Hofstetter Kurt
Hofstetter Kurt , also Kurt Hofstetter (born July 16, 1959 in Linz ), is an Austrian artist and composer. He lives and works in Vienna.
Artistic focus: concepts, computer, light and internet works, media art installations in public spaces, acousmatic music and sound works, experimental videos in collaboration with Barbara Doser (Parallel Media), prints, sculptures, irrational patterns.
Since 2002 he has published scientific publications in the field of geometry.
life and work
Concentrating on studying the music of the 1960s with Gary Danner led to an interest in composing music. In 1976 he wrote his first loop composition for two guitars, "Allee". At the same time he began to deal with abstraction in art and his fascination for theoretical mathematics, especially in dealing with infinity - surreal works (drawings, collages, ...).
The study of mathematics at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Innsbruck from 1978 to 1984 initiated his artistic engagement with projections of theoretical objects of virtual spaces (manifolds) into everyday reality and led to surreal photocopies and sculptures (e.g. exhibition "Frontal Copies") , Innsbruck Cafe Filou 1983).
His autodidactic study of electronic programming languages and development of software based on public data networks ( X.25 network) since 1984 resulted in the discovery of the artistic "network multimedium: Hofstetter Pendel Uhrwerk", which was patented by the Republic of Austria in 1993, patent no .: AT 396040 B received. His nature studies, which he conducted in parallel, culminated in a diploma thesis on an input-output model of plant growth in 1986.
Through irrational generalizations, Hofstetter Kurt recognized in 1990 "parallelism and cycle" as well as "inclusion" (!) - explosion in relation to time, light, space and everyday life as the central concept of his artistic work. He always develops his own and original basis to open up new and unknown.
He has been a freelance artist since 1990 and has been running a media art studio in Vienna since 1991.
In addition to national and international exhibitions of the “Hofstetter Pendel Clockwork”, he realized the first permanent computer art installation in public space “Planet of the commuters with the 3 time moons” at the Landstrasse Wien-Mitte underground and suburban train station in 1992/93 . In 1994 the second permanent computer art installation " A Moment of Time " followed at the Vienna South train station. These two works are considered pioneering achievements in permanent computer art in public space.
In 1994 he took part in the telephone concert “Mreza / Netz” and contributed significantly to the concept and the music.
Hofstetter Kurt has been developing Möbius sounds electronically since 1995 - these are sounds that sound identical when played forwards and backwards, a temporal counterpart to the spatial Möbius principle. In contrast to musical palindromes such as cancer, cancer canon , mirror canon etc., they take into account the reversal of the temporal course of sound. The exclusivity or the system of simultaneous playback of sounds forwards and backwards becomes a composition strategy. This results in independent musical works - such as B. the 4-movement cantata: ZART una cantata moebius / 2008.
Möbius compositions have been part of experimental abstract art videos since 1995, which are created in collaboration with Barbara Doser (since 1997 under Parallel Media) and which focus on the interlinking of moving images and sounds to form optoacoustic synaesthetic units. In doing so, principles of potential infinity are used (video feedback - pattern formation through the principle of feedback in the visuals, Möbius principle in music composition), which lead the recipient to the limits of perception in order to simultaneously open up freedom for imagination. Videos and video installations were presented at international festivals for film, video, new media and screenings in museums and galleries.
His artistic inclusion of public data networks - such as the X.25 network in the 1980s and the Internet in the 1990s - led to the project “moving moments” in 1995, which has been set up for participation in the Ars Electronica Linz www-residence server since 1996. The simultaneous continuous examination of parallelism and cycle resulted in the global project "Sunpendulum", which has been implemented since 1997. In 2006 Sunpendulum Inplusion, d. H. completed the installation of twelve Sunpendulum Time-Eyes in twelve time zones around the world.
In 1999, parallel to the realization process, he developed the "Xtense Imaging" method, which generates never-recurring moving images live. He works with images of the sky - around 31,536,000 per year - that are imported online from the twelve Sunpendulum Time-Eyes. Using a keying process , a digitally created static image with the light and what is happening in the sky is regenerated and set into static movement at the same time . The change takes place permanently live and is of infinite variation - not least due to the rotation of the earth or the continuous cycle of day parallel to night. This is how his media art works emerge:
- Complementary Light Pendulum, New Delhi Triennial 2005
- Twilight Pendulum, ZKM Karlsruhe 2006
- Spacing Time, MAK -CAT Flakturm Vienna 2007
- Circum C, Seville Biennial 2008
- Azzurro, collateral project Detournement, Venice Biennale 2009
- kissing moons, Galerie Konzett Vienna 2010
- fACING tIME, Vienna University of Technology 2011.
The realization of the Sunpendulum Explosion, in particular the planning of the Sunpendulum Station Phi , led to the artistic examination of elementary geometry. Since 2002, the simplest constructions of the golden ratio with compasses and rulers or with compasses alone have been created, which have been published as innovations in scientific peer-reviewed journals (see Scientific publications). In the artistic implementation, panel paintings such as Phi struct tiling, 2003 and sculptures such as NIC - nature is cool, 2003/2009 are created.
In 2007, his circular constructions also led him to the discovery of "inductive rotation" - a recursive method for generating infinite, aperiodic and asymmetric patterns. The iterative application of a simple recursion rule to a single part, the proto part, develops images of enormous complexity after just three iteration steps, which are already beyond the human imagination. The artistic implementation takes place in the form of printed works and sculptures up to sculptural facade structures of buildings.
Works
Permanent installations in public space
- 2013, fACING tIME, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstrasse 9–11 - Foyer, 1040 Vienna
- 2009, NIC - nature is cool, Langegasse - Laudongasse intersection, 1080 Vienna
- 1994–2009, Eine moment Zeit @ Südbahnhof Vienna and from 2009 to 2014 @ ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
- 1999-2006, Sunpendulum Time-Eyes:
- 2006, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of the Marshall Islands, College of the Marshall Islands - RMI, Majuro
- 2005, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Tokyo, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Tokyo
- 2004, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Kolkata, Jadavpur University Kolkata, Kolkata
- 2003, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
- 2002, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Dubai, Zayed University Dubai - United Arab Emirates, Dubai
- 2001, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of the Azores, Universidade dos Acores - Portugal, Angra do Heroismo
- 2000, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Ensenada, Universidad de Baja California - Mexico, Ensenada
- 2000, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of New Orleans, University of New Orleans, New Orleans
- 2000, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Cairo, Ain Shams University Cairo, Cairo
- 1999, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Granada, Universidad de Granada - Spain, Granada
- 1999, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Bermuda, Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, Bermuda
- 1999, Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Hawaii, Maui High Performance Computing Center, Maui / Hawaii
- 1993, Planet of the Commuters with the 3 Time Moons, U- and S-Bahn station “Landstraße - Wien-Mitte”, Vienna
International media art projects (selection)
- since 1997 Sunpendulum
- 2004 c light pendula, www-client
- 2002 facing time eyes, www-client
- moving moments since 1995
- since 1996 www-residence - datapool of moments in cooperation with Ars Electronica Center Linz
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2015, BAUHAUS, Dessau-Roßlau | Künstlerhaus Vienna
- 2014, Sharjah Art Museum (solo), Sharjah - United Arab Emirates | DAK'ART OFF - Dakar Biennale, Senegal
- 2013, electric parade - Galerie Freihausgasse, Villach | St John's College Oxford, UK
- 2011, Universalmuseum Joanneum | KroArt Contemporary, Vienna
- 2010, Galerie Konzett, Vienna (solo); MAK - Museum for Applied Applied Sciences | Contemporary art, Vienna
- 2009, La Biennale di Venezia, Détournement Venise | ZKM - Media Museum Karlsruhe
- 2008, Seville Biennale, CAAC / Museum of Modern Art | Künstlerhaus Vienna | Musée d'art contemporain CAPC Bordeaux
- 2007, MAK-CAT Flakturm Arenbergpark Vienna | Forum Experimental Architecture - MQ Vienna | TENT Witte de With Museum, IFFR Rotterdam | Moscow Museum of Modern Art
- 2006, Kunsthaus Graz Media Art Laboratory | ZKM - Museum for Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe
- 2005, KIT - Future Design Institute, Tokyo (solo) | XI. Triennial India, New Delhi
- 2001, Medienwerkstatt Vienna
- 1999, Echoraum, Vienna (solo)
- 1996, Kunsthalle Wien | University of Klagenfurt | Zagreb Architecture Center
- 1992, House Wittgenstein Vienna | Palais Thurn & Taxis Bregenz
- 1990, Hanover Exhibition Center | Austria Center Vienna
- 1983, University of Innsbruck
Events (selection)
- 2015 On the Event Horizon of Order: Wolfgang Pauli Lecture @ ARTEMATICA 2015, Vienna
- 2015 Masterclass CHAOS & ORDER @ Punto Y Raya Academy, Madrid
- 2015 ELEOSONORE - Overture @ Carving the Sound Space - Vienna University of Technology, Kuppelsaal
- 2012 World premiere ZART - NOW - HERE @ ZKM Kubus, Karlsruhe
- 2011 CD book presentation ZART una cantata moebius, Kiesler Foundation Vienna
- 2008 World premiere of ZART una cantata moebius, Kiesler Foundation Vienna
- 2006 time no time - XXLux - Kunsthaus Graz media art laboratory
- 2001 Sunpendulum Half Time - MAK nite Vienna
- 1997 Luminers Call - Date 1 - European Cultural Month Ljubljana
- 1995 Changing Messages Parallel Crossover - TRANSIT / Kunstradio, ORF-Studio Innsbruck
- 1994 Mreza / Netz - a telephone concert - Stadt Raum Remise Vienna
Videography Parallel Media - aka Barbara Doser and Hofstetter Kurt (selection)
Performances in more than 40 countries / catalog publications
- 2011 nowhere, 32 min
- 2011 Ada, 7 min
- 2010 tender_B, 7 min
- 2007 dream'sdreams, 13 min
- 2006 ORDER-RE-ORDER, 7 min
- 2006 time no time, 60 min
- 2005 You breathe life into my bosom. Oleander, 10 min
- 2003 The Sunpendulum by Hofstetter Kurt, 15 min
- 2002 facing time. parallel in an orbit, 12:12 min
- 2001 runtime one, 4:40 min
- 1997 Luminers Call, 27:15 min
- 1995 crossover, 7:15 min
- 1993 Planet of the Commuters with the three time moons, 12:00 min
Acousmatic music compositions (selection)
- 2013 ELEOSONORE - Overture, 6:15 min
- 2011 nowhere, 34:12 min
- 2008 ZART - una cantata möbius, 34:12 min
- 2007 dream'sdreams, 13 min
- 2002 belgrade-cafke-moebius-memory-1, sarajevo-moebius-loops, for radiotopia Ars Electronica 2002
- 1997 Luminers call, 27:15 min
- 1995 crossover, 7:15 min
- 1995 frame: sound "frame 04199401.0-4, project alpha", 80 min, together with Norbert Math
- 1994 'message to belgrade', 2:16 min
- 1991 'planet of time', 1 min
- 1989 'Concert for coat hooks', 6:08 min
- 1987 'yumacowimi', 1 min
- 1976 'Allee - base cut' - composition for two guitars
Scientific publications
Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics ISSN 0081-5438 :
- 2015, D. Frettlöh, K. Hofstetter: Inductive Rotation Tilings, Vol. 288, pp. 247-258. doi: 10.1134 / S0081543815010198
- 2008, A simple compass-only construction of the regular pentagon
- 2008, A simple ruler and rusty compass construction of the regular pentagon
- 2006, A 4-step construction of the golden ratio
- 2005, Division of a Segment in the Golden Section with Ruler and Rusty Compass
- 2004, Another 5-step Division of a Segment in the Golden Section
- 2003, A 5-step Division of a Segment in the Golden Section
- 2002, A simple construction of the Golden Section
- 2006, An Efficient Construction Of The Golden Section
Awards / patent
- 2015, Outstanding Artist Award | Interdisciplinarity - State Prize of the Republic of Austria for the project At the Event Horizon of Order - New Irrational Patterns
- 1996, Brunel Award Commendation - Copenhagen - International award for the installation Planet of the Commuters with the three time moons
- 1993, patent of the Republic of Austria for the "Hofstetter Pendulum Clockwork". Patent No .: AT 396040 B
Book projects
- 2011, CD book: Hofstetter Kurt, ZART una cantata moebius, Hg: Kiesler Foundation Vienna, Verein Zwei Kongruent Null, Ed: Verlag TRITON ISBN 978-84-938482-0-0
- 2006, DVD book: time no time, 60 min, Hg: Verein Zwei Kongruent Null (ed.).
- 2004, just a moment - parallax. Ed: Verein Zwei Kongruent Null, Ed: Verlag Edition Selene Wien ISBN 3-85266-262-1
Symposia / workshops / lectures
since 1999 lectures on the subjects of 'Method-Perception-Vision', Sunpendulum - project, Art in public space, moebius in terms of time & sound, moving moments in Vienna, Tokyo, Dubai, New Orleans etc. a.
Press
- APA - Austria Press Agency: "Eyes" at the Südbahnhof come to the ZKM . In: Der Standard online , March 9, 2009
- Vienna: Landmark of the Südbahnhof dismantled . In: Die Presse online , March 9, 2009
- Claudia Aigner: It's me: Rock'n'Roll . In: Wiener Zeitung online , February 18, 2009
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ avenue
- ↑ Hofstetter Pendulum
- ^ University of Innsbruck
- ↑ a b Planet of the Commuters with the 3 Time Moons. Wiener Linien, accessed on March 6, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Hofstetter Kurt: Just a moment. In: KÖR Art in Public Space Vienna. Retrieved March 5, 2017 (1994–2009).
- ↑ "The eyes" from Vienna's Südbahnhof are going on a journey ... press release. ÖBB-Holding AG, March 9, 2009.
- ↑ a b MREZA / net
- ↑ ZART una cantata moebius: ORF-Kunstradio TRITON Barcelona Viena Kiesler Foundation Vienna ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Zwei Kongruent Null (Hsg), Barbara Doser: Video-Feedback - Poesie der Lichtmuster, Vienna 2010. ISBN 978-3-200-01764-1
- ^ Ars Electronica Linz
- ↑ a b SUNPENDULUM
- ↑ a b SUNPENDULUM Inplusion
- ↑ cf. Wolf Günther Thiel, parallels and cycles in: Eikon # 64, Int. Journal for Photography and Media Art, Vienna, 2008
- ^ Triennale New Delhi: University of Innsbruck, Main Library Complementary Light Pendulum Calcutta-New Orleans
- ↑ Twilight Pendulum: ZKM exhibition - light art from artificial light Twilight Pendulum
- ↑ Spacing Time: artmagazine.cc Spacing Time
- ↑ Seville Biennial: Art Aspects Circum C
- ↑ Venice Biennale: Detournemont Venise ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Cultural Forum Milan ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AZZURRO
- ^ Exhibition at the Konzett Gallery: ORF aviso ( WMV ; 9.1 MB) artmagazine.cc I look up at the sky to ground myself Panorama View
- ↑ fACING tIME
- ^ Tilings pattern
- ↑ a b Art in Public Space, KÖR Vienna
- ^ Exhibition at Galerie Konzett
- ↑ The Cubic Sea - Cubic_C
- ↑ Elementarwelle: MAK exhibition ( Memento of the original of December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Fiber C ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ fACING tIME @ Vienna University of Technology - IT building
- ↑ c light pendula
- ↑ facing time eyes
- ↑ moving moments
- ^ Wolfgang Pauli Lecture - Künstlerhaus Vienna
- ↑ Punto Y Raya Academy ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Carving the Sound Space
- ↑ ZKM
- ↑ Performance of the Kiesler Foundation Vienna ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ZART premiere of the Kiesler Foundation Vienna ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Diagonale 2006
- ↑ MAK nite 2001
- ↑ Luminers Call
- ^ ORF Kunstradio
- ^ Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
- ^ A simple compass-only construction of the regular pentagon
- ↑ A simple ruler and rusty compass construction of the regular pentagon
- ↑ A 4-step construction of the golden ratio
- ^ Division of a Segment in the Golden Section with Ruler and Rusty Compass
- ^ Another 5-step Division of a Segment in the Golden Section
- ^ A 5-step Division of a Segment in the Golden Section
- ^ A simple construction of the Golden Section
- ↑ An Efficient Construction Of The Golden Section
- ↑ Kiesler Foundation Vienna ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ University of Innsbruck, main library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofstetter Kurt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hofstetter, Kurt (real name); Kurt, Hofstetter (wrong name form) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |