Mathias Janko

I live and work... (most of the time in Vienna) and was born 1988, Judenburg, Austria.

I have studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the department for Transmedial Art under the direction of Prof. Brigitte Kowanz.

One of my main fields of interest is the perception and construction of realities affected by actualities through nature. My work is characterized by my view on society, questioning social values, which are changing in relation to the increasing technical progress.

My first group exhibition, WahrHeitNehmen – Choose Reality (2010), in collaboration with Max Frey, Daniel Hafner and Tanja Schantl dealed with awareness and communication. Based on Paul Watzlawick’s theses, I produced three installations which depicted various perceptions of realities through a combination of a mirror mosaic, a fixed beamer installation and a moving monitor film documentation. It was my diploma project for Multimedia-Art focusing on audio-visual media at the Ortweinschule in Graz, I transferred to after three years at a secondary college for structural engineering technology.

Since I have studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna the kinetic sculptures I build, presenting the mechanical system more visible is more important for me.

CV

2015 Xwra Video and Media Art Festival, Ypati, Greece

2015 ZONING, FLUC, Vienna, Austria

2015 08-15, SWDZ (So Weit Die Zukunft), Vienna, Austria

2014 BROTLOSE KUNST, SWDZ (So Weit Die Zukunft), Vienna, Austria

2014 If Damien Were Viennese, Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria

2014 I Prefer »You« in the Plural, Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria

2014 Über Holotypen, Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria

2010 WahrHeitNehmen, Next Andrä, Graz, Austria

2008 springeight - festival for electronic art and music, Graz, Austria