Axel Stockburger
Mag. Art. at the University for Applied Arts Vienna,
Master Course For Visual Media Art, Professor Peter Weibel.
Since 2001 PhD Research on the Representation of Space in Video and Computer Games at LCC, funded by the University of the Arts, London.
EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS/PERFORMANCES
2005
"You are my torture/ i am your chamber", V-art Festival, Sardinia
"Video Dictionary", Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL
"Fresh Trips", Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
"Vanishing Point", Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ
"What Sound Does A Color Make?", (with D-Fuse), iCI, Eyebeam,New York,
"1+1=1 Cannibalism in Popular Music", performance with N.I.C.J.O.B.
for "Lebt Und Arbeitet In Wien", Kunsthalle, Vienna
"Play It Again", Gallery 5020, Salzburg
"Now's The Time", Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
"Save The Day" (curator) Gallery Kunstbuero, Vienna
"Spielraum", Gallery Praxis, Vienna
"Shanghai Surprise"(D-Fuse), Lothringer Dreizehn, Munich
2004
"re:Visited", Medienturm, Graz
Performance, D-Fuse vs. SiCut DB, Machina, Moscow
"Austrian Video Selection", Belef, Belgrade
“Light Turned Down”, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Performance D-Fuse)
"Video as Urban Condition", POOL, Austrian Cultural Forum, London
"Brilliant City", Film Production, Residency, British Council Artist Link Program, Shanghai
2003
“25hours”, The Video Art Foundation, Barcelona
D-Fuse “D-Tonate DVD” published by NowonDVD Japan
“D-Tonate”, OnedotZero festival, ICA, London
“K-Remix”, Fibla and D-Fuse, Sal de los Flores, Barcelona
“Abstraction Now”, Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna
2002
Scanner and D-Fuse, Jam Tokyo-London, British Council Japan, Tokyo
“Wire-D-Fuse“, Saatchi Gallery, Tokyo
Performance D-Fuse vs. Burnt Friedmann, OnedotZero Festival, ICA, London
Production of DVD’s „D-FUSE vs. NONPLACE”, and “D-Fuse Retrospective -GASBOOK”
2001
“Media Connection”, Pallazzo del Èsposizione, Rome, Triennale di Milano, Milan
“Life goes on”, IGBildende Kunst, Vienna
“Most Wanted”, Secession, Vienna
Screening “Endeka”, Filmfestival Diagonale, Graz
2000
“D-Fuse Art Space”, WIRE-Magazine, London
“PDA-PGP-PSX”, Galerie ARC, Vienna
"we accept", Kiasma, Electronic Media Festival, Helsinki
„world information.org“, Bruxelles
1999
“Austrian Abstracts”, Diagonale, Graz
“Among Others 3”, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
“Synworld / playworld: hyperspace”, Museumsquartier, Vienna
“PSX-Stations”, Art Music & Environment, Vienna
“minimal 1”, Kunstbüro, Vienna
“Copy & Paste / Drag&Drop”, Projectspace Kunstraum Innsbruck
“Artforum Berlin”, Berlin
“Hotel Utopia”, Film und Videofestival, Vienna
“Homestories”, Filmcasino, Vienna
1998
“Through–Video”, Brasilica, Vienna
“Cracks & Numbers”, Kunstbüro, Vienna
“o-o-o-o”, Kunstraum Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck
“Junge Szene 98”, Secession, Vienna
“Sincerely Yours”, Sofia Municipal Gallery, Sofia, TED Gallery, Varna
“Global Media”, (STROBE, TV magazine, shown at ORF, 3SAT), Steirischer Herbst, Graz
“Modelle”, Galerie Cult, Vienna
1997
“a Box is a Box is a Box”, Sargfabrik, Vienna
“Umfeld-Agenda”, Kunstbüro, Vienna
“Strange Encounters”, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna
“Still. Le Silence de la Musique”, Institut Français de Vienne, Salle de Bal, Vienna
“Little Explorers”, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected)
Kunst und Spiel II, Kunstforum Band. 176, 2005, Ed. Matthias Fuchs
Mute No.24, Axel Stockburger on Richard Fenwick's RND project, 2003
Copy & Paste, Drag & Drop (with N.I.C.J.O.B.) in Sample Minds, Materials On Sampling Culture,
Stefan Bidner, Thomas Feuerstein (Ed.), Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2004
Catalogue: Abstraction Now, Katalog, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 2003
Catalogue: 25 hours, The Video Art Foundation, Manuel Saiz (Ed.), 2003
Catalogue: Media Connection,Libri Scheiwiller, Milan, 2001
Catalogue: Most Wanted, Matthias Herrmann, Armin Medosch (Texte), Secession, 2001
Catalogue & CDROM; Among Others 3, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Daniela Swarowsky (Ed.), Triton
Verlag, 2002
Catalogue: Moving Out. Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien (ed.) Wien, 2001
Catalogue: Junge Szene Kinder Arbeit von 9.7. bis 30.8.1998. Vereinigung Bildender Künstler, Wiener Secession (ed.) Wien, 1998
Catalogue: a box is a box is a box, Triton-Verlag Wien, 1997
Mathias Fuchs: Axel Stockburger: der akusmatische Weg. Eikon, 21-22/1997
Krumpl, Doris: Von Zwischenwelten und Paralleluniversen In: Der Standard, Wien, 28.07.1999
Aigner, Claudia:Quer duch die Galerien. Die Fantasien der Künstler In: Wiener Zeitung, Wien, 08.01.1999
Nussbaumer, Ingo: among-others 3. Intermediale Dialoge In: springerin. Hefte für Gegenwartskunst, Wien, 1999
RESEARCH/TALKS
2006
Invited Talk: REPLAY , Dimensions of Time in Contemporary Game Culture
Exhibition: Again For Tomorrow, 08.04.06, Royal College of Art, London. UK.
Invited Talk: ART VERSUS GAME, Modalities of Space, 25.01.2006,Center for Cultural Studies,
Goldsmith,Interactive Art Department, London. UK.
2005
Invited Talk: BEING PLAYED, Artist Talk
8.09.05,SENAC SP, Multimedia Department, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Invited Talk: BLASTING THE WHITECUBE, The Relationship Between Games And Art
SUBOTRON Electric Meeting, 25.06.05, Museumsquartier, Vienna
Invited Talk: TIME'S UP, Einige Bemerkungen zum Faktor Zeit in Video und Computerspielen
Basics Festival 2005, Salzburg, Austria
2004
Invited Talk: PERVASIVE PLAY,
The Phantom of Convergence and Multiplayer Location Based Games
at: Interact 1 Seminar, LCC, University of the Arts, London
2003
Paper: THE GAME ENVIRONMENT FROM AN AUDITIVE PERSPECTIVE
at: Level Up, Digital Games Research Conference, Utrecht, NL
Paper: FROM APPROPRIATION TO APPROXIMATION,
The Relationship Between Fine Art and Computer Games,
at: Pixel Raiders Conference, Sheffield University, UK
2002
Paper: HEAD LEFT - CLIMB UP - JUMP IN
What Do Walkthrough Texts Reveil About The
Representational Navigable Spaces In Video And Computer Games?
at: Playing with the Future Conference, University of Manchester, UK