Christa Sommerer
Year of birth, place
1964
Austria
Role at the ZKM
- Artist of the Collection
Biography
Christa Sommerer's works, which are created in collaboration with »Laurent Mignonneau«, are located in the intermediate field of art, science and technology. Based on simulations of artificial life, they develop creative environments for interaction and involve visitors in the work process. The confrontation of real and virtual systems demands a conscious interaction and illustrates the interaction and cooperation of both models.
| 1982-1985 | Biology and Botany Study, University of Vienna |
| 1985-1990 | Art Education Study, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (M.A.) |
| 1985-1990 | Art Study in Modern Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (M.A.) |
| 1991-1993 | Post Graduate Study, Staedelschule Institut for New Media, Frankfurt (with Peter Weibel) |
| ab 1992 | Collaboration with Laurent Mignonneau |
| 1993-1994 | Artist-in-Residence, NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Application, Beckman Institute, Urbana, IL USA |
| 1994-1995 | Artist-in-Residence, NTT-ICC InterCommunication Center, Tokyo |
| 1995-2001 | Artistic Director & Researcher at ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories, Kyoto |
| 1996 | Organization of »ART-Science-ATR«-Symposium, Kyoto |
| 1997 | Editor of the publication »Art @ Science«, Springer, Wien/New York |
| 1997-1999 | Associate Professor, International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), Gifu |
| 2000 | Guest Professor, University of Art and Design, Linz |
| 2001 | Visiting Research Fellow, MIT, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Cambridge/Boston |
| 2002 | Ph.D. degree from CAiiA-Star (Prof. Roy Ascott), University of Wales College of Art, Newport |
| 2001-2003 | Researcher & Artistic Director, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories, Kyoto |
| 2002 | Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto |
| 2001-2004 | Associate Professor, International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), Gifu |
| 2004-heute | Professor, InterfaceCulture Lab, Institute for Media, University of Art and Design, Linz |
| 2014 | Obel Guest Professors, Art & Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark |
| 2015 | Chaire Internationale Paris 8 University, ATI Labex |
| 2017 | Visiting Professor, Tsukuba University, Empowerment Informatics Program Department |
| 2019 | Visiting Professor, CAFA Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing |
| Artworks in connection with the ZKM: | |
| »The Interactive Plant Growing« | |