Machfeld

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Machfeld

Machfeld is an Austrian artist duo. It was founded in 1999 by media artists Michael Mastrototaro and Sabine Maier in Vienna. Her fields of activity are photography, net art, short and experimental films , streaming projects, interactive installations, literature, online and offline performances and works for public spaces. MACHFELD has been running an interdisciplinary media art laboratory in Vienna since 2004. Projects, exhibitions and installations / screenings in Africa , Asia , Europe , Central America , North America and the USA .

Art Fairs (selection)

  • Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium (2014)
  • Paris Photo, Paris, France (2013)
  • Viennafair, Vienna, Austria (2012)
  • FOTOFEVER, Brussels, Belgium (2012)

Media Art Festivals (selection)

  • Regionale XII, Festival for Contemporary Art and Culture, Region Murau, Austria (2012)
  • X-Cape , Biennial Africa, Cape Town, South Africa (2007)
  • Freewaves 10th Biennial Film, Video & New Media Art Festival, Los Angeles, USA (2006)
  • VDANCE, International Video Dance Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel (2006)
  • Lausanne Time Film Festival 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland (2006)
  • VIPER, 25 International Film, Video & New Media Festival, Basel, Switzerland (2006)
  • Pixel Dance, Video Art Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece (2006)
  • bac 05! international festival of contemporary art / barcelona (2005)
  • WRO 05, 11th international Media Art Biennale Wrocław, Poland (2005)
  • Framemakers, Choreography as an Aesthetics of Change, Limerick, Ireland (2005)
  • 6th international ART + COMMUNICATION Festival, Riga, Latvia (2003)

Exhibitions / Screenings / Installations (selection)

  • Bus shelter for the future with Roger Eno , Chris Lohner , Rupert Huber, Hans-Joarchim Roedelius , Klaus Lang . Public space Baden near Vienna, Austria (2015)
  • Overlooks subdivisions, solo exhibition, gallery Raum mit Licht, Vienna, Austria (2013)
  • Ars magna lucis et umbrae, in collaboration with Norman T. White , Austria (2011)
  • X-Com, installation, Hong Kong Arts Center , Hong Kong, China (2009)
  • Press the Button, media art exhibition, Bagfactory, Johannesburg, South Africa (2009)
  • iGoli, contemporary art from and about South Africa, River Lower Austria Photo and Media Art Initiative, Wolkersdorf, Austria (2008)
  • LA Freewaves, 10th festival of new media arts: Too Much Freedom? Los Angeles, USA (2006)
  • Mostra de Vídeo Art Internacional d'Alcoi / Spain (10/06)
  • Museum of the Word Ocean, Kaliningrad / Russia (04/06)
  • Whitechapel Art Gallery , The Wormhole Saloon, London / UK (11/05)
  • Potency, the feminine, OHO . Oberwart (10/05)
  • short film festival kaiserstrasse
  • PROLOGUE, Cornerhouse - Manchester UK
  • OASE Festival, 09/05, Vienna, AT
  • FRAMEMAKERS, Limeric / Ireland,
  • “Coming out”, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt , AT
  • NEXT FESTIVAL, Cinema “Lietuva” - Vilnius / Lithuania
  • Independent Arts Festival, Academy of Fine Arts / Sint-Niklaas - Belgium
  • Diagonale 05, Festival of Austrian Films, Graz-Austria
  • Galeria Medium, Bratislava & Tanzquartier Wien
  • Kino Cafe / Bratislava, October 19, 2004, Bratislava / SK

Gallery representation

Jünger Gallery Vienna.

Prizes / awards

  • "Promotion Prize" for video and media art from the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture - Austria, 2008
  • "GATE III" , nomination for the best experimental video. International Film Festival, Dahlonega / Atlanta, USA.
  • "Writing Between Cultures 2002" , Best Lyric, Edition Exil, Vienna / A.
  • “Kupele Central” , Jury & Public Award, Wolke 7, Vienna / A. 2005

Lectures (selection)

  • "An evening with Machfeld" , Artist Talk, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound / CA. 2007
  • “On the Person in Second Life ” , lecture by Michael Mastrototaro as part of the Weinviertel Photo Weeks, Wolkersdorf Castle / A. 2007
  • “X-Com” , public lecture on media art at Cityvarsity Johannesburg by MACHFELD, Johannesburg / South Africa

literature

  • MACHFELD, cyber novel by Michael Mastrototaro, 1999 online

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FM4 Webtip, 2003 . fm4.orf.at. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bus shelter for the future", report, ORF Niederösterreich, 2015 . noe.orf.at. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ MACHFELD, Cyber ​​Novel . machfeld.net. Retrieved February 6, 2020.