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GRAF + ZYX is an artist group from Vienna and was founded in 1980 by Inge Graf and Walter Zyx . Both live and work as freelance artists in Vienna and Lower Austria. The work of GRAF + ZYX can be classified in the category of project and media art .

biography

Inge Graf (* 1949 in Vienna ) trained at the Institute for Home Education, which she graduated with a diploma. She then studied political science and journalism at the University of Vienna and since 1977 photography and film. From 1980 to 1985 she was in the master class of Oswald Oberhuber at the University of Applied Arts Vienna . In 1985 she graduated with a Mag. Art. from.

Walter Zyx (birth name Eberl, * 1950 in Vienna ) completed his training in classical violin in Vienna. He took Indian music at the Instituto Canneti in Vicenza (Italy) and was trained at the Dilruba with Acharya Manfred Heinrich Junius. He studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Vienna and has been involved in electronic music , music production and experimental video since 1980 .

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activities

In 1982 the artists were founding members of “Tanztheater Wien” (dance company) and one year later they founded the label “Museum of Private Arts” (MoPA). Together with Andrea Dee, Eveline Egerer, Susanne Korab, Daniel Sandner, Carlo Hufnagl and the media theorist Alfred Smudits, in 1984 they founded the association for the promotion of media self-representation of artists, »Kunst Schwer« . In 1985 they became members of the Vienna Secession Artists' Association and from 1987 to 2000 they were represented on the board of the Secession. Together with Jana Wisniewski (artist and art journalist) and Josef Wais (artist and designer) they founded the »Stilbruch Ag« (working group for contemporary design) in 1987 . They also called the "Transmitter-X.org" (web space for interdisciplinary art projects, 2004), the "IX-O.com" (web space for anonymous art projects, 2006) and the ": (KV-N)" (association for funding contemporary interdisciplinary / multimedia art in practice and theory in virtual and real space, 2007) into life.

GRAF + ZYX published criticism of NetzNetz , the former funding model for network culture of the City of Vienna, in the form of a Dadaist multimedia website.

Projects (selection)

Performing and exhibiting

  • Since 1980 exclusively joint project and exhibition activities under "GRAF + ZYX: Media-Synthetic Programs" in the areas of video and computer art, web and database design and programming, video sculpture, music and furniture objects.

Curatorial projects

  • 1987: Young Scene Vienna '87. Multimedia art. Curating the exhibition and designing the exhibition and documentation on behalf of the Executive Board (President Edelbert Köb) of the Vienna Secession | Vienna (catalog + video documentation) Internet project 2006
  • 1989: Heart of Europe. Infermental 9, Vienna 1989. Curation, overall design and production of the 5-hour video edition together with Ilse Gassinger. Supervision Chris Hill | International (catalog + video documentation). Premiere 2/89 · 39th Berlin International Film Festival 1989 · 19th International Forum for Young Films | Berlin
  • 2005: Nomads of Time. Echoes of the past. Media art from Austria 1979–1990. Idea, curation, design, production. Internet project and DVD-R edition. Transmitter-X.org (ed.), Presentation in the Vienna Secession
  • 2007: 1.X-tended. About people, machines, avatars and other interesting arithmetic operations. Idea, curation, design, production. Exhibition in the Stadtkeller and in the Egon Schiele Museum Neulengbach | Lower Austria, internet project and DVD-R edition
  • 2008: 2.X-tended. vXs: (KV-N) 08. ExperimentalVideoSoundContest. Rhiz | Vienna. Idea, design, contest, internet project

Art in architecture (electronic spaces)

  • 1986: ORF-Videonale '86. Overall design (broadcast Studio 1 Vienna, opening of the Linz regional studio, TV spot and music) on behalf of ORF , 3-Sat
  • 1991: space construction. Music-controlled laser object - art in construction in the satellite of the innovation center of Emco Maier Ges.mbH

Corporate design, logo development

  • 1992 Kunsthalle Wien - logo, lettering (KUNSTHALLEwien), printed matter (-1996). Client: Director Toni Stoss
  • 1995 WFF Wiener Filmfinanzierungsfonds - logo, lettering, types of printing, logo for the film trailer. Client: Wolfgang Ainberger
  • 1996 KUNSTHALLEwien - redesign of all types of printing. Client: Director Gerald Matt
  • 2002 FFW Filmfonds Wien - Logo, lettering, print types, permanent logo for the film trailer (Blizz Frizz). Client: Peter Zawrel

Publications

Vinyl, CDs, DVDs, videos (selection)

  • 1981: Trust No Woman, LP: OK 76.23561: 00:39:55 - composition, instruments, voices, production and © ZYX. Cover and inlay: InFra. Order: RCA Musica
  • 2007: Trust no Woman plus: Audio CD Sound Gallery [gg84] - (77-84) Composition, instruments, voices, production © GRAF + ZYX. Overall design: GRAF + ZYX. Commission: Klanggalerie, Vienna
  • 2007: Early Recordings 77–83: LP Vinyl-On-Demand [VOD42] - composition, instruments, voices, production and © GRAF + ZYX. Cover design: Joachim Jalowy / dreiraum. Photos: GRAF + ZYX. Client: Vinyl-On-Demand
  • 2009: When Darkness comes and other obscure dialogues with the world: DVD-R (19 music videos, duration 1:03:34) - video, music and overall design: GRAF + ZYX. MoPA

Netzkunst - Net Art (selection)

Virtual publications (selection)

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Television, cinema (selection)

  • 1982: Austria newsreel. Portrait for the LP Trust No Woman. Walter Knofel, Austria newsreel
  • 1985: feats. Museum of Private Arts, Vol. 7. Video-music program 00:45:00. Moderation Dieter Moor, ORF television, 3sat | Vienna
  • 1990: Artist Lexicon. Portrait GRAF + ZYX. Traude Hansen, Harald Sterk. ORF television, 3sat | Vienna
  • 1991: Herbert Link, video catalog GRAF + ZYX. Art can. (Ed.) Cultural Department of the City of Vienna | Vienna

Print and web media (selection)

Web links (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cultural awards of the state of Lower Austria 2016 presented . OTS notification dated November 5, 2016, accessed November 13, 2016
  2. ↑ GRAF + ZYX: Netznetz (on: Transmitter X).