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Owed
to his multifaceted and interdisciplinary artistic approach, Austrian
artist, composer and musicologist Bernhard Gal
is equally at home within the domains of contemporary music, installation
art and media art. As of now, Gal has created
around 70 sound installations
and intermedia art projects, combining sound, light, objects, spatial
concepts and video projections into multidimensional and prevalently site-specific
art works. He also composes music
for acoustic instruments and electro-acoustic music. As a laptop musician, Gál has been performing extensively on five continents. Another aspect of his work are collaborations with fellow artists, including the Japanese architect Yumi Kori (‘audio-architectural installations’) and musicians such as Tung Chao-Ming, Kai Fagaschinski, Jennifer Walshe and Belma Beslic-Gál. Born in Vienna, Austria in 1971, Gal began to nurture his interest in music and (sound) art around 1985. After studies at Vienna’s University of Music (Sound Engineering) and the University of Vienna (Musicology), and a year-long residency in New York City in 1997–98, he has focused on his compositional and artistic activities. He runs the art production hub Gromoga and serves as the artistic director of the Austrian art organization sp ce. Since 2006, Gál has been the creative head behind shut up and listen! - Interdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art, in Vienna. Between 2006 and 2007 he taught sound art at the University of Arts in Berlin. Currently, Gál holds a research position at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg, in conjunction with the interdisciplinary doctoral college ‘Art and the Public Sphere’. Gal's work has been presented in concerts, sound installations, exhibitions and radio portraits around the world. He has been invited to international music and art festivals (including Wien Modern Vienna; MaerzMusik Berlin; Sonambiente Berlin; Donaueschinger Musiktage; Nuova Consonanza Rome; MATA Festival New York; Soundfield Chicago; Mutek Montreal; Musicacoustica Beijing; FILE São Paulo) and frequently gives lectures and workshops. For his music and art projects Gal has received several awards, including the Karl Hofer Prize Berlin 2001, an Annual Grant from SKE-Fonds Vienna 2002, a composer fellowship from the DAAD Artists in Berlin Programme 2003, the Austrian State Scholarship for Composition 2004, and the Outstanding Artist Award for Music of the City of Vienna 2010. His work has been made available on ca. 30 audio publications and documented with various catalogue books and DVDs. In 2005, the German publishing house Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg published a comprehensive catalogue book, documenting Gal’s intermedia installations since 1999. |
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Awards / Grants / Residencies / Scholarships 2013 Composition Grant, Arts Division of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture 2013 Composition Grant, Cultural Department of the City of Vienna 2012 Composition Grant, Cultural Department of the City of Salzburg 2012 Composition Grant, Arts Division of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture 2012 Composition Grant, Cultural Department of the City of Vienna 2011 Composition Grant, Cultural Department of the State of Salzburg 2011 Composition Grant, Arts Division of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture 2010 Interdisciplinary Art Grant, Arts Division of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture 2010 Outstanding Artist Award for Music, City of Vienna 2010 Acquisition Award, State Art Collection of Austria 2009 Research Scholarship, University Mozarteum, Salzburg 2008 Composition Grant, Arts Division of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture 2008 Composition Grant, Cultural Department of the City of Vienna 2005 Award 'The New Austrian Sound of Music', Austrian Foreign Ministry, Dep. of Culture 2004 Austrian State Scholarship for Composition 2003 Theatre Award 'Intercultural Accents 2003', Vienna 2003 Composer-in-Residence, DAAD Artists in Berlin Program, Berlin 2002 Artist-in-Residence, Hotel Pupik, Schrattenberg, Austria 2002 Annual Grant (Jahresstipendium) of SKE-Fonds, Vienna 2001 Karl-Hofer-Prize, University of the Arts, Berlin 2001 The ar+d award for emerging architecture (recognition), London (together with Yumi Kori) 2000 Composition Grant, Art Section of the Austrian Federal Chancellery 2000 Artist-in-Residence, Werkstadt Graz, Graz 2000 Composition Award, Initiative Minderheiten, Vienna 1999 Max-Brand-Prize, Austria (recognition) 1999 Research Scholarship, University of Vienna 1997 Travel Grant, Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft, Vienna |
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Silence is quiet. Listening; Kunstradio, Austria (upcoming) homesweethomes; Espace Projet, Montreal (upcoming) 2012 solo (Košice); Festival Sound City Days, Košice textur #7 (premiere); Institut für neue Medien, Frankfurt 2011 textur #6 (premiere); Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna Sterngucker; Festival Sláturtíð, Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland vibrate space, Festival Coded Cultures, Vienna Sterngucker; Festival Liquid Music, Judenburg, Austria earlift; KunstQuartier, Salzburg, Austria Sterngucker; Planetarium Judenburg, Austria 2010 ¡Pasarán!; Palais Kabelwerk, Vienna stromlinien; KoFoMi 2010, Mittersill, Austria RGB; das weisse haus, Vienna enelten; Area 53, Vienna 2009 textur #5 (premiere); SESC Avenida Paulista, São Paulo mil águas; DMAE Gallery, Porto Alegre, Brasil solo; Allgemeiner Konsumverein, Braunschweig, Germany textur #4 (premiere); Narodno pozoriste RS, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina textur #3 (premiere); Plano B, Rio de Janeiro 2008 RGB; Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria solo; Lakeside Science & Technology Park, Klagenfurt, Austria Reinstallation; O Lugar, São Paulo Die Grüne Hölle; Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna 2007 Reinstallation; Festival Musicacoustica, Beijing Klangbojen; Festival Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donaueschingen, Germany Hyohaku-no-Hakobune; In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Kobe Bienal, Kobe shinkai; In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Japan Society, New York City I am sHitting in a room; Festival Interface, Berlin Jukai; In collaboration with Yumi Kori. The David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Providence solo; Musik aktuell 2007, Gutenbrunn, Austria solo; Musik aktuell 2007, Tulln, AustriaHinaus:: In den, Wald.; Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo Reinstallation; Werkzeug H, Vienna textur #2; Magyar Muehely Galéria, Budapest 2006 shinkai; In collaboration with Yumi Kori. ISE Foundation, New York City Infinitation (São Paulo); In collaboration with Yumi Kori. SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo Reinstallation; Festival Electric Eclectics, Meaford (Canada) Die Grüne Hölle; Festival Sonambiente, Gallery of the Austrian Embassy, Berlin Utakata; In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Werkraum Warteck, Basel Airport; Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin Jon's a.m. revisited; Group Exhibition Disposition, Galerie Lukas Feichtner, Vienna RGB Klangturm; St. Poelten, Austria textur #2; Nitrianska galéria, Nitra, Slovakia textur #2 (premiere); Domu umení, Opava, Czech Republic 2005 textur #1 (premiere); Festival 'Images and Music',Frankfurt zhu shui; Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna Infinitation (Seattle); In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle Hinaus:: In den, Wald.; Diapason Gallery, New York Defragmentation (ISCP); In collaboration with Yumi Kori. ISCP, New York City Defragmentation (Krems); In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Donaufestival, Krems 2004 Night Pulses; O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz soundbagism; Denver International Airport, USA Oelbilder; Festival Reservoir VIII. Grosser Wasserspeicher, Berlin Three Whites; Sound Art Exhibition 'Rock's Role', Art in General, New York 2003 RGBuSW; singuhr - hoergalerie in parochial, Berlin Klangbojen; Musik aktuell 2003, Hanslteich, Gutenbrunn (Austria) Klangbojen; Musik aktuell 2003, Donau-Altarm, Tulln (Austria) zhu shui; MATA-Festival. Gallery ‘GAle GAtes et al.’ New York 2002 Green Voice / Green Box; In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Old Public Library, Musashino, Tokyo enelten; Sound Off Festival. Galéria Umenia, Nové Zámky, Slowakia I am sHitting in a room; Durian-Festival. Konzerthaus, Vienna Made in Austria; Jewish Museum, Vienna Machina temporis; In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Franziskaner-Klosterruine, Berlin 2001 Hinaus:: In den, Wald.; Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg (Austria) RGB; Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna 2000 zhu shui; Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg, Austria bestimmung darmstadt; Museum Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt Defragmentation/red; In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Kryptonale Festival, Berlin Defragmentation/white; In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Galerie Shigpro, Tokyo Vienna traffic; Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde, Vienna Dissociated Voices; Werkstadt Graz, Graz 1999 Defragmentation/blue; In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Studio Five Beekman, New York Dissociated Bodies; In collaboration with G.S. Sedlak. Die Halle, Salzburg House for a blind man; In collaboration with M. Brünner. Univ. of Applied Arts, Vienna 1998 Radio; In collaboration with J. Roach. Studio John Roach, New York City bestimmung new york; Studio Five Beekman, New York City NYC Subway; Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York City |
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| top | Collections / Permanent Presentations 2010 textur #5; Video art / Audiovisual installation; Artothek (Art Collection of the Republic of Austria) 2006 Hinaus:: In den, Wald.; Quadrophonic sound installation; Schauwerk, Trogen (Switzerland) 2006 Airport; permanent multi-channel sound installation; Music Instruments Museum, Berlin 2000 bestimmung darmstadt / Disscociated Voices; Collection of Werkstadt Graz, Graz Performances http://www.bernhardgal.com/gal_live.html 200+ live laptop performances by Gal in: Banja Luka, Belgrade, Beijing, Belo Horizonte, Berlin, Bern, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Cologne, Concord (NH, USA), Darmstadt, Dieburg, Dortmund, Dubai, Eisenstadt, Florianopolis, Foshan, Frankfurt, Graz, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hammamet (TN), Hongkong, Innsbruck, Istanbul, Karlsruhe, Kyoto, Leipzig, Linz, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Lowell (MA, USA), Madrid, Meaford, Mendoza, Montevideo, Montreal, Muenster, Munich, Nagoya, New York City, Osaka, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Porto Alegre, Prague, Princeton, Quebec City, Reykjavík, Richmond, Rio de Janeiro, Rochester, Salzburg, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan (AR), Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile, Sarajevo, Schrattenberg, Seattle, Shanghai, Sofia, St. Poelten, Taipei, Timisoara, Tokyo, Toronto, Troy, Tuzla (BiH), Valletta, Valparaiso, Vienna, Vina del Mar, Washington (DC), Weimar, Zagreb. |
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| top | Festivals & Conferences Conference reART:theURBAN, Zurich 2012 International Computer Music Conference 2012, Ljubljana 2012 Festival Sound City Days, Kosice 2012 Conference of the European Research Network Sociology of the Arts, Vienna 2012 Conference The Global Composition, Hochschule Darmstadt 2012 International Summer Courses for New Music; Darmstadt 2012 Festival Sláturtíð, Reykjavík 2011 Coded Cultures, Vienna 2011 Liquid Music, Judenburg (AUT) 2011 Another Festival, Vienna 2010 Komponistenforum Mittersill, Mittersill (AUT) 2010 Simultan Festival, Timisoara (RO) 2009 TKT FEST, Tuzla (BiH) 2009 Interpenetrations, Graz 2008 Sonic Circuits, Washington (DC) 2008 FILE | Hypersonica, Sao Paulo 2008 Improfest | Virada Cultural, Sao Paulo 2008 Musica Livre, Florianopolis 2008 Festival with no fancy name, NYC 2007 Festival '2007: City Fables', Taipei 2007 Musicacoustica, Beijing 2007 Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donaueschingen (GER) 2007 SonoAustria, Madrid 2007 IGNM Musikfest, Vienna 2007 Kobe Bienal, Kobe 2007 Interface, Berlin 2007 das kleine field recordings festival, Berlin 2007 Nuova Consonanza Rome 2006 SINAPSIS, Mendoza 2006 Festival internacional de Música electroacústica Ai-maako, Santiago de Chile 2006 Sound Travels, Toronto 2006 Electric Eclectics, Meaford (CA) 2006 Sonambiente, Berlin 2006 Stimme+ (ZKM), Karlsruhe 2006 shut up and listen!, Vienna 2006 San Francisco Tape Music Festival, San Francisco 2006 Images and Music, Frankfurt 2005 The New Austrian Sound of Music, Berlin 2005 Counterfit Festival, Rochester (US) 2005 Mutek Montreal 2005 Donaufestival, Krems (Austria) 2005 Festival KIZHIZ. ORF-Klangtheater, Vienna 2004 Jeunesse Festival, Vienna 2004 Sound Field Festival, Chicago 2004 ImPulsTanz 04, Vienna 2004 New York Video Festival, New York 2004 Festival of International Radio Art, Berlin 2004 Inventionen, Berlin 2004 MATA Festival, New York 2003 x-tract-Festival, Berlin 2003 Sound Off-Festival, Nove Zamky (Slovakia), 2002 Musashino Public Art Festival, Tokyo 2002 Durian-Festival, Vienna 2002 MaerzMusik, Berlin 2002 Cinema for the Ear - Festival for Spatial Sonic Art, Copenhagen 2001 Wien Modern, Vienna 2001 Phonomanie VI, Ulrichsberg (Austria), 2000 Kryptonale VI, Berlin 2000 ICMC 2000, Berlin 2000 V:NM-Festival, Graz 2000 Festival Hoergaenge, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna 2000 szene bunte wähne - Dance Festival, Vienna 2000 ESCOM Conference, Uppsala University, Sweden 1997 |
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| top | Radio Features & Portraits Austrian National Radio - Kunstradio, Austria, June 2013 (upcoming) Atelier für Neue Musik, Radiofabrik, Salzburg, March 2012 Austrian National Radio (OE1), Austria, August 2011 hr2-kultur, Germany, May 2011 hr2-kultur, Germany, March 2010 Radio Student, Ljubljana, May 2009 Acik Radyo (94.9 FM), Istanbul, March 2009 Austrian National Radio (OE1), Austria, February 2009 Rádio Zero, Portugal, February 2009 RTP - Antena 2, Portugal, January 2009 DEGEM WebRadio @ ZKM, Germany, December 2008 Nordwestradio, Germany, December 2008 WZBC, Boston, USA, September 2008 WKCR, New York, USA, September 2008 OIDARADIO, Sao Paulo, May 2008 Radio Nacional de España, Spain, February 2008 Fu-Shin Broadcasting Station, Taipei, November 2007 Deutschlandradio Kultur, Berlin, Germany, March 2007 Rádio MEC FM, Rio de Janeiro, November 2006 WFMU, New York City, September 2006 WZBC, Boston, August 2006 CKUT, Montreal, August 2006 CKLN, Toronto, August 2006 DRS, Switzerland, February 2006 Austrian National Radio (OE1), Austria, January 2006 DRS, Switzerland, December 2005 VPRO, Netherlands, July 2005 RBB, Berlin, Germany, June 2005 KXLU, Los Angeles, USA, May 2005 Austrian National Radio (OE1), Austria, February 2005 DRS, Switzerland, January 2005 KEXP, Seattle, USA, January 2005 Radio Bremen, Germany, December 2004 WNUR, Chicago, USA, October 2004 RBB-Kulturradio, Berlin, July 2004 WFMU, New York, USA, May 2004 WKCR, New York, USA, April 2004 Deutschlandradio, Berlin, July 2004 Sound Rules, SFB, Berlin, Germany April 2002 Austrian National Radio (OE1), Austria, January 2002 Austrian National Radio (OE1), Kunstradio, Austria, October 2000 Austrian National Radio (OE1), Kunstradio, Austria, April 2000 Sound Rules, SFB, Berlin, March 2000 |
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| top | Audio Publications Main Publications Beyond Categories. DVD. Gromoga Records, Austria 2013-14 (upcoming) same difference. CD. Gromoga Records, Austria 2010 relive. CD. Gromoga Records, Austria 2008 Installations. DVD. Gromoga Records, Austria 2007 Installations. CD. Gromoga Records, Austria 2005 going round in serpentines. CD. Charhizma, Austria 2005 (in collaboration with Kai Fagaschinski) Installations. Book & audio CD. Kehrer Verlag, Germany 2005 Hinaus:: In den, Wald. CD. Klanggalerie, Austria 2004 relisten. CD. Intransitive Recordings, USA 2001 Defragmentation/blue. CD. Plate Lunch, Germany 2000 bestimmung new york CD. Durian Records, Austria 1999 Catalogues, CDRs, Compilation CDs, DVDs, Internet Releases The Sea of Trees; Mandorla Autumn Net-Project. Mandorla Records, Mexico (upcoming) Void; Net Release ''Somewhere on the edge', Gruenrekorder, Germany, 2012 RGBuSW; Catalogue Book / DVD „singuhr 1996-2006“, Kehrer, Germany, 2010 Die Spitze des Eisbergs; CD "Sudamerica Electronica 3", Sudamerica Electronica, Argentine, 2010 solo; DVD 'stadtklaenge | klangstaetten', Allgemeiner Konsumverein Braunschweig, Germany, 2009 57A; Book/CD 'Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Media.' Rizzoli, USA, 2007 hechre; CD 'henri chopin remixed', Extraplatte, Austria 2006 le gocce dell'uomo del campo; triMIX Compilation, Innova Recordings, USA 2006 Jon's a.m.; revisited Limited CDR edition, Gallery Lukas Feichtner, Austria 2006 Earshot; Published on B. Loibner's solo CD “_gestalt”. allquiet, Austria 2006 This is for real; CD “90 Sekunden Wirklichkeit”, DEGEM / Cybele, Germany 2005 Night Pulses; Catalogue & CDR, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Austria 2004 Hinaus:: In den, Wald.; DVD “Text & Language”. Aspect, Magazine of New Media Art, USA 2004 Three Whites; CD “Rock’s Role (After Ryoanji)”, Art in General, USA 2004 In fusion; CD “Intransitive Twenty-Three”, Intransitive Recordings, USA 2004 c.s.a.g.; CD “Danza De La Muerte”, Klanggalerie, Austria 2003 enelten; CD “Typewriting Aloud. Typos Allowed”, Slovakia 2002 zhu shui; CD “lowercase sound 2002”, Bremsstrahlung, USA 2002 Tong-hua yie-shi; CD “because tomorrow comes #4”, Germany 2001 bestimmung darmstadt; CDR, Gromoga Records, Austria 2001 sprachklanggesetzt; CD “klanggesetz”, Initiative Minderheiten, Austria 2000 Dissociated Voices; Catalogue & CDR, Werkstadt Graz, Austria 2000 Art’s Birthday 2000; CD “Beams and Waves”, Sound Off Festival, Slovakia 2000 |
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Since 1997 continuous
collaboration with the Japanese architect/artist Yumi Kori (‘audio-architectural
installations’). 2011 Music contributions to the dance performance 'Hotel Lautréamont
– Os Bruscos Buracos do Silêncio', Sao Paulo (restaging) 2002 Sound design for the exhibition 'Persecuting grandfathers, interviewing grandsons?', Jewish Museum, Vienna 2001 Sound design for the exhibition „Wintertraum', Museum of Ethnology, Vienna 2001 Two TV Signations - Jahr der Sprachen, Austrian Broadcasting Company (ORF), Austria 2000 Sound design for the exhibition 'nichts tun', Museum of Ethnology, Vienna 1999 Sound design for the installation 'House for a blind man' by Margit Bruenner, Vienna 1992 - 1995 Sound design for various theatre productions by Ludwig Wuest, Vienna |
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| top | Education 2010- Interdisciplinary Doctoral College 'Art and the Public Sphere;, Paris Lodron University, Salzburg 2009- Ph.D-Studies, Dep. of Musicology, University Mozarteum, Salzburg (subject: ‘Sound Installation Art’) 1993-1997 University of Vienna (Musicology), Mag. phil. (title of thesis: ‘The Microstructure of Walking Bass Lines’) 1990-1994 University of Music, Vienna (Sound Engineering) 1986- Private studies (music, art, piano, guitar, composition) Teaching & Scientific Research 2011- Various lecturing activities, Paris Lodron-University, Salzburg 2010- Scientific researcher, Paris Lodron University, Salzburg and University Mozarteum, Salzburg 2006-2007 Lecturer at the University of the Arts Berlin, Studio for Electroacoustic Music & Sound Art (Sound Installation Art) Curatorial Work 2006- Co-Curator of 'shut up and listen!', Interdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art, Vienna 2006 Guest curator for 'Framework', Resonance FM, London 2006 'The Itinerant Project' - Electro-acoustic music from South America, Radio OE1, Austria 2005 'SUAL 2005', radia - network of independent radio stations, Radio ORANGE 94.0, Vienna, et al. |
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Further Professional Experience 2005- Artistic Director of the non-profit art organization ‚sp ce’, Austria 1999- Director of ‘Gromoga Records’, Austria 2012 Symposium 'Who makes the art?', University of Salzburg / University Mozarteum Salzburg (concept & realization, with N. Klement) 2012 Exhibition 'Klangkunst - A German Sound' (production), Galerie 5020, Salzburg 2011 Panel Discussion ‚Near West’ (concept & moderation), Festival 'shut up and listen!', Vienna 2010 Panel Member‚ Panel Discussion 'Cultural Bulimia', Galerie 5020, Salzburg 2007 Jury Member, Composition Contest ‘Hoer.Spiel’, St. Poelten, Austria 2006 Jury Member, Composition Contest ‘Franco Evangelisti’, Rome 2004 Jury Member, Composition Contest ‚Point de Repere 2005’, France/Argentine 2003 Panel Member‚ Symposion ‘Sound Studies’, University of the Arts, Berlin Various further activities concerning the conceptualization, production and presentation of exhibitions, concerts, conferences, festivals, lectures, workshops, music competitions, open calls, and radio programs. Workshops (selection) 2011 Soundscape - Soundwalk, Focus Area 'Wissenschaft und Kunst', University of Salzburg 2010 Beyond Categories, Sousse University - Higher Institute of Music, Tunisia 2009 Music and Intermedia, SESC SP, São Paulo 2009 Istanbul: The city and its dreams, Bilgi University, Istanbul 2008 Sound Installation Art, Bilgi University, Istanbul 2006 Proyecto Itinerante, Festival Sinapsis, Mendoza, Argentina 2006 Sound Installation Art, SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo 2005 Klangwürste, Music Workshop for Children, Jeunesse/Kunsthaus Graz, Austria 2004 Klangwürste, Music Workshop for Children, Jeunesse-Festival, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna 2003 Trändi Händi, yo!, Music Workshop for Children, Art Project ‚TASTE 0-20’, Vienna 2002 Music and Language, Studio for Electroacoustic Music, University of the Arts, Berlin 2002 Liquid Music, Music Workshop for Children, ÖKS, Austria |
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| top | Lectures and Presentations http://www.bernhardgal.com/lectures.html Selected Lectures: Vienna Poetry School, Vienna, 2013 Zurich University of the Arts - Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology, 2013 Academy of Fine Arts, Saarbrücken, 2012 Academy of Music, Ljubljana, 2012 Conference of the European Research Network Sociology of the Arts, Vienna, 2012 Conference The Global Composition, Hochschule Darmstadt, 2012 International Summer Courses for New Music; Darmstadt, 2012 FAMU - Institute of Intermedia, Prague, 2012 Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, 2011 University of Malta, Mediterranean Institute, Malta, 2011 St.James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, 2011 Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2010 Manouba University, Tunis, 2010 Komponistenforum Mittersill, Mittersill (AUT), 2010 essential existence gallery, Leipzig, 2010 Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT, Weimar, 2010 University of Applied Arts - Transmedia Art, Vienna, 2010 Facultatea de Arte, Timisoara, 2009 University of Art, Braunschweig, 2009 Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2009 Red House, Sofia, 2009 Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, 2009 Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, 2009 Ibrasotope, São Paulo, 2009 Minueto Centro Musical, Belo Horizonte, 2009 Alpen-Adria-Universität, Klagenfurt (AUT), 2008 George Mason University, VA (USA), 2008 Wesleyan University, CT (USA), 2008 Hampshire College, MA (USA), 2008 UNESP - Instituto de Artes, São Paulo, 2008 UDESC, Florianopolis, 2008 Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, 2008 New York University, New York CIty, 2007 National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 2007 National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, 2007 Shanghai Conservatory of Music, 2007 Digital Arts College, Shanghai University, 2007 Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 2007 Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, 2007 Forum Akustische Medien, St, Pölten, 2007 UNESP - Dep. de Música, São Paulo, 2007 Santa Marcelina University, São Paulo, 2007 University of the Arts, Berlin, 2007 Conservatorio di Musica "Santa Cecilia", Rom, 2006 Conservatorio de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 2006 Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, 2006 Auditorio "Juan Victoria", San Juan (AR), 2006 Centro Cultural de España, Santiago de Chile, 2006 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Música, Rio de Janeiro, 2006 Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Música, São Paulo, 2006 University of Music, Vienna, 2006 Academy of Music, Electronic Studio, Basel, 2006 Technical University, Dep. of Architectural History, Vienna, 2004 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2004 Californian Institute of Arts - School of Music, Los Angeles, 2004 Academy of Music Hanns Eisler, Berlin, 2004 Elektronisches Studio, Technische Universität Berlin, 2003 Gallery ‘Trees are so special’, Tokyo, 2003 Chung Yuan Christian University, Dep. Of Architecture, Taiwan, 2002 National University of the Arts, Dep. of Music, Taipei, 2002 Nagoya City University, 2002 Studio MYU, Tokyo, 2002 Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2002 Phonomanie-Festival, Ulrichsberg, Austria, 2000 ESCOM Conference, Uppsala University, Sweden, 1997 |
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| top | Publications (selection) Sollst stets die Stadt meiner Träume sein! In: Positionen. Texte zur aktuellen Musik, Germany 2013 OCCUPY? Is there anybody out there? Sound Interferences in Public Space. In: Conference of the European Research Network Sociology of the Arts, Vienna 2012 Between escapism and hyperreality - composing with(in) urban soundscapes In: The Global Composition. Conference on Sound, Media, and the Environment, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Germany 2012 Klangraum Krems: Eine klangkünstlerische Bestandsaufnahme In: Positionen. Texte zur aktuellen Musik, Germany, August 2011 TONSPUR_expanded: Der Lautsprecher In: Positionen. Texte zur aktuellen Musik, Germany, May 2011 (Un)Wanted: Ear Lids. Sound Installations in Public Space In: European November Conference “Public space and the challenges of urban transformation in Europe: Politics and culture”, SKuOR, TU Wien, 2010 10 personal “Desert Island Records” In: "The Desert Island Project”; S. 136-138, Tuttle Edizioni, Camucia, Italy 2009 Architektur und Musik In: „Architektur transdisziplinär“; IVA Verlag, Vienna 2008 Zur Verfransung der Künste: Adorno, Star Wars, Club Transmediale In: „Neue Zeitschrift für Musik“, 04/2005, Germany 2005 Installations 18 Werkdarstellungen zu intermedialen Installationen 1999-2004 In: „Bernhard Gál: Installations“, 80 S., Ingrid Beirer (Hsgb.), Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg 2005 belit – Komposition für Kammerensemble und Lichtprojektion Werkeinführung In: Festival-Katalog „Inventionen 2004“, Ingrid Beirer (Hsgb.), Berlin 2004 Sonic Awareness In: Symposium “Sound and Sensation”, Universität der Künste, Berlin 2004 Klang-Architektur-Raum-Zeit In: „Positionen. Beiträge zur Neuen Musik.“, Heft 54, Germany 2003 Konzert - Klangkunst - Computer Buch-Rezension: “Konzert - Klangkunst - Computer”, Veröffentlichungen des Institutes für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung Darmstadt, Band 42, Schott, Mainz 2002. In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, Vienna 2003 curiosity – detail – equipment – heritage – teenage heroes – political engagement – cross fertilization – humor In: Carola Magazine 2002, Francesco Tenaglia (Hg.), Italy 2002 Analyzing Jazz Rhythms: The Microstructure Of Walking Bass Lines ESCOM Conference, University of Uppsala, Sweden 1997 Analyse der Mikrostruktur von Walking Bass Lines Musicological thesis, 160 p., Institut für Musikwissenschaft, University of Vienna, Austria 1997 |
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| top | Bibliography Rainer Elstner Zeit-Ton Porträt ORF - OE1, Austria, August 2011 Markus Deisenberger "Am Klang sein" - Interview with Bernhard Gal music information center Austria, Vienna, April 2011 Tobias Fischer Interview with Bernhard Gal www.tokafi.com, Muenster, July 2007 Christoph Metzger Klangbojen In: "Sonoric Perspectives. Ostseebiennale der Klangkunst", 68 S., Pfau Verlag, Saarbrücken, 2006 Georg Weckwerth Bernhard Gál (Compilation Soundkunst Österreich) In: "spike art quarterly", 68 S., Vienna, Autumn 2006 Jozef Cseres Bernhard Gál - textur #6 In: 'Hermes' Ear', Kassak Centre for Intermedia Creativity, Slovakia, 2006 Etero Genio Portrait Bernhard Gál In: Sands-Zine, Italy, April 2006 Martin Supper Bernhard Gál - bestimmung new york In: 'heim@t: Karl-Hofer-Preis 2001 - interdisziplinärer Kunstpreis 2001'. 22. S., Universität der Künste, Berlin, January 2006 Barbara Barthelmes KLANG, LICHT UND FARBE. Zur Morphographie von Raum im Werk Bernhard Gáls. In: 'Bernhard Gál: Installations', 80 S., Ingrid Beirer (Hg.), Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, June 2005 Stefan Fricke Ortsbestimmungen. Stefan Fricke im Gespräch mit Bernhard Gál In: 'Bernhard Gál: Installations', 80 S., Ingrid Beirer (Hg.), Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, June 2005 Klemens Lendl Auf Horchposten hi!tech Magazin, 4/04, Österreich, December 2004 Roland Schöny Night Pulses (Werkeinführung) In: Catalogue 'Night Pulses', O.K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, September 2004 Will Montgomery Lost in translation The Wire, UK March 2004 Heidi Grundmann Dissociated Voices (Werkeinführung) In: Catalogue 'Dissociated Voices', Werkstadt Graz, Graz, 2000 Xenia Hu Of Sound and Time (Werkeinführung) In: Festival-Catalogue 'Hörgänge', Vienna, February 2000 (last update of c.v.: January 2013) |
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