nach Glück ebenso reflektieren, wie den rastlosen Drang zur Selbstoptimierung. Übergroßes Gepäck steht für die Last, die eine Person mit sich herumträgt, die über normale Sorgen hinausgeht und ungewöhnliche Formen annimmt. So wird der Koffer zu einem Symbol des Aufbruchs. Er ist ein Begleiter bei der Suche, bei den Prüfverfahren am Abfluggate und im Alltag. Er muss bestimmte Maße und Gewichte einhalten und Vorgaben erfüllen, um als normales Gepäck durchzugehen. Fällt es aus der Reihe, handelt es sich um ein „Odd Size Baggage". Mit dieser Serie hinterfragt Flora Lechner den ständigen Drang der Suche nach dem nächsten Ziel, wie Glück und Positivität mit Produktivität, Qualität, ja Normalität gleichgesetzt werden. Dem ständigen Druck, ein normatives Wohlbefinden zu erreichen und der Idee des Glücks folgt die Unfähigkeit, ein erfüllteres Leben, als das bereits gelebte zu führen.
︎ floralechner.com
06
Fading
Echoes from the past
21.07.2023–25.08.2023
Michael Koch ︎ Karl Salzmann
with live sound performance by Karl Salzmann
Photos by Tina Kult
In der medienübergreifenden Ausstellung “FADING - Echoes from the past” verweben Michael Koch und Karl Salzmann ihre sehr persönlichen Erinnerungen an ihnen nahe gestandene Personen.
Akribisch gesammelte und geordnete Science-Fiction-Bücher, Miniaturskulpturen, Bilddokumente von Fernreisen, animierte Computergrafiken und eine Keramik-Manteltasche: all diese Dinge werden zu eigenständigen Entitäten, die im Rahmen der Präsentation versuchen, Geschichten zu erzählen, Fakten darzulegen und Verbindungen untereinander - aber auch zu den Besucherinnen - zu etablieren.
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In the cross-media exhibition "FADING - Echoes from the past", Michael Koch and Karl Salzmann weave together very personal memories of people close to them.
Carefully collected and ordered science fiction books, miniature sculptures, image files from long-distance journeys, animated computer graphics and a ceramic coat pocket: all these things become entities in their own right, which in the context of the presentation try to tell stories, state facts and develop connections with each other - but also with the visitors.
︎ karlsalzmann
05
Footnote on a Neuron Scream
15.06.2023–14.07.2023
Nimova Projeckt
Sound collaboration with Új Bála
Photos by Tina Kult
"...Pain. First, a sharp, self-screaming neuron. Then the warning signal begins - by forming a chorus of others, to echo, to scream the pulsating need for attention. The pain, the feeling spreads, pours out, overwhelms everything, like a dark overflowing stream. Thus, there will be a mass rebellion in this Body, a symptom of the boycott."
If you look at the art object as an extension of human perception, the monologue of the video serves here as a temporary fusion of You and Me. As a footnote to the hard-to-model system that shapes a series of our behaviors, emotions and decisions into a unique whole, discotec invites you to sit down and merge into this speculative journey.
︎ nimova_projeckt
︎ Új Bála
04
O RAMBO
02.06.2023–09.06.2023
EIN HÖR- UND SEHSPIEL
von Marie Sturminger & Felix Dennhardt
Photos by Tina Kult
»O RAMBO« ist eine Theaterproduktion für die Straße.
Die Schleifmühlgasse dient dabei als Bühne. Das Publikum sitzt auf einer Tribüne in der Galerie discotec, deren großes Schaufenster als Rahmen des Geschehens dient.
Die Darsteller:innen sind mikrofoniert. Was sie sagen, während sie sich ins Straßengeschehen mischen, hört nur das Publikum in der Galerie – es sind die kleinen Geschichten in einer komplizierten Welt, mal unbemerkt, mal skurril, intim und komisch.
Während das Publikum die Schleifmühlgasse im Blick hat, werden die Szenen durch die Schnitte im Sound definiert. Es mischen sich Geräusche, wie das Anzünden einer Zigarette mit dem Kaugummischmatzen eines kleinen Jungen und den Stimmen eines streitenden Paares.
So wandert der Blick von Figur zu Figur - vom angrenzenden Café, ins vorbeifahrende Auto, bis zu dem Fenster auf der anderen Straßenseite. Unsere Figuren sind Suchende. In ihrer Suche sind sie alle gleich. Sie straucheln durch ihr bedeutungssüchtiges Leben, in diesem Augenblick ihres Daseins, in dem wir sie beobachten dürfen.
Musikalisch begleitet wird die Produktion von Roman Gessler, Florentin Scheicher und Florian Röthel, auch bekannt aus der Wiener Band Buntspecht.
mit Julian Binder, Rudi Froech, Roman Gessler, Vasilisa Grebenshchikova, Werner Jakits, Zoe Kaja Kursawe, Leander Leutzendorff, Lili Maritta Malmberg, Victoria Nikolaevskaja, Florian Röthel, Philipp Pess, Henrietta Rauth, Florentin Scheicher, Hermine Schwaisst
Sound und Live-Mischung
Max Szakaly, Ferdinand Doblhammer
Szenenbild
Philipp Pess
︎ felixmaria.com
03
limbs & tools
27.04.2023–11.05.2023
Eva Balayan ︎Margareta Klose︎Studio Matchka ︎ Péter Várnai
Photos by Tina Kult
The exhibition limbs & tools @discotec invites you to ponder about fluid bodies accumulating and acclimating in
pluralities according to their technical environments: the fluid as liquid, the fluidum as medium & message and habitat that shapes bodies and swarms.
the fluid border between one and two
one fluid becoming two becomin gone
where do you begin where I end within you
we are inside out of each other
streaming liquids of interplay accumulating in iridescent light
our fluid as image , the fluidum as message
we are surface
(Margareta Klose, fluid poem)
︎ evabalayan.com
︎ kojeklose.com
︎ peter.varnai_animations.com
02
Broth
Bucket
09.03.2023–01.04.2023
Philipp Pess ︎
Photos by Tina Kult & Anton Kvitchuk
Philipp Pess is breaking boundaries between Performance, Mixed Media Installation and Set Design. With Broth Bucket, Pess takes us on a culinary journey through dantesque landscapes. Inspired by the taste of fried floppy disks, NFT´s
and 4D polygons, he succeeds in suffocating the longing for a peaceful world in the delusion of self-optimization.
The success of Pess’ Broth Bucket has attracted internationally acclaimed food bloggers, filmmakers and a significant fan crowd. So don't be disturbed by camera crews and masked Pess’ supporters while eating, on what will surely become an unforgettable evening at the Broth Bucket. Bon Appetit! Savoir vivre at discotec! 10/10
special contribution: Leon Höllhumer
︎ philipppess.com
01
The
Good
Place
26.01.2023–22.02.2023
Kiss Balázs Ágoston ︎Zsolt István Enyedi ︎ Andrea Mikyska MIU ︎ Lani Kotz ︎ Ulla Rauter ︎
Photos by Tina Kult
The Invitiation ︎
The first exhibition at discotec features a selection of works by Austrian and international artists - a gateway environment, populated by objects that merge into one another, finding themselves in ambiguous, transitory situationsAll of them exist in time; some are permanent, others ephemeral, but all are characterized by a shifting provisional state.
“In the eyes of many human beings, life appears to be a unique and special phenomenon. There is, of course, some truth to this belief, since no other planet is known to bear a rich and complex biosphere. However, this view betrays an “organic chauvinism” that leads to underestimate the vitality of the processes of self-organization in other spheres of reality. It can also make us forget that, despite the many differences between them, living creatures and their inorganic counterparts share a crucial dependence on intense flows of energy and materials. In many respects the circulation is what matters, not the particular forms that it causes to emerge.”
[excerpt from “A thousand years of nonlinear history”, by Manuel DeLanda]
︎ agostonbalazs.com
︎ behance.net/zsoltenyedi
︎ andreamikyska.com
︎ sdfghhh.exe
︎ ullarauter.com
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