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Martin Breindl
  1963 born in Vienna, Austria. 

He studied at the Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna and at the University of Vienna. Since 2001 curator of Fluss - NÖ. Fotoinitiative. Jan. 2001 - sept. 2002 Content Design for Kunstradio Online.

Works in the fields of intermedia, installation, net.art, radio art, sound art, video and visual arts.

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      Awards and Scholarships

2019Award of distinction by the state of Lower Austria for Media Arts (alien productions) 
2014CYNETART Arte Creative Commission (alien productions) 
2012Artists in Residence at European Cities of Advanced Sound Network (alien productions) 
 Artists in Residence at kunstwerk krastal, A (alien productions) 
2008Anerkennungspreis des Landes NÖ für Präsentation und Vermittlung zeitgenössischer Bildender Kunst /Non-Profit Galerien (alien productions) 
2006Award of the state of Lower Austria for Media Arts (alien productions) 
1995Scholarship of the Republic of Austria for visual arts 
1994Award of the state of Lower Austria for visual arts 
1992Scholarship of the Ministry of Arts 
1990Award of the state of Lower Austria for visual arts 

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      Intermediaperformances, -installations and -projects (selection)

2019metamusic PEEK finale;  installation and concerts with Grey Parrots, exhibition and talks, ARGE Papageinschutz Vösendorf (A)
2018Traktorstrahlen#11 ;  live sound performance by alien productions, Akusmonautikum Traktorfabrik Vienna (A)
20174°C;  sound performance, Liquid Music fin2 Wies (A)
 metamusic;  Installation with Grey Parrots, kristallin#45, Salzamt Linz (A)
2013Metamusic;  zoological sound project, ECAS Network and musikprotokoll
 Social Wirtshaus Web;  Intermediainstallationen und soziale Events in einem ehemaligen Wirtshaus, Festival der Regionen OÖ (A)
2012Biochemische Tischmusik;  For the event Essen mit Tieren, HermannNitschMuseum, (A)
 Tiefensonde;  Installation in public space, [kunstwerk krastal], (A)
2011Perpetuum Mobile | Airwaves;  Installation
2010Vapor Trails of Europe;  live radio performance
2009Raptor Reloaded;  Acoustic land art in the vineyard, Viertelfestival NÖ - Weinviertel 2009, Dürnberg Wine Estate, Falkenstein, A, ORF Kunstradio
2008Alien City;  Installation; Gallery of the Austrian Embassy Tokyo, J
 Transformator;  installation by alien productions, Martin Walch (FL) and Starsky (A); Kunstraum Engländerbau, Vaduz, FL
 Tiefenrausch;  installation; air-raid shelters and OK Center for Contemporary Arts, Linz, A
2007Der Gedankenprojektor;  installation by alien productions; solo exhibition at Künstlerhaus Graz, A
 Transmission;  performance and installation; Viertelfestival Niederösterreich, Walzengravieranstalt, Guntramsdorf, A
 Change Your Tongue;  solo exhibition Martin Breindl; gallery Splitter Art, Vienna, A
 XT;  performance by alien productions and Machfeld; Fotogalerie Wien, A, ORF Kunstradio, Liquid Music, Judenburg, A
2006Crossover III, alien productions und Machfeld;  installations; solo exhibition in the Fotogalerie Wien, A
 Found & Lost;  solo exhibition Martin Breindl; gallery Splitter Art, Vienna, A, on the occasion of FISCHERSTIEGE alter ego
2005Die wohltemperierte Küche;  cooking-performance with the ensemble die reihe; Tulln, A; in collaboration with jeunesse and musik aktuell
 interfaces – alien productions (A) und Sandor Ajzenstat (CAN);  personal show and installation The Fast Word; Gallery IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna, A
 Alien City by alien productions;  Solo Show, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario, CAN
 ART'S BIRTHDAY 2005 - permanent creation;  on air-on line-on site performance by alien productions and IFTAF and partners on line; ORFÖ1 Kunstradio, Studio 4, Vienna, A
2004Zwischenraum;  solo exhibition; Galeria Szyperska, Poznan, PL
 Die wohltemperierte Küche;  cooking-performance series on several locations in the "Weinviertel", Lower Austria; at Weinviertel-Festival 2004
 mobile:home;  interactive installation for UMTS-cellphones; Kunsthalle Vienna, A in cooperation with 3; at Virtual Frame
 The Half-Life of Art;  Installation; at Art's Birthday 04
2003Arbeitsmuster. Eine Installation im Websaal;  intermedia-installation and live-performance for a weaver and electronics; Artothek, Krems, A
 Die Schatten der Ideen;  web-art project; at sinnlos ("graz 2003")
 Alien City;  installation; Kloster UND, Krems, A
2002Alien City;  DOM, Moscow, and Moussorgsky Urals State Conservatory, Yekaterinburg, RUS; performance; at Altermedium 02
 La Cucina Accordata;  performances; Topolò, I; at Stazione di Topolò/Postaja Topolove IX;
2001Alien City;  performance and installation; Dom im Berg, Graz, A; at musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst 01
 Alien City;  performance and installation; musikhalle hamburg, GER; at hamburger musikfest
 Judenburger Küchen;  intermedia performance; Judenburg, A; at liquid music - checkpoints
 Der Takt von Hell und Dunkel;  sound installation; Blau Gelbe Viertelsgalerie, Mistelbach, A
 alien productions – Personale;  Medienwerkstatt Vienna, A
2000Alien City;  intermedia performance; Judenburg; at liquid music - stadtsignaturen
 GATEways;  on line - on site - on air project; Vienna, A - Melbourne, AUS - Beograd, YU - Erfurt/Weimar, GER - Vancouver, CAN
1999wir waren ja nur Mädchen;  sound- and lighting installation; Residenztheater - Marstall, München, GER
 Embedded Systems - The Mix;  nstallation for 10 modified kitchen blenders; Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden, GER; at Klangkunstfestival UND II
 Autoregulative Räume;  computeraided biofeedbackinstallation; Alpbach, A; at Europäisches Forum Alpbach 1999
 Sound Drifting;   generative sound installation; O.K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst OÖ, A and other locations; at Ars Electronica 99 (with various artists); including the online installation Alien City by alien productions
1998wir waren ja nur Mädchen;  sound- and lighting installation; OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst OÖ, Linz, A
 Immersive Sound;  generative sound installation; Kornmarkttheater Bregenz, A, at Kunst in der Stadt 2 (with various artists)
 Wortstaub Partikelwelt;  computeraided biofeedbackinstallation; Museum der Wahrnehmung MUWA Graz, A
 Autoregulative Spaces;  computeraided biofeedbackinstallation; ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, USA; at Resistance Fluctuations
1997Embedded Systems - The Mix;  installation for 10 modified kitchen blenders; Radiokulturhaus Vienna, A; at Recycling the Future 4
 Embedded Systems;  installation for modified household appliances; departmentstore Kastner+Öhler, Graz, A; at 2000-3 artspace plus interface / Steirischer Herbst 97
 Virtual Feedback;  telematic live radio event; at Recycling The Future 1,Kunstradio at Hybrid Workspace, Orangerie, documentaX, Kassel, GER
1996Body Augmentation;  computeraided biofeedbackinstallation; Podewil, Berlin, GER; at Musik und Licht (Sodomka/Breindl/Math)
  Die Differenzmaschine, ein event mit einem theaterraum,;  ntermedia theatre; Berliner Ensemble, Berlin, GER; at sonambiente (Breindl/Ganglbauer/Math/Mechtler/Radon/Sodomka/Walz)
 Bridgeworks;  live radio event; at Rivers & Bridges, Ars Electronica Festival 96, A (Kunstradio All Stars)
1995Channel 9;  computeraided biofeedbackperformance; ESC, Graz, A
1994State of Transition;  telematic live radio internet event; Neue Galerie Graz, A – V2 Rotterdam, NL – Internet – ORF Kunstradio; (Breindl/Math/Ryand/Sodomka/Stocker)
 Nahe Ferne. Zeitgleich 2;  intermediainstallation; Kunsthalle Tirol, Hall, A; at Zeitgleich

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      Contributions to festivals and exhibitions (selection)

2016Seascapes;  (Martin Breindl & Wolfgang Müllner), Atelier Setzer-Tschiedel Vienna (A), Prozor Gallery, Belgrade (SRB)
2015Höhenrausch 2015. The Mistery of Birds;  main installation on the roof of the OK Linz (A) with 23 parrots, series of concerts and lectures: metamusic (alien productions); sound installation Vogelkino (alien productions)
2008LightInSight;  NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo, J: The Thought Projector
 zeitRAUMzeit;  k/haus Vienna, A: The Thought Projector
 Ars Electronica 2008;  Landesgalerie Linz, A: The Thought Projector
 Art's Birthday 2008 - Forever Young;  Studio 3, Radiokulturhaus Vienna, A: A Tribute To E.C.
2007X-tended, Medienkunst aus Österreich;  Egon-Schiele-Museum, Neulengbach, A: Fast Word
 Soinu dimentsioa / Dimensión sonora;  Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian, E: Small Talk
 liquid music | ortsbilder;  \zentrum. Judenburg, A: XT
 MedienkunstpreisträgerInnen des Landes Niederösterreich 2006;  MuQua, quartier21, Freiraum, Vienna, A
 KulturpreisträgerInnen des Landes Niederösterreich 2006;  Documentary Center for Modern Art, St. Pölten, A
2006To Hear Is To See;  Municipial Museum, Györ, HU
 Les Mardis de l'art;  cycle des conferénces sur l'art actuel; Université du Luxembourg, LUX
2005ncc - netART community congress;  installation, project in progress; Dom im Berg, Graz, A: The Fast Word
 soused[ka];  Austrian Cultural Forum Praha, CZ: Alien City
 The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Films;  Symphony Barn, Durham, CAN: The Well-Tempered Kitchen, Canadian Version
 IMA : opening celebration;  IMA - Institute for Media Archeology, Hainburg, A: Alien City
 To Hear Is To See;  YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto, CAN
2004sused[ka];  Dom Fotografie, Poprad, SK: Alien City
2003Listening in the Sound Kitchen 03;  Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ, and The Commons, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Alien City
 Traumlandschaften / Österreichischer Kulturmonat;  Pushkinskaja 10, St. Petersburg, RUS: Alien City
 Radioküchen - Küchenradio;  Aromat Wien, A, Internet, Radio; an event by Ö1 Kunstradio for Juniradio, Berlin
 taste 2-20;  public space, 2nd district, Vienna, A: Embedded Systems - The Mix, installation for 10 modified kitchen blenders
 Hören ist Sehen;  Klangturm St.Pölten, A
 Dokumentation 1;  Fotogalerie Vienna, A: Alien City
2002sasiad[ka];  Galeria Miejska Arsenal, Poznan, and Austrian Cultural Forum, Warszaw, PL: Alien City
 Hören ist Sehen;  Cultural Center Kammgarn – Forum Vebikus, Schaffhausen, CH
 reflected in an unmarked space;  a project by Toni Kay; Museum of Modern Art Vienna, A
2001Digitale Zeiten;  Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, GER: Alien City
 Hören ist Sehen;  ACC Galerie, Weimar, and Klanggalerie im Kultursalon, Berlin, D
 7th International Festival of Computer Arts;  Gallery Media Nox, Maribor, SLO: Embedded Systems - The Mix, installation for 10 modified kitchen blenders
2000Hören ist Sehen;  Rhizom im Labor, Graz, A
 Decodierung:Recodierung;  Kunsthalle project space, Vienna, A
 Oir es ver;  Universidad del Claustro de sor Juana, Mexico DF, Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Sala de Exposiciones JAI-ALAI, Acapulco and Emisora de la Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, MEX
 Duymak Gormektir;  Austrian Cultural Institute – Gallery Yeniköy, Istanbul, Turkey
 Art's Birthday;  Radiokulturhaus Vienna, A; at Wiencouver 2000 - a Western Front / Kunstradio project
1999Merzmuseum - SchwittRadio;  Radiokulturhaus Wien, A; bei Wiencouver 2000 - a Western Front / Kunstradio project
1997Recycling the Future I - IV;  documenta X, Kassel, D - Ars Electronica, Linz, A - L'Arte Del Ascolto, Rimini I, Radiokulturhaus Wien, A

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      Electronic music, radio and sound art (selection)

2021Performing Utopia;  Radio-Opera by alien productions, ORF Kunstradio
2009Das Radio-Symphonie Orchester Wien spielt den Tarzanschrei;  (alien productions), Orchestra miniature by alien productions for the 40th anniversary of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
2008Homogenisator;  (alien productions), composition commisioned by repertoriozero, MITO Settembre Musica, Milan, I
2007XT;  (alien productions and Machfeld)
2004Die wohltemperierte Küche;  (alien productions feat. Steve Bradley), ORF Kunstradio
 Arbeitsmuster;  (alien productions), ORF Kunstradio
2003all you can eat, all you can hear: audio buffet;  (Bradley/Breindl/Math), click 112003, WMBC freeform radio, Baltimore
2001Famous/Glamorous;  (Martin Breindl), ORF Kunstradio
2000GATEways;  (alien productions), ORF Kunstradio
1999Life Stations;  (Sodomka/Breindl), ORF Kunstradio
 Wortstaub Partikelwelt. Brainwaveversion;  (alien productions), ORF Kunstradio
1997Embedded Systems. Eine Housemusik;  (alien productions), ORF Kunstradio
1996Die Differenzmaschine. Algebraische Muster;  (Sodomka/Breindl/Math/Mechtler/Ganglbauer),ORF Kunstradio, ORF Zeitton
1995The History of the Future of Memory;  (Sodomka/Breindl/Math) ORF Zeitton
1994Klangnachricht mit Redefragmenten;  (Sodomka/Breindl), ORF Zeitton
1993Tempo Compresso/Spazio Sospeso;  (Sodomka/Breindl), ORF Kunstradio
1991Ornamentale Reise;  (Martin Breindl), ORF Kunstradio
 Frozen Moments - Ungefähre Wirklichkeit;  (Sodomka/Breindl/Math), ORF Studio Neuer Musik

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      Discography

2018Ultima Thule. Island als Narration;  FLUSS Wolkersdorf (A): Ort*ung
2004alien productions: The Well-Tempered Kitchen;  CD pumpkin records; pump 10-2004
2002schwittCD;  CD ORF-CD 291; Norbert Math/Andrea Sodomka, BOTsonata 1st movement/Rondo; BOTsonata 2nd movement/Largo and Huber/Klammer/Math/Sodomka, Finale
2000Sound Drifting, i silenzi parlano tra loro;  Wien, Triton, 2000 (media combination: publication and 2 CDs): Alien Productions, Alien City
 Hören ist Sehen - Oir es Ver - To Hear is To See - Duymak Görmektir;  CD/Catalogue; Vienna, edition ausart; Math/V.A., Schlafradio; Sodomka/Breindl, The Future of Memory
1999UND II: Klang Kunst Festival 99;  CD Verein zur Förderung Künstlerischer Projekte mit gesellschaftlicher Relevanz, Wiesbaden, D: alien productions, Embedded Systems - The Mix
1998Sodomka/Breindl: wir waren ja nur Mädchen.;  an acoustic exhibition-catalogue; OK Center for Contemporary Arts OÖ 1998
 Oars With Ears - Attention: Go!;  Respekt 1709 (CD): Martin Breindl, Row Your Boat!, Andrea Sodomka, Attention-Go!
1996Klangkunst: die klang-dokumentation zu sonambiente - festival für hören und sehen;  CD München, New York, Prestel-Verlag; Sodomka/Breindl/Math et al., Die Differenzmaschine
 Familie Auer;  CD ORF Kunstradio; V.A.
1994Zeitgleich;  Vienna, Triton-Verlag (CD-ROM and AudioCD): Sodomka/Breindl/Math, Nahe Ferne.Zeitgleich
 The Future Of Memory; Progetto Civitella d'Àgliano 1994;  CD - concept: Sodomka/Breindl; Norbert Math, Bersaglio, Sodomka/Breindl, Tempo compresso/Spazio sospeso
1991RP4 - Beispiele österreichischer Radiokunst;  ORF Kunstradio (CD): Martin Breindl, Ornamentale Reise, Andrea Sodomka, Frozen Moments

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      DVD | CD-ROM

2009Transformator;  DVD, video-documentation of the installation by alien productions (A/I), Martin Walch (FL) and starsky (A)
 VIDEO EDITION AUSTRIA release 02;  DVD, Medienwerkstatt Vienna, A: alien productions, Arbeitsmuster
2007Dimensión Sonora/Sound Dimension;  Ed: Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea; San Sebastián, E: alien productions, Small Talk
2006VRNITEV 112_video_minuti;  DVD, Stazione di Topolo / Postaja Topolove: alien productions, La cucina accordata
2003alien productions. Alien City;  DVD; ORF Landesstudio Stmk., ORF Ö1, Zangi Music; ORF DVD 706
2000gr2000az: Medienkunst Steiermark;  Graz, die steirische landesausstellung comm.gr2000az, 2000: Sodomka/Breindl, Works
19992000 minus 3: artspace plus interface;  CD-ROM; Vienna, Triton-Verlag, 1999: alien productions, Embedded Systems
 10 Jahre FLUSS;  Wolkersdorf, FLUSS - NÖ Fotoinitiative, 1999
1994Zeitgleich;  Vienna, Triton (CD-ROM and AudioCD): Sodomka/Breindl/Math, Nahe Ferne. Zeitgleich

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      Videography

1992Video Edition Niederösterreich;  Medienwerkstatt Wien 1992: Sodomka/Breindl, Canned Space
1991Wienminuten;  Medienwerkstatt Wien 1991 [ed. by Manfred Neuwirth]: Sodomka/Breindl, Standby
1989Infermental 9, Herz von Europa;  The First International Magazine on Videocassettes; Wien 89: Breindl/Sodomka/Mathes, Canned Space

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      Permanent installations, art in public space

1997Klangatoll;  solar powered soundinstallation; Kulturlandschaft Paasdorf, A
1995Weg der BeSINNung;  silkscreen on asphalt; Gießhübl, A

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