Johannes Domsich

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Johannes Domsich (born August 5, 1960 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian media scientist , art historian , cultural scientist , author and entrepreneur .

Life

Johannes Domsich graduated from the technical school for graphic design at the technical college in Linz with the training areas advertising graphics, original graphics, printmaking, photography and then graduated in 1982 at the evening grammar school Spittelwiese in Linz. He then studied journalism and communication studies and art history at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate at the University of Applied Arts Vienna on the subject of "Visualization as a cultural deficit?" In 2007 Domsich completed his habilitation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the field of cultural history and new media.

Domsich worked from 1990 to 1996 as a contract and research assistant at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna. Since then he has given lectures at the Institute for Theater Studies, at the University of Applied Arts, at the Mozarteum Salzburg, Department of Stage and Costume Design, Film and Exhibition Architecture, at the International Center For Culture & Management (ICCM), the center for visual studies at Danube University Krems , at the Filmkolleg Wien, the Theresianische Military Academy Wiener Neustadt, at the FHWien , degree course Communication Management, at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg , department head of media studies, where he was responsible for the course management of the university degree course MultiMediaArt between 1998 and 2001.

Domsich was awarded the university professorship in 2000 by the Austrian University of Applied Sciences Conference, in recognition of special achievements in the field of the Austrian university of applied sciences sector.

Domsich's academic focus is on cultural and art history, iconography , aesthetics , media morphology and opinion research .

In addition to his academic career, Domsich worked as a costume designer and artistic advisor for the Vienna State Opera (1984), for the Tanztheater Wien, Liz King (1988), the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf (1990), the Deutsche Oper Duisburg (1991), Arnhem, Introdanse (1991), Deutsche Oper Dresden (1991), Zurich Opera House (1991) and the Basel Theater (1991/1992).

Between 1998 and 2002 Domsich worked as a freelance creative director for the GGK advertising agency in Vienna, Lowe Lintas, and as a freelance strategy consultant for FCB Vienna. In parallel to his academic and university work, Domsich was a member of the following commissions (selection): Jury of the state and sponsorship award, Prix MultiMediaAustria 2000, cultural awards of the state of Lower Austria for the area of ​​"media art" 2006, image competition, Vienna Biocenter, dialog <> gentechnik 2009.

Domsich has been researching quantitative and qualitative market and opinion research on the Internet since 2002, where he uses unique methods to observe the course of opinion, create trend and tendency analyzes and attention cycles.

As an entrepreneur, Domsich has been a partner and managing director of the D&S consulting agency since 2003; The focus is on communication strategies, communication consulting, content creation and management, market and opinion research.

Publications

Monographs

  • Visualization - a cultural deficit? The conflict between language, writing and images. Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-205-05406-7 .
  • Metaphor communication. Springer Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-21189115-5 .
  • Ver Icon. Painting of the north. Dachbuch Verlag, in cooperation with the KHM Wien, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-90326303-1 . (German English)
  • Ver Icon. Painting of the south. Dachbuch Verlag, in cooperation with the KHM Vienna, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3903263147 . (German English)

Essays, specialist publications (selection)

  • A picture is worth a thousand words. Autonomous media, interactive media, media conglomerates. Otto Neurath's ISOTYPE or the question of the possibility of non-aggressive media cooperation. In: Society for Semiotics, Semiotic Reports, Interdisciplinary Linguistics , Volume 14, 1, 2/1990.
  • Visual surfaces: design features, surface design, surface ritual. In: Society for Semiotics, Semiotic Reports, Linguistics Interdisciplinary, Vol. 15, 1/1991.
  • remake - remodel. In: Ars Electronica 1993. Genetic Art - Artificial Life. Genetic Art - Artificial Life. Edited by Karl Gerbel and Peter Weibl. Vienna 1993. (German / English)
  • Frames Windows and Tools as the Haptic Connection Between Man and Machine. EBU European Broadcasting Union, Brussels / Geneva 1993.
  • The medium is the medium. L 'idée vient en parlant. In: Robert Jelinek: Company diary. Vienna 1993.
  • Education through images. The educational tool ISOTYPE, International System of Typographic Education. In: signs, traces, images. Edited by Wolfgang Bandhauer, Gloria Withalm, Jeff Bernard. Series of passages politics. Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 1993.
  • On board a ship on the open sea. Otto Neurath, ISOTYPE, image systems and diagrams. In: Journal of Semiotics. Ed. V. Roland Posner. Focus on Otto Neurath. Ed. V. Friedrich Stadler. Stauffenburg Verlag, Tübingen 1993/1994.
  • Visualization. In: Brockhaus Encyclopedia. On behalf of the natural sciences and humanities editorial team. Bibliographical Institute and FA Brockhaus AG. 19th edition, Millennium Edition, Volume 23, 1994.
  • How it could be. Between pictures. Between spaces. Copy-graphic and electro-graphic works by Austrian artists. Edited by Peter Assmann, Landesmuseum Linz. Catalog and special issue. Econ. May, 1994.
  • Spiegel, the media laughter cabinet. Edited by P. Assmann, Landesmuseum Linz. Catalog exhibition Kubinprojekt, FictionNonFiction. May 1995.
  • Contained. On the work of Just Merrit, Rear View to Reality as part of Ars Electronica. Catalog. 1996.
  • Public Space Psychology. Test images 1000 posters 1996. On work by Otto Mittmannsgruber and Martin Strauss. Artistic poster project, Vienna, 1996.
  • Biological reflexes. The unconscious public. About the work of Just Merrit, Flash Factor, Human Information Machine within the framework of Ars Electronica. Catalog. 1997.
  • Digitality versus materiality? Examples of Austrian designs. Thomas Redl, Gerold Thaler (ed.), University of Artistic and Industrial Design Linz, Design Transfer Center. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2001.
  • Media art in Lower Austria. A cultural history from 1861 to the present day. In Volume 2: Lower Austria and the Arts. Edited by Manfred Wagner. 2005, ISBN 3-205-77218-0
  • Che bella figura. How the new shimmers through the old. About the effect and function of political posters. Together with Christian Moser-Sollmann. Political Yearbook 2004.
  • Key terms and concepts of democracy. Edited by Christian Moser-Sollmann. Aesthetic Concepts of Democracies. Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna 2009.

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DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1960
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