curriculum vitae
Matthias Meinharter (born 1971 in Vienna, freelance artist since 2003, lives in Vienna) works in the field of conceptual media-art as well as in different performance and sound-art projects (e.g. “the vegetable orchestra” and “the institute of transacoustic research”). Installations, mechanical objects, sound generating machines, photos, videos, drawings, acoustics and performances are integral elements of his artwork.
Education:
1990 – 1997 Studies of Anthropology; University Vienna
1992 – 1996 Dance-Improvisation & Performance Art at "das Studio" Vienna
1997 – 2003 Product-Design; University for Applied Art, Vienna
Prizes/Subventions:
2003 - Preis der Stadt Wien
2008 - Auslandsatelierstipendium für bildende Kunst (Chengdu)
2009 - Project-stipendium of BMUKK
2011 - Outstanding artist award – Video and Media Arts
2012 - Auslandsatelierstipendium für Medien-Kunst (Yogyakarta)
Projekts/Groups/Organisations:
Since 1998 - The Institute for transacoustic Research
Since 1998 - The Vegetable Orchestra
Since 2003 - Audio Label „tres“ (transacoustic research)
Since 2008 - Charter member of ASAP (Austro Sino Art Program)
Since 2011 - Member of Ausarten[]
Since 2011 - LasterKanaster
Since 2014 – Counselor for media arts at BKA (Departments of the art)
Since 2014 - Member of FLUSS
Exhibitions/Performances/Projekts: (Selection)
2024
We Are, Eindorf, Wien (AT)
2023
Open House, Klangforum, Wien (AT)
The Vegetable Orchestra at 25. anniversary concert, Radiokulturhaus, Wien (AT)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Beethovenfest, Bonn (DE)
Antipode, Grabneralm (AT)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Re/action Festival, Leicester (UK)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Northside Festival, Aarhus (DK)
2022
le bal contemporain at Philharmonie Luxemburg
The Vegetable Orchestra at Istanbul Bienal, Divan Kuruçeşme, Istanbul (TK)
The Vegetable Orchestra at „innovation DAY_ting“ REAKTOR, Wien
The Vegetable Orchestra at Festival Risvegli, University of Padua; Padua (IT)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Il Mulino, Piossasco (IT)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Climate & Change – Fest, Wiener Hilfswerk, Wien
Der Reif der Nebellungen at Echoraum
The Vegetable Orchestra at Lange Nacht, Museumsquartier Bern (CH)
2021
Antipode Südpazifik at Viertelfestival
The Vegetable Orchestra at Radio Kulturhaus Wien - Großer Sendesaal
Unter der Kurve at Technopolitics
The Vegetable Orchestra at Kultursommer, Wien (AT)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Climate Space Music & Film Festival, Melpignano (IT)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Sommerblut Festival, Philharmonie, Köln (DE)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Kultursommer, Ludwigshafen (DE)
The Vegetable Orchestra at La Seine Musical
The Vegetable Orchestra at "Game of Talent" on TF1
2020
Reif der Nebellungen at Echoraum
Kaffeenistik by the institute of transacoustic research
internetkaffee served by the institute of transacoustic research streaming online
performing an exhibition: chinese whispers at Bildrecht 07
Translecture at 20Jahre Klingt.org festival, fluc, Vienna, Austria
2019
Translecture at Alte Schmiede, Vienna, Austria
Le Bal contemporain at Philharmonie, Luxembourg
Operation on Dark Matter at Soundports Festival,Creative Gatherings - Arkaoda, Istanbul, Turkey
Vegetable Orchestra at Globart Academy, Klosterneuburg, Austria
The Vegetable Orchestra at Klang der Dinge, Schaubude, Berlin, Germany
The Vegetable Orchestra at Festival Maribor, Narodni dom, Maribor, Slovenia
Pimp my CV as part of 30 Jahre FLUSS - Where Are We Now?, Schloss Wolkersdorf, Austria
TikiTiki Men at Internationales Musikfest, Elbphilharmonie - Recital Hall, Hamburg Germany
The Vegetable Orchestra at Le Quarz, Brest, France
TikiTiki Men at Happiness Machine, Wiener Konzerthaus - Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria
The Vegetable Orchestra at Capital of Culture, Matera, Italy
TikiTiki Men at Eclat Festival,,Theaterhaus/T1, Stuttgart, Germany
The Vegetable Orchestra at Opening, Yue Opera Town, Shengzhou, China
2018
TikiTiki & the Pad Mouse Band at Wien Modern, Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
transpeditionen - 20years of the institute for transacoustic research 4 events in Vienna, Austria
The Vegetable Orchestra at Wissensnacht Ruhr, ChorForum, Essen (DE)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Centre Culturel, Strassen (LU)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Solanium, Schlosstheater, Rheinsberg (DE)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Kefir Festival, Prag (CZ)
The Vegetable Orchestra at Food&Science Festival, Teatro Sociale, Mantova (IT)
2017
imFluss at Fotoforum, Innsbruck
(Denk)raum Parcours at Embedded Exception, Haus der Begegnung, Vienna
TikiTiki&the PadMouseBand at Kastenkonzert #5, Setzkasten, Vienna
2016
#L0V3_H4CK1N6 at Wienwoche, Gschwandner Vienna (At)
Hafenfest Favoriten at Viktor Adler Markt, Vienna (At)
„über die Schluchten …“ at Rote Alpen, Vienna (At)
Poesie der Technik at Vorbrenner, Innsbruck (At)
The Vegetable Orchestra on Tour, Warsaw (PL), Meran (IT), Moss (NO), Krems (AT)
Tetralogie at Vorbrenner - Freies Theater, Innsbruck, Austria
Operation an dunkler Materie at Dunkelkammer Festival, Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna
Tiki Tiki Men at After Show, mo.ë, Vienna
2015
Mission Zfluct at Church of fluc, Kubatur, fluc, Vienna
Gibnachten at Kunstgastgeber am Schoepfwerk, Vienna
Mimesis at Reheat, Nickelsdorf, Austria
The Vegetable Orchestra at Popfest, Vienna
The Vegetable Orchestra at Musikfestspiele Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany
2014
Mimesis at Klagmanifeste, Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna
Casse-noisette déconstruit at Fermata, Echoraum, Vienna
department pop at Engelsharfen & Teufelsgeigen, Elektro Gönner, Vienna
Duo V-M-M at The rest is hearing, HUT, Vienna
Viertelfestival Naturmaschine, Drosendorf, Austria
The Vegetable Orchestra at Festival Rovereto Fiorita, Rovereto
3rd Night of Avantgarde Pop, Fluc, Vienna
The Vegetable Orchestra at Le Printemps des Arts, Monaco
Eurosonic, Groningen, Nederlands
Engelsharfen & Teufelsgeigen, Elektro Gönner, Vienna
2013
Austrian SoundNewMediaPerformanceArt, Liebig12, Berlin
The Vegetable Orchestra at TedX, Volkstheater, Vienna
15 Years of vegetable Orchestra, Theater Akzent, Vienna
The Vegetable Orchestra at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Blasmusik - Festival für Holz, Blech und Gemüse, Radialsystem, Berlin
Seismogaphischer Salon, Tabakfabrik, Linz
The Vegetable Orchestra at Festival der Regionen, Eferding, Vienna
2nd Night of avantgarde Pop, Fluc, Vienna
TikiTiki&the PadMouseBand at Turn the corner!, Porgy&Bess, Vienna
Auslandsatelierstipendium in Yogyakarta
2012
Green Conversations & ghost exit, Brut - Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna
Transmigration2000, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China*
Glaube vs. Wissenschaft, Ausarten, Offspace, Vienna
GOLEM at 12th ELIA Biennial Conference, MQ-Halle E, Vienna
Zug der Zeit at Klagmanifeste, Echoraum, Vienna
Night of avantgarde Pop, Fluc, Wien
The Vegetable Orchestra at Faithful, Berghein, Berlin
2011
TikiTiki&the PadMouseBand at Sauna, Schloss Laudon, Vienna
METAmART Kunst und Kapital, Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna*
microscopies at AUSARTEN[ ] e.V, Vienna
Parkfair presents EntARTainer, Offspace, Vienna
The Vegetable Orchestra at Im Loth, Konzerthaus, Vienna
The Vegetable Orchestra at Antigel Festival, Genf
The Vegetable Orchestra at Apply - Taste Art, MAK, Vienna
Auf der Schwelle, Performance and Bookpresentation, Sezession, Vienna
2010
Chinese Whisper at Convection, Dafen Art Museum (Sub-venue of EXPO Shanghai), Shenzhen, China
Artmart III, Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna
The Vegetable Orchestra at Code Festival; Lublin, Poland
The Vegetable Orchestra at IMA, Indianapolis, USA
The Vegetable Orchestra at Printmps de Arts festival, Monaco
The Vegetable Orchestra at Hors Piste, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Artmart, Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna
2009
Chinese Whisper at Mifan, Babu Space, Shenzhen, China*
Chinese Whisper at Mifan, 798, Beijing, China*
Animation Epidemic, MAK, Wien
Abstellkammermusik, Bellevue, Linz09*
Translecture, Club Transmediale, Berlin
2008
The Art of Copying, Jiao tong University, Chengdu, China
Translecture, MobileMusicWorkshop, dieAngewandte, Vienna
Iftaf meets Elixier, Belluard Festival, Fribourg, Swiss
2007
Artmart, Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna
Tod des Musikers, Reheat Festival, Kylehof, Austria
Unspace, Paraflows, Flakturm/MAK, Vienna
Asymptotische Versuchsanordnungen, Musikprotokoll, Steirischen Herbst, Graz
2006
>M< wie made, mania und mehr; year of Mozart06, Vienna*
Laborakustik, performance at the opening of the Life Sciences Center, Vienna
Lightube.sys, 100% east, PAD show, London
2005
Update, Künstlerhaus, Wien*
Transakustischer Luster, Soundinstallation UCAD (Louvre), Paris
2004
Theoremkollektor, Transeuropa MQ, Wien (S)
Spacemakers, Lothringer13, München*
2001
Outpost, MAK, Wien / Podewil, Berlin
4000 rpm, Riesenrad, Wien
Sex und Kunst, Performance Kunsthalle Wien
2000
transpackaging, Kulturzentrum Minoriten, Graz
msv_2000, Fest der Flüsse, Wien