DESCRIPTION
My central theme is the fragment, the fragmentation, the breaking. At present, numerous states, social systems, ideologies, values are breaking up. Society sees itself as a dynamic system that is constantly being rebuilt. At the same time, the life cycles of social constructs are getting shorter and shorter. But breaking does not only mean defect and destruction, it is also an evolutionary mainspring of mankind: breaking, analyzing, and putting together differently. From the fragment to the building block, then. A hot topic in social matters, in many areas of science, and of course in contemporary art production.
The submitted works can be considered as reflections on the tensions and frictions between different matter, space and time. How much heterogeneity can a picture take to still be perceived as a unit? How much heterogeneity does a picture need to develop a vital tension? I often try to shape the picture elements as if they were sound - visible sound. Sound can shake, penetrate and overcome physical matter. What interests me most about sound is its radical expansion behavior and its high degree of volatility. Sound is the dark matter of visual art.
AUTHOR
Gerald Trimmel (* 1962 in Hollabrunn / Austria)
Studies: Art Therapy (Sigmund Freund Private University Vienna), Electroacoustic and experimental music (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), History / German Philology (University of Vienna)
Study trips to the South Pacific region (Easter Island, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji, Tasmania).
Transdisciplinary artistic work since 1985: Painting, digital painting, photography, image projections, sound art, sound installations, performances, computer music. Solo exhibitions at the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz and the Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna (AT). Group exhibitions and performances in Austria and Germany (former museum of the 20th century, Technical Museum Vienna, Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Gallery New Spaces, Berlin…). Concerts and radiophonic performances in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Cuba and Colombia.
Scientific research and numerous publications on film and contemporary history, history of electroacoustic music in Austria, contemporary art and art therapy. Head of the Austrian Center for Film Studies at Danube University Krems (2000-2014).
Awards:
Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1989, Honorary Mention at the 11th Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo, Varese (It) 1989, 1st prize for film and television research 1992, Theodor Körner Prize 1994
