Emanuel Danesch, 1976 born in Innsbruck - Austria,
studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and the Academy
of Fine Arts in Vienna.
As filmmaker and artist his documentary films and projects cover issues
of cultural, economical and political transformation.
He was invited to numerous festivals and exhibitions in Austria and
abroad and worked repeatedly in collaboration with other artists.
At the moment Emanuel Danesch lives in Vienna.
- 1976 born in Innsbruck - Austria
- 1994-1998 University of Applied Arts, Vienna
- 1998-2001 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
- 2008 DIAGONALE Award for the best short documentary or short film 07/08
- 2007 Grant for contemporary Art - Tirol
- 2004 Austrian National Grant for Art
- 2001 Prize of the „Emanuel und Sofie Fohn” foundation for the project „Utopia Travel”
- 1998 Prize of the „Emanuel und Sofie Fohn” foundation for the project „In front of – projection inside”
Solo Exhibitions / Projects:
2008
- „UTOPIA TRAVEL” Danesch/ Rych
- Bucharest Biennale, Bucharest - Romania
2007
- "Demonstration" Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg - Austria
- Completion of the project LiveSafelyinEurope
- Completion of the film Outlines of a Homeland
- „Utopia Travel” Danesch/ Rych
- Wolke7, Vienna
2006
- Completion of the documentary film CSR Promise Responsibility
2004
- „Alterity Displays” Lawrence O´Hanna Gallery, London - Great Britain
2003
- „Beyond the map - constructing narratives” Gallery „La Box”, Bourges - France
2002
- Realization of the Project „Utopia Travel” Danesch/ Rych (2000-2003):
- Townhouse Gallery, Cairo - Egypt
- Espace SD, Beirut - Lebanon
- Sea Elephant Travel Agency / the Loft, Istanbul - Turkey
- Apartment Project, Istanbul - Turkey
- XXL Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
- SKC, Belgrade - Serbia
- so.ba café SCCA, Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
- net.culture club mama, Zagreb - Croatia
- Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana - Slovenia
- Menza pri koritu Club / Metelkova Mesto, Ljubljana - Slovenia
- <rotor> Association for Contemporary Art, Graz
- Secession - Vienna - within the framework of the exhibition of Rirkrit Tiravanija, Vienna
2001
- „Das Experiment 3 - Utopia Travel” Danesch/ Rych - Secession, Vienna
1999
- „bundy jumping” Institute for contemporary art, Academy of fine Arts, Vienna
- „In front of - projection inside” Kabelwerk, Vienna
Group Exhibitions / Festivals / Screenings:
2008
- „LiveSafelyinEurope”
- DIAGONALE - Festival of Austrian Film, Graz - Austria
- „about: safety scaffold” :emyt, Berlin - Germany
- Babylon Cinema, Berlin - Germany
- „The Bag” Danesch/ Rych
- „Other than Yourself - An Investigation between Inner and Outer Space” TB-A21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna - Austria
- „CSR Promise Responsibility”
- Filmforum NRW Museum Ludwig, Köln - Germany
2007
- „LiveSafelyinEurope”
- „exklusiv” Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck - Austria
- University Paris 1 Pantheon - Sorbonne, Paris - France
- „CSR Promise Responsibility”
- Platforma Video7, Athens - Greece
- DokMa 07 - Film Festival, Maribor - Slovenia
- KiG! & Doku Graz, Graz - Austria
- Schikaneder Kino, Vienna - Austria
- globale07 - Film Festival, Berlin- Germany
- Underdog filmfest, Vienna - Austria
- The Red House, Sofia - Bulgaria
- DIAGONALE - Festival of Austrian Film, Graz - Austria
- „UTOPIA TRAVEL” Danesch/ Rych
- globale07, Berlin - Germany
2006
- „Minority Logbox” Danesch/ Rych, within the project
„KÜBA - Journey Against the Current” TB-A21 Thyssen-Bornemisza
Art Contemporary:
- Canetti House, Rousse – Bulgaria
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad – Serbia
- Vukovar City Museum, Vukovar – Croatia
- Ethnographic Museum, Budapest – Hungary
- TRANZIT, Bratislava – Slovakia
- Nestroyhof, Vienna
- „CSR Promise Responsibility”
- 3 Screens Film Festival, New Delhi - India
- OKTO TV, Vienna
- Goatmilk Festival, Bulgaria
- Normale 06 @ Enlazando Alternativas 2, Vienna
- Green Wave - 21st Century European Enviromental Festival, Bulgaria
- „It is hard to touch the real” Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
- „ECONOMY CLASS” Alliance Francaise, Nairobi - Kenya
2005
- „Utopie Freiheit” Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
- „Rallye Bar” Forum Stadtpark, Graz
2004
- „DEAF04 V2” Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Rotterdam
- „Hilchot Shchenim/B” The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon - Israel
- „living room” Soho in Ottakring, Vienna
- „it is hard to touch the real 2nd Videofestival” Kunstverein, Munich - Germany
- „Fly Utopia” Transmediale, Berlin - Germany
2003
- „Bandits mages - Festival des arts multi-media”, Bourges - France
- „BORDERPHONICS” live Webradio
2002
- „Erfrischungen” Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck
- „Sonderschau” Art, Innsbruck
- „Return to Sender” Soho in Ottakring, Vienna
2001
- „collabor.at” Futuregarden, Vienna
2000
- „transpackaging” Minoriten Gallery, Graz
1999
- „Kunst auf der Baustelle/Modebus >>time scan 1<<” Museumsquartier MQ, Vienna
1998
- „Parkplatz” Generali Foundation Vitrine, Vienna
- „Cold Front” Kicks and Bricks, Vienna
1997
- „Tag ein”, Frankfurt am Main - Germany
- „ECHO” Intervention - KG Pembaur, Innsbruck
1996
- „mmh ... so good!” with David Rych and Andrea Pozzato - Siebenkapellenareal, Innsbruck
Lectures and Workshops:
2007
- „HOW FAR CAN I GO? 2nd” Workshop - Schloss Buechsenhausen, Innsbruck - Austria
- [net.culture] Lecture - Academy of fine Arts, Vienna
- „HOW FAR CAN I GO?” Workshop - Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna)
- „Segregation - Border - Limitation - Discipline - Control - Borderphobia - Borderphilia - Agoraphobia - Xenophobia” Screening / Lecture - Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna)
- „CSR Promise Responsibility” in the frame of „Global Studies - Vergleichende Unternehmenskultur und Wirtschaftsethik” Screening / Lecture - University of Graz
2006
- „Smooth Gentrification” Lecture - Academy of fine Arts, Vienna
- „Utopia Travel” Lecture in the context of the „CHAMP” - Supercamp Project, Nomad Theatre, Vienna
2004
- „Utopia Travel” Screening / Lecture - Transmediale 04 - „Fly Utopia” House of World Cultures, Berlin
2003
- „Documentary Activism film and video” Workshop - Ècole nationale des Beaux Arts, Bourges - France
2002
- „Cultural / political content in film and video” Workshop - Higher Institute of
Cinema, Cairo - Egypt
Recent Publications (Selection):
- Diagonale Materialien, interview by Georg Wasner, March 2007 „Floskelhaftes unterschiedlich eloquent gesagt...”
- Marina Grzinic „Minorities and the Other within (the New) Europe” T-B A21
- Revue Esse, Autum 2005 „Utopie et dystopie”
- Gregor Jansen „Offene Systeme, affective Turbulenzen, lokale Gefühle” Springerin, Band X Heft 4–2004
- Monika Mokre „Politische Kunst zwischen Autonomie und Relevanz”
- „Feelings are always local” V2_Publishing/ Nai Publishers „Connective cartographies…”
- Revue Esse, Autum 2004 „Du commentaire social”
- Dieter Buchhart „Das Experiment - Ein Zwischenresümee” Kunstforum, Band 156, August-October 2001
- Secession Publishing - „Rirkrit Tiravanija” p.64 and p.88
- Secession Publishing - „das Experiment 3 - Utopia Travel”
Author of Publications:
- „Ein Mal Grenze und zurück”, Südwind - Magazin, 2007, Nr. 7-8
- „How I Learned to Overcome my fear...and started to Love Matroschka island”, Art in Migration
- „Von innen sieht man besser”, WUK - Info Intern
- „Multiple Degrees of Representation - Space, Place, and Subaltern Identity”, Danesch/Rych, T-B A21
- „Konturen einer Heimat / Esboços de uma patria / Outlines of a Homeland”, Art in Migration
- „Soho in Ottakring” Gentrification and the position of the artist within this context, WUK - Info Intern
- „Six degrees of separation” about the exhibition - especially about the works of Paul Horn and Harald Hund, WUK - Info Intern
- „Es muss ja nicht gleich neu sein” Contribution to the impending war in iraq WUK - Info Intern
- „Pro Film ein wichtiger Ort im WUK” about Profilm, Kenan Kilic and his films, WUK - Info Intern