JOSEF REITER
sound art. composition. music mediator.
ABOUT
A grammar of the least produces a language that wants to be precise and not tedious. Fictitious rules are somewhat reminiscent of games that can create an infinity of finely differentiated situations with a minimum of specifications (such as billiard carom or Go). So it's less about wanting something reduced than about the greatest possible economy and precision of the initial situation, which leads to a wealth and variability of perception possibilities. In Josef Reiter's works, the relationship to the surrounding space is in the constructive foreground. The precise exploration of a room with the help of a few sounds is always at the same time a questioning of reality. This field of perceiving and exploring, possessing and at the same time questioning, raising awareness or alienating is a quality of his precise sound sculptures.
Christian Scheib
Work characteristic of Josef Reiter
BIOGRAPHY
Josef Reiter
sound artist. composer. music mediator.
Born in 1957 in Grieskirchen upper Austria
Studies
Piano, clarinet, composition at the Mozarteum Salzburg
Electroacoustics and experimental music at the University of Music in Vienna
Lectureships at the FH Hagenberg (media music) and Kunstuni Linz (acoustic space)
sound installations
"On the gradual fabrication of buildings while listening I - V"
I Prunksaal, ÖNB 1996,
II Wittgenstein House 1997,
III Hipp Hall, Gmunden 2002
IV Minorite Church, Danube Festival Krems 2006,
V Orangery, Hof Palace 2011
Soundinterventions, soundings (live), in situ music
"Tiger Park Sounding" Vienna 2000,
"(in)audible architecture" Praterstrasse 2003
"Orth Sounding", museum Orth 2016
"Ventotene Sounding" IT 2022
Other Projects
SoundArt exhibition participations in AUT, SVK, POL, CZE, DEU, BEL
Radio art realizations for ORF-Kunstradio
Chamber music, tape compositions, theater and radio play music, director of the light sound ensemble, e.g.: "com.opt" Steirischer Herbst 2000
Festival curator 90 Mozart, 91 Webern, 95 Joyce
Detailed Biography born 1957, Grieskirchen, Austria 1976-83 Studies of musicology at the University of Salzburg; Composition, piano, clarinet, school music at the Mozarteum University 1985-89 Electroacoustics at the Institute for Electroacoustics and Experimental Music at The University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna Lectureships at the FH Hagenberg (media music) and Art University Linz ("The Acoustic Space") Misuk Ensemble / music performance, intermedial projects, free improvised music „Vienna Festival“ 1988 Theater music, music for radio plays, among others "Behind the Mirrors" after L.Caroll 1987, "In the mouth still the taste of the other man" after B.Brecht. Vienna 1989, "In her mouth lingers the taste of another man after" B.Brecht, New York 1990 Festival / Concept - Organization: "90 Mozart", "91 Webern" and "Joyce 1995" (with K.Palm) Co-founder of "toonton" klassik/neu 1991 Sound for videos and video installations, tape music Musical direction of the sound on film ensemble (with M.Mattuschka) "com opt" music protocol/Steirischer Herbst, Graz 2000, Festival Rauschen, Berlin 2001 Art radio - radio art (with G. Moser-Wagner): "Indicatore in radio space 1994", halali 2002, "Ergreifs endlich_Klangraum Friedrich-Engels-Platz" 2017, schleifen, (ver)dichten 2022 Sound Interventions / Soundings / in situ music (selection) Soundintervention 1 Government Quarter St. Pölten, 1999 Soundintervention 2 MAK Gallery, 2000 (to works by J. Trattner) „Tigerpark Sounding“, Soundintervention 3, Tigerpark Vienna, 2000 Soundintervention 4 House Praterstrasse 10 Vienna, 2002 „(in)audible architecture“ Soundintervention 5 at taste 0-20, Vienna 2003 Soundintervention 6 Künstlerhaus Vienna 2005 „Kaisersaal Sounding“ OFF Festival Kremsmünster 2019 „Ventotene Sounding“ - Balance etc., Ventotene IT 2022 „Belgrade Sounding“ - Balance again, Belgrade SE 2023 Sound installations (selection): Solo exhibitions: About the Gradual Fabrication of Buildings while Listening About the Gradual Fabrication of Buildings while Listening (I) State Hall of the Austrian National Library; 1996 and 1998 About the Gradual Fabrication of Buildings while Listening (II) House Wittgenstein, Vienna 1997 About the Gradual Fabrication of Buildings while Listening (III) Hipp-Hall Gmunden, festival weeks 2002 About the gradual fabrication of buildings while listening (IV) "Minoritenkirche Sounding" Minoritenkirche Krems, Donaufestival 2005 "Gars Sounding" / "Wachtberg Sounding" Lower Austria 2006 About the Gradual Fabrication of Buildings while Listening (V) "Orangerie Sounding" Schloss Hof, 2011 "Orth Sounding" museum Orth, Schloss Orth, 2016. Exhibition participations (selection): "91 Hammerschlag" and "93 Lachsersatz" Schrattenberg Stmk /. Theseustempel Vienna / Hamburg DE / Bratislava/ Vlkov, CSFR "In the room school" in the OK, Linz 1992 "Among Others 2" artist house Dortmund MeX, 1997 "Fotoshop" Gallery Voorkamer Lier, Belgium 1997 "Audio-Art Festival" Krakow Poland 1997 (with H.Lobnig) "(in)audible architecture" Praterstrasse, Vienna 2003 Publications (selection): DVD Video S(urr)OUNDINGS 2009 5.1 channel audio - video documentation of Minoritenkirche Sounding, Gars Sounding and Wachtberg Sounding CD Extra About the Gradual Fabrication of Buildings while Listening Catalogs Im Raum Schule, Lachsersatz, Among Others 2 CDi The Multimedia Encyclopedia of the Austrian National Library Audio CD's „Hammerschlag“, „Lachsersatz“ Art radio "Ergreifs endlich" 2017, "schleifen, (ver)dichten" 2022
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