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Peter Weibel (; born 5 March 1944 in
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) is an internationally known Austrian
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artist, curator and new media theoretician. He started out in 1964 as a visual poet but soon jumped from the page to the screen within the sense of
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methodology. Thanks to this linguistic input into his visual media works, Weibel developed a critical impulse that turned against society and the media, while investigating
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and other
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forms. Since 1999 he has been director of the
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Biography

Raised in Upper Austria he started to study
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and
cinematography Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens to focu ...
in Paris. In 1964 he began to study
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in Vienna, but changed soon to
mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
, with an emphasis on
logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from prem ...
. Peter Weibel’s oeuvre belong in the following categories:
conceptual art Conceptual art, also referred to as conceptualism, is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns. Some works of conceptual art, sometimes called ins ...
,
performance A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Management science In the work place ...
,
experimental film Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, parti ...
,
video art Video art is an art form which relies on using video technology as a visual and audio medium. Video art emerged during the late 1960s as new consumer video technology such as video tape recorders became available outside corporate broadcasting ...
and
computer art Computer art is any art in which computers play a role in production or display of the artwork. Such art can be an image, sound, animation, video, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, video game, website, algorithm, performance or gallery installation. Many tradit ...
. Starting in 1965 from
semiotic Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the systematic study of sign processes ( semiosis) and meaning making. Semiosis is any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, where a sign is defined as anything that communicates something ...
and
linguistic Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
reflections (
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, Jakobson, Peirce,
Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is consi ...
), Peter Weibel developed an artistic language, which led him from experimental literature to
performance A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Management science In the work place ...
. In his performative actions, he has explored not only the "media" language and body, but also
film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmospher ...
,
video Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) sy ...
,
television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...
,
audiotape An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its presen ...
and
interactive Across the many fields concerned with interactivity, including information science, computer science, human-computer interaction, communication, and industrial design, there is little agreement over the meaning of the term "interactivity", but mo ...
electronic environments. Critically he analyzed their function for the construction of reality. Besides taking part in happenings with members of the Vienna Actionism, he developed from 1967 (together with
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, Ernst Schmidt Jr. and Hans Scheugl) an "expanded cinema" inspired by the American
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and reflects the ideological and technological conditions of cinematic representation. Weibel elaborated on these reflections, from 1969, in his video tapes and installations. With his television action "tv und vt works", which was broadcast by the Austrian Television ( ORF) in 1972, he transcended the borders of the gallery space and queried video technology in its application as a
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. In 1966 he was with
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,
Otto Muehl Otto Muehl (16 June 1925 – 26 May 2013) was an Austrian artist, who was known as one of the co-founders as well as a main participant of Viennese Actionism and for founding the Friedrichshof Commune. In 1943, Muehl had to serve in the German ...
,
Wolf Vostell Wolf Vostell (14 October 1932 – 3 April 1998) was a German painter and sculptor, considered one of the early adopters of video art and installation art and pioneer of Happenings and Fluxus. Techniques such as blurring and Dé-coll/age are ...
,
Hermann Nitsch Hermann Nitsch (29 August 1938 – 18 April 2022) was an Austrian contemporary artist and composer. His art encompassed wide-scale performances incorporating theater, multimedia, rituals and acted violence. He was a leading figure of Viennese Ac ...
and others a participant of the Destruction in Art Symposium (''DIAS'') in London. Peter Weibel followed his artistic aims using a large variety of materials, forms and techniques: text, sculpture, installation, film and video. In 1978 he turned to music. Together with Loys Egg, he founded the band "Hotel Morphila Orchester" (orchestra). In the mid-1980s, he explored the possibilities of
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-aided video processing. Beginning of the 1990s he realized interactive computer-based installations. Here again he addressed the relation between media and the construction of reality. In his lectures and articles, Weibel commented on
contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic ...
, media history,
media theory Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but most ...
, film, video art and
philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. ...
. As theoretician and curator, he pleaded for a form of art and art history that includes
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and
history of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. Science's earliest roots can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Meso ...
. In his function as a university professor and director of institutions like the
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(in Linz, Austria), the Institute for New Media in
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and the ZKM | Center for Art and Media
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, he influenced the European Scene of the so-called
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through conferences, exhibitions and publications. In early May 2022, during the
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, Weibel advocated for parts of Ukraine, then under
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russian control, and
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to be internationally recognized to allow Ukraine to reach some sort of agreement with the
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Research and teaching

From 1976, Peter Weibel taught at numerous universities, among others at the '' Universität für Angewandte Kunst'' in
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, the
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in
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, Canada, and the ''Gesamthochschule Kassel''. In 1984 he was appointed to teach for five years as Associate Professor for Video and Digital Arts at the Center for Media Study at the
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in
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. The same year, 1984 he became Professor for visual media at the ''Universität für Angewandte Kunst'' in
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. In 1989 he was assigned to set up the Institute for New Media at the ''
Städelschule The Städelschule (), Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, is a tertiary school of art in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It accepts about 20 students each year from 500 applicants, and has a total of approximately 150 students of visual a ...
'' in Frankfurt, which he headed until 1994.


Curatorial activities

Since 1986 Weibel worked as artistic advisor for the
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, which he then headed from 1992 until 1995 as its artistic director. From 1993 to 1999, he curated the pavilion of
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on the
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. In the same period, from 1993 to 1999, he worked as chief curator at the ''Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum'' in
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, Austria. Since January 1999 Peter Weibel has been Chairman and CEO of the ZKM Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany. * 2021: ''Chiharu Shiota. Connected to Life'' (with
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), ZKM I Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2020: ''Critical Zones. Horizonte einer neuen Erdpolitik'' (with
Bruno Latour Bruno Latour (; 22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.Wheeler, Will. ''Bruno Latour: Documenting Human and Nonhuman Associations'' Critical Theory for Library and Information Science. Libraries ...
), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2019: ''Writing the History of the Future'' (with Margit Rosen), Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe * 2019: ''Seasons of Media Arts. Stadt der partizipativen Visionen'' (with Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás, Blanca Giménez, Olga Timurgalieva), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2019: ''Schlosslichtspiele'', ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2019: ''Open Codes. Leben in digitalen Welten'' (mit Blanca Giménez), Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz, Berlin * 2019: ''Negativer Raum. Skulptur und Installation im 20./21. Jahrhundert'' (with Anett Holzheid, Daria Mille), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2018: ''Schlosslichtspiele'', ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2018: ''Kunst in Bewegung. 100 Meisterwerke mit und durch Medien. Ein operationaler Kanon'' (with Siegfried Zielinski, Judith Bihr, Daria Mille), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2018: ''generator marx: kapital , digital'', ""generator. medienkunstlabor trier * 2018: ''DIA-LOGOS. Ramon Llull und die Kunst des Kombinierens'' (with Amador Vega, Siegfried Zielinski, Bettina Korintenberg), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2017/2018: ''The Art of Immersion'' (with
Richard Castelli Richard Castelli (born May 9, 1961) is a producer, artistic consultant and curator of numerous exhibitions associated with art, science, performance, or new technologies. 1980-2003: Producer, graphic designer and film director, Art Zoyd From 198 ...
and Dennis Del Favero), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2017: ''Schlosslichtspiele'', ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2017: ''Markus Lüpertz. Kunst, die im Wege steht'' (with Walter Smerling), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2017: ''Kunst in Europa 1945-1968. Die Zukunft im Blick. Art in Europe 1945-1968'', Staatliches Museum für Bildende Künste A. S. Puschkin, Moskau * 2017: ''Bodenlos - Vilém Flusser und die Künste'' (with Baruch Gottlieb, Pavel Vančát, Siegfried Zielinski), GAMU (Galerie AMU), Prag * 2016: ''William Kentridge: More Sweetly Play the Dance'', ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2016: ''Schlosslichtspiele'', ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2016: ''Liquid Identities - Lynn Hershman Leeson. Identitäten im 21. Jahrhundert'' (with Andreas Beitin), Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg * 2016: ''Kunst in Europa 1945-1968. Der Kontinent, den die EU nicht kennt'' (with Eckhart J. Gillen, Daria Mille, Daniel Bulatov), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2016: ''Digitale Wasserspiele'', ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2016: ''Bodenlos - Vilém Flusser und die Künste'' (with Baruch Gottlieb, Siegfried Zielinski), Akademie der Künste, Berlin * 2016: ''Bodenlos - Vilém Flusser und die Künste'' (with Baruch Gottlieb, Siegfried Zielinski), West, Den Haag * 2016: ''Beat Generation'' (with Jean-Jacques Lebel, Philippe-Alain Michaud), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2015: ''Transsolar + Tetsuo Kondo. Cloudscapes'', ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2015: ''Schlosslichtspiele'', ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2015: ''Ryoji Ikeda. micro , macro'', ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2015: ''Lichtsicht'', Projektions-Biennale, Bad Rothenfelde * 2015: ''Infosphäre'' (with Daria Mille, Giulia Bini), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2015: ''HA Schult: Action Blue'' (with Bernhard Serexhe), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2015: ''Exo-Evolution'' (with Sabiha Keyif, Philipp Ziegler, Giulia Bini), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2015: ''Die Stadt ist der Star - Kunst an der Baustelle''. ''Vom K-Punkt am Staatstheater bis zum Marktplatz'' (with Andreas Beitin), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2015: ''Lynn Hershman Leeson. Civic Radar'' (with Andreas Beitin), Deichtorhallen Hamburg in der Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg * 2015: ''Bodenlos - Vilém Flusser und die Künste'' (with Baruch Gottlieb, Siegfried Zielinski), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2014: ''Lynn Hershman Leeson. Civic Radar'' (with Andreas Beitin), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2011: ''The Global Contemporary Kunstwelten nach 1989'' (with Andrea Buddensieg), ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2011: ''Moderne: Selbstmord der Kunst? Im Spiegel der Sammlung der Neuen Galerie Graz'' (with Christa Steinle and Gudrun Danzer), Neue Galerie
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* 2011: ''Bruseum. Ein Museum für Günter Brus'' (with Anke Orgel), Neue Galerie Graz * 2011: ''Hans Hollein'' (with Günther Holler-Schuster), Neue Galerie Graz * 2011: ''Francesco Lo Savio – Tano Festa. The Lack of the Other'' (with Freddy Paul Grunert), ZKM Center for Art and Media * 2008: ''youniverse'', International Biennal of Contemporary Arts, Sevilla * 2005: ''Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht'' (with Gregor Jansen), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2005: ''Making Things Public'' (with
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), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2003: ''M_ARS: Kunst und Krieg'' (with Günther Holler-Schuster), Neue Galerie Graz * 2002: ''Future Cinema'' (with Jeffrey Shaw), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2002: ''Iconoclash'' (with
Bruno Latour Bruno Latour (; 22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.Wheeler, Will. ''Bruno Latour: Documenting Human and Nonhuman Associations'' Critical Theory for Library and Information Science. Libraries ...
), ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2000/2001: ''Olafur Eliasson: Surroundings surroanded'', Neue Galerie Graz and ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 2000: ''Net_condition'' (with Walter van der Crijusen, Johannes Goebel, Golo Foellmer, Hans-Peter Schwarz, Jeffrey Shaw, Benjamin Weill) ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 1999/2000: ''Der anagrammatische Körper'' Kunsthaus Muerz, Muerzzuschlag , Neue Galerie, Graz and ZKM , Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe * 1999: ''Open Practice'', 48th Biennale de Venise * 1998: ''Jenseits von Kunst'', MUHKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen; Neue Galerie, Graz; Ludwig-Museum, Budapest * 1996: ''Inklusion: Exklusion'', Steirischen Herbst 96, Graz * 1993: ''Kontext Kunst'', Neue Galerie Graz * 1991: ''Das Bild nach dem letzten Bild'' (with Kaspar König), Galerie Metropol, Vienna * 1990: ''Vom Verschwinden der Ferne'' (with Edith Decker), Postmuseum, Frankfurt am Main * 1987: ''Logokultur'', Universitaet fuer angewandte Kunst, Vienna * 1976: ''Österreichs Avantgarde 1908-38'' (with Oswald Oberhuber), Galerie naechst St. Stephan, Vienna


Decorations and awards

* 2002:
Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (german: Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the A ...
* 2009:
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (german: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Austrian national honours system. History The "Austrian D ...
* 2013: Honorary doctorate from
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* 2020:
Lovis Corinth Lovis Corinth (21 July 1858 – 17 July 1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism. Corinth studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin Sec ...
prize


Bibliography

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Axel Lapp Axel Lapp (born 1966 in Konstanz, West Germany) is a German curator, art historian and publisher, who is based in Memmingen. He is director of MEWO Kunsthalle as well as of Strigel- and Antoniter-Museum in Memmingen. From 2005 until 2013, h ...
, ''A Brief History of Curating New Media Art: Conversations with Curators'', Berlin: The Green Box, 2010: pp. 27–37. . * ''Car Culture—Medien der Mobilität''. (Ed.): Peter Weibel, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe 2011, . * * ''Beuys Brock Vostell. Aktion Demonstration Partizipation 1949–1983''. (Ed.): Peter Weibel, ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie,
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Bibliography

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Thomas Dreher: Peter Weibel - Polycontexturality in reactive installations/Polykontexturalität in reaktiver Medienkunst
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