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Patrícia J. Reis
(b. 1981, Lisbon, Pt) is an installation artist based in Vienn
employing interactive media to appeal to the visitor’s sensoriality.
She studied Painting (ESAD—Caldas da Rainha Portugal, 2004), Media Art (Master’s at Lusófon University, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011), and she holds a PhD in Art (Universityof Évora, Portugal, 2016).
Her work has been highlighted in shows at the Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece (2020); Fundació Ludwig,Havana Biennale, Cuba (2019); Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven,Netherlands (2018); Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna, Austria (2018); Click Festival, Helsingør, Denmark (2018); esc medien kunst labor, Graz,
Austria (2017); Fundição Progresso, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (2015); Gdanska Galeria Miejska, Gdansk, Poland (2015); Matadero, Madrid, Spain (2014);Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst Oldenburg, Germany (2013); CCCB inBarcelona, Spain (2009).
Recent residencies and prizes include the 2020 State Scholarship for Media Ar ts from the Austrian Cultural Federal Chancellery; Ar tist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada (2018); Media Ar prize from Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst, Germany (2013).
Reis was a PhD fellow from the National Science Technology Foundation of Portugal (2011–2015) and is currently a postdoctorate fellow at The Academy of Fine Ar ts in Vienna funded by the Austrian Science Fun FWF (Programme for Arts-based research).
Between 2006 and 2012, she was an Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Portugal. Since 2015 she has lectured at the University of Art Linz and at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where she holds a position as Senior Artist at the Department of Digital Arts. Currently she is also a guest post-doc researcher at the Weizenbau Institut at TU in Berlin.
Since 2012 she has been a board member of the collectiv Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory. >>>website
Stefanie Wuschitz
(b. 1981, Vienna, At) works at the intersection of research, art and technology, with a particular focus on Critical Media Practices (feminist hacking, open source technology, peer production). She graduated with an MFA in Transmedia Arts in 2006 (University of Applied Arts Vienna). 2008 she completed her Masters at TISCH School of the Arts at New York University and became Digital Art Fellow at Umea University in Sweden. 2009 she founded the feminist hackerspace and art collective Mz* Baltazar's Laboratory in Vienna. In 2014 she finished her PhD on 'Feminist Hackerspaces' at the Vienna University of Technology. She held research and Post-Doc positions at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Vienna University of Technology, Michigan University, Weizenbaum Institut, Universitaet der Kuenste Berlin and is currently project leader of an FWF research project on 'Feminist Hacking. Building Circuits as an Artistic Practice' affiliated to Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She is working on an artistic research project at the TU Berlin titled "Coded Feminisms in Indonesia" (Berliner Hochschulprogramm DiGiTal). Her works have been exhibited in international venues such as Panke Galerie (Berlin), ART|JOG 8 (Yogyakarta), Bouillants (Vern-sur-Seiche),
Institute of Contemporary Art, (Moscow), Austrian Cultural Forum (New York City), Fringe Festival (Taipei), and others. >>>website
Taguhi Torosyan
(b. 1987 Yerevan, Armenia) is a media art curator, researcher and theorist at the Academy of Fine Arts and a member of Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory hackerspace in Vienna. Her collaboration, projects and and residencies include springerin.at (2021), Centrale Fies, Dro / IT (2020), Fabryka Sztuki w Łodzi / PL (2019), apexart, NYC (2018), POM Berlin (2021), POM EVA Copenhagen (2018), RE:TRACE International Conference for Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology, Krems, Gottweig and Vienna (2017), ICA Yerevan / AM (2012-2016), Center of Contemporary Art –Tbilisi / GE (2015), National Cinema Center of Armenia (2011-2012), Mladi Levi Festival, bunker Ljubljana (2015), Schwankhalle Bremen and LOFFT Leipzig (2014). She is a former visiting lecturer of Art and Social Work at the Art History, Theory and Management Department of Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography / AM (2015-2017).