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===== Wolfgang Spahn ===== | ===== Wolfgang Spahn ===== | ||
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- | Wolfgang Spahn is an Austrian-German visual artist based in Berlin. His work includes interactive installations, | + | Wolfgang Spahn is an Austrian-German visual artist based in Berlin. His work includes interactive installations, |
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For his creations he explores the abilities of hardware, constantly pushing its limitations in order to make it serve his artistic concept. Recently he developed analogue synthesizers as well as analogue computers and analog neuron networks and uses them to create abstract light-and-sound-sculptures. | For his creations he explores the abilities of hardware, constantly pushing its limitations in order to make it serve his artistic concept. Recently he developed analogue synthesizers as well as analogue computers and analog neuron networks and uses them to create abstract light-and-sound-sculptures. | ||
- | Spahn teaches at the Professional Association of Visual Artists in Berlin (BBK-Berlin) and is associated lecturer at the Hof University of Applied Sciences. He was lecturer at the Berlin | + | Spahn is associated lecturer at the University of the Arts, Sound Studies |
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Spahn presented his work in national and international exhibitions.And he was also exhibiting at international Festivals of Media Art.\\ | Spahn presented his work in national and international exhibitions.And he was also exhibiting at international Festivals of Media Art.\\ | ||
- | <hidden **Selection of Exhibitions: | + | <hidden **- Solo Exhibitions**> |
+ | 2019 “Self-Similar and Strange” Art Claims Impulse, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2018 „Maailmankaikkeus“ (with Antti Pussinen and Dominik Eggerman) Diskurs Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2018 " | ||
+ | 2018 " | ||
+ | 2013 “Directions“ IWALEWAHAUS, | ||
+ | 2011 “Analog_ien“ Galerie Durynek und Kammler, Eichstätt, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2009 “Asymmetische Systeme II: Eis Sprung” Galerie Ardes, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2005 "Klima - Wandler ...und wo sind die Myzelien” Galerie 35, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2003 " | ||
+ | 2002 "Wir bau´n uns einen Führerbunker“, | ||
+ | 2001 " | ||
+ | 2000 " | ||
+ | 1998 " | ||
+ | 1996 „Wechselstrombildung“, | ||
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+ | <hidden **- Group Exhibitions (Selection)**> | ||
2019 "KB19 - The Second Karachi Biennale" | 2019 "KB19 - The Second Karachi Biennale" | ||
- | 2017 “Feedback #4: Marshall McLuhan and the Art” College for Creative Studies, Detroit, USA and University of Windsor, Canada\\ | + | 2019 "Open Labs" Science Gallery Dublin, Irland\\ |
+ | 2019 “Feedback #4: Marshall McLuhan and the Art” College for Creative Studies, Detroit, USA and University of Windsor, Canada\\ | ||
+ | 2018-19 Marler Medienkunst-Preis, | ||
+ | 2018 "More than Human" Museum Kesselhaus, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
2017 Karachi Biennale 17, Pakistan\\ | 2017 Karachi Biennale 17, Pakistan\\ | ||
2017 Bienal de Artes Mediales, Santiago de Chile, Chile\\ | 2017 Bienal de Artes Mediales, Santiago de Chile, Chile\\ | ||
2017 “Feedback #1: Marshall McLuhan and the Art” West Den Haag, Netherland\\ | 2017 “Feedback #1: Marshall McLuhan and the Art” West Den Haag, Netherland\\ | ||
2017 " | 2017 " | ||
- | 2017 "Remix Wagner" | + | 2017 "Remix Wagner" |
- | 2017 " | + | 2017 " |
2016 “T2F” Karachi, Pakistan\\ | 2016 “T2F” Karachi, Pakistan\\ | ||
2016 “Venkatappa Gallery” Bangalore, India\\ | 2016 “Venkatappa Gallery” Bangalore, India\\ | ||
2016 „Montag Modus“ Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin, Germany\\ | 2016 „Montag Modus“ Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
- | 2015 " | + | 2015-16 " |
2015 " | 2015 " | ||
+ | 2014 “Dangerous“ Spreeviera Galerie, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2013 “LAC“ ESC, Graz, Austria\\ | ||
+ | 2012 “Crash of Test“ Westwerk, Hamburg, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2012 “B E A U T I F U L !“ Private View, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2010 “The Year We make Contakt - Media Scape Zagreb 2010“ Croatian Association of Artistsm, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia\\ | ||
2010 10th Biennial of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovac, Republic of Serbia\\ | 2010 10th Biennial of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovac, Republic of Serbia\\ | ||
- | 2010 "Media-Scape" | + | 2010 "Kunstraum Mausoleum" |
- | 2005 International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery | + | 2010 “ubiquitous oscillations” General Public, Berlin, Germany\\ |
+ | 2009 “Born Digital” Toonkammer, Utrecht, Netherland\\ | ||
+ | 2009 “Licht und Schatten” Schloss Rheinsberg, Rheinsberg, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2009 "The Art of the Overhead" | ||
+ | 2008 “Between Fiction and Fact“ Galerie der Künste, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2007 “Am Rande“ Ausstellungszentrum Hellersdorf, | ||
+ | 2006 “Figures of Motion”, Schloss Plüschow, Schwerin, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2005 International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery | ||
+ | 2004 “Politische Ästhetik” Takt Kunstraum, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
2003 "Cmimi - Muslim Mulliqi Prize" The Kosovo Art Gallery in Pristina, Republic of Kosovo \\ | 2003 "Cmimi - Muslim Mulliqi Prize" The Kosovo Art Gallery in Pristina, Republic of Kosovo \\ | ||
2002 "Arte in Contemporanea" | 2002 "Arte in Contemporanea" | ||
+ | 2002 “Reservois VI“, Wasserspeicher Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
2002 " | 2002 " | ||
+ | 2001 “Junge Kunst 2”, Löwenpalais Stiftung Starke, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
2000 "Arti Visive 3" Genua, Italy\\ | 2000 "Arti Visive 3" Genua, Italy\\ | ||
+ | 1999 “Beyond Art“, | ||
+ | 1999 “Expression of Youth“, Urbino, Italy\\ | ||
+ | 1999 “Imaginäres Gestern”, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 1998 “Licht, Ton und Grafik“ Städtische Galerie Riesa, Riesa, Germany\\ | ||
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- | <hidden **Selection of Media Art Festivals: | + | <hidden **- Media Art Festivals |
- | 2018 Marler Medienkunst-Preis, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany\\ | + | 2018 PIKSEL18, Bergen, Norway\\ |
+ | 2018 " | ||
2017 EMAF - European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany\\ | 2017 EMAF - European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany\\ | ||
- | 2016 “Shiny Toys” Mühlheim, Germany\\ | + | 2016 Shiny Toys, Mühlheim, Germany\\ |
+ | 2016 AMRO 16 Linz, Austria\\ | ||
2015 PIKSEL15, Bergen, Norway\\ | 2015 PIKSEL15, Bergen, Norway\\ | ||
2015 B-Seite, Mannheim, Germany\\ | 2015 B-Seite, Mannheim, Germany\\ | ||
- | 2014 Transmediale12, Berlin, Germany\\ | + | 2014 Transmediale14, Berlin, Germany\\ |
- | 2012 Transmediale12, Berlin, Germany\\ | + | 2014 AMRO 14, Linz Austria\\ |
+ | 2012 Transmediale 2k+12, Berlin, Germany\\ | ||
+ | 2011 Pixxelpoint, | ||
2009 PIXEL09, Bergen, Norway\\ | 2009 PIXEL09, Bergen, Norway\\ | ||
- | 2009 "The Art of the Overhead" | + | 2009 "Tiefklang" Internationales Klangkunstfest, |
- | 2009 Internationales Klangkunstfest, | + | 2008 "farb_laut" Internationales Klangkunstfest, |
- | 2008 "Farblaut" Internationales Klangkunstfest, | + | 2007 Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany\\ |
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2015 “Southern Cross, Remediation” IwalewaHaus Bayreuth, Germany\\ | 2015 “Southern Cross, Remediation” IwalewaHaus Bayreuth, Germany\\ | ||
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- | He was resident at:\\ | + | <hidden **- Residencies:**> |
- | BangaloREsidency - Srishti Institute of Art, Bangalore 2017\\ | + | 2018 Maggelan 2020, Punta Arenas, Chile\\ |
- | Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen | + | 2017-18 |
- | Maggelan 2020, Punta Arenas, Chile 2018\\ | + | 2016 BangaloREsidency - Srishti Institute of Art, Bangalore, India\\ |
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+ | <hidden **- Publications**> | ||
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- | ==== About ==== | + | <hidden **- Teaching (Selection)**> |
+ | 2019 "Sound and Pattern in Analog Neural Networks", | ||
+ | 2019 I, Machine, and Energy Harvesting (with Mindaugas Gapševičius), | ||
+ | 2019 "Zvuk i obrasci analognih neuronskih mreža – Neuro Pop", Radiona, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia\\ | ||
+ | 2019 " | ||
+ | 2019 " | ||
+ | 2018 "Sound Synthesis and MIDI with the Arduino" | ||
+ | 2018 "Pop Neuron - An Analog Artificial Neuron Network", | ||
+ | 2018 "Weird Signal Processing", | ||
+ | 2018 "Paper Bits - An Analog Modular Synthesizer", | ||
+ | 2018 "Pop Neuron Workshop" | ||
+ | 2018 " | ||
+ | 2018 "Paper Bits – A Modular Analog Synthesizer", | ||
+ | 2018 " | ||
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+ | 2017 "NEO PIXEL - paint with light" Karachin Biennale, Pakistan\\ | ||
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+ | 2016 "The Sound of the Electro-Magnetic Smog", Art Meets Radical Openness, Linz, Austria\\ | ||
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+ | 2011 " | ||
+ | 2010 "Mouse & Keyboard Hack - PIKSEL10, Bergen, Norway\\ | ||
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- | Article [[http:// | + | <hidden **- Lectures**> |
+ | 2019 "open ARTware in Karachi" | ||
+ | 2019 " | ||
+ | 2018 "Self Similar Structures", | ||
+ | 2018 " | ||
+ | 2017 " | ||
+ | Instituto de Informática, | ||
+ | 2016 " | ||
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+ | 2014 "Art Beyond Proprietary Hardware" | ||
+ | 2015 " | ||
+ | 2013 " | ||
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Wolfgang Spahn is a visual & sound artist based in Berlin. His work includes installations, performances of light & sound and miniature-slide-paintings. His art explores the field of analogue and digital media and focuses on both their contradiction and their correlation.
He is faculty member of the Sound Studies and Sonic Arts, Berlin University of the Arts.
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Here is most of the hard- and software the artist developed for his artwork.
DER NULLEFFEKT
PAPER-PCB
- Analog Computer
- Pop Neuron
- Paper-Duino
- Paper Synthesizer
- Paper Bits
- Raspberry Pi Hats
- VGA Synthesizer
- Sound Boards
ART COOPERATION
Except where otherwise noted.
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