Gastkünstler*innen AIR 2025

Lilian Robl

Geboren 1990 in München, hat Bildende Kunst, Kunstgeschichte und Literaturwissenschaften in München und Brüssel studiert.
Ihre Arbeiten verbinden Film, Literatur und Wissenschaft und werden in Ausstellungen, u.a. Kunstraum Kreuzberg Berlin, GiG x Lothringer13 München, Wienwoche, auf Filmfestivals u.a. Barcelona International Short Film Festival, GRRL Haus Cinema, Les Instants Vidéo, Weimar Poetry Film sowie im Literaturkontext u.a. auftakt festival, Monacensia München, Projekt Thesaurus der Sprachbildlichkeit gezeigt.
2022 erhielt sie das Bundesstipendium für die Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, 2023 das Europäische Stipendium des Bezirks Oberbayern sowie den VIDEODOX Preis.

Artist Statement:
„In meinen textbasierten Videoarbeiten steht die Sprache im Vordergrund. Am Anfang meiner künstlerisch-wissenschaftlichen Forschung steht in den meisten Fällen ein bestimmter Begriff, der mich nicht loslässt. Ich spiele in meinen Arbeiten durch, was ein Begriff – auf sprachlicher, visueller und sprachbildlicher – Ebene bedeutet oder auch bedeuten könnte. Welche Prozesse und Formen von Intelligenz spielen sich im Zwischenraum von Text und Bild ab? In meinen Videoarbeiten tritt Sprache als essayistisches Voice-Over in Erscheinung oder Text taucht im und als Bild auf, wie konkrete Poesie erweitert um den Faktor Zeit.“

Mihai Zgondoiu

Unser Kooperationspartner in Timisoara, die West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Arts and Design hat Mihai Zgondoiu für den Aufenthalt in Salzburg ausgewählt.

Constantly focused on decoding the realms of Sci-Fi, the paranormal, popular studies on mysteries, parallel and extraterrestrial worlds, universal and personal mythologies, Zgondoiu documents, case by case, through his works, the birth of hybrid and approximate worlds. He explores various media and artistic techniques with versatility; these range from drawings, collages, and experimental prints to video installations, performances, and urban interventions. His projects critically interrogate clichés from contemporary society, mocking false values and icons promoted through media and online social platforms. His interest in ecological thinking and practice often reflects a deepening awareness of the human impact on the planet and the need to transform creativity into a catalyst for change.

Erica Spitzer Rasmussen

Professor Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts, Art University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Solo and group exhibitions in the USA, China, Japan, Australia and Europe.

Erica Spitzer Rasmussen is an artist who creates handmade paper garments and small editions of hand-bound books. Her current work explores family stories and issues of identity. Rasmussen is a recipient of the 2018 Minnesota Book Artist Award and various grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board. She teaches studio arts as a full professor at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Statement

„I’m a hand papermaker, specializing in unconventional and sculptural books.

My work is generally autobiographical. More specifically, I explore family stories and investigate issues of identity. For example, when I was a little girl, my father told me that eating tomatoes would make me “big, strong and hairy chested.” I believed him and avoided eating tomatoes for twenty years. Like my childhood association between the consumption of tomatoes and the growth of chest hair, I sometimes find body-stories and family dynamics to be simultaneously comical and unsettling. It is often these extremes in emotional reactions that drive me to produce the work, in an attempt to better comprehend each situation.“

André Griffo

Born in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1979.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism, and has been exclusively dedicated to Fine Arts since 2009, having studied at the School of Visual Arts
of Parque Lage on a scholarship.

Numerous solo and group exhibitions in Brazil, USA, UK. 

WORKING PLANS:

”My interest in applying for the VCCA City of Salzburg, Austria Exchange Program, beyond the exchange with the local community, lies in the unique opportunity to research layers of history represented in architecture through different periods, with a special interest in the
Baroque period.

The Baroque, with its exuberance and drama, emerges as the characteristic style of the Catholic Church in the historical context of the Counter-Reformation in Europe and contributes, with its symbols and ornaments, to the diffusion and strengthening of Catholicism.
The Baroque arrived in Brazil through the occupation of the territory by Portugal, bringing the Catholic religion as a colonizing instrument in a historical context marked by violence, domination, and exploitation of natural resources and enslaved bodies. 
And it is this Baroque that develops opulently here, financed by gold and representing the supremacy of the Catholic religion, which is present in my work, especially in the series "The Suppression of the Saint by the Ornament" that I have been dedicating myself to since 2018 and which I intend to work on while a resident in Salzburg.”
 

Nils Marthinsen

Young Swedish filmaker Nils Marthinsen is currently studying film at Katrineberg Folk High School. 

His working plan for the stay in Salzburg is to begin writing the script for his new short film. The film is based on a real experience from his backpacking in Thailand but takes place in Europe.

Artist statement: "To truly understand and convey my main character's inner journey, I need to be there. Salzburg's unique environment and cultural depth will provide me with the space I need to dive deeper into the story and the emotional development of the character. I see this as a crucial opportunity to take the next step in my creative process and create an authentic and powerful film."

Martin Telser

Martin Telser ist in Südtirol, Italien, geboren und aufgewachsen. An der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien absolvierte er 2015 den Masterabschluss in Sozioökonomie. Seiner Leidenschaft für das Medium Film folgend begann er 2016 mit dem Regiestudium an der ZeLIG Schule für Dokumentarfilm in Bozen, das er 2019 abschloss.

Seither arbeitet er als freischaffender Regisseur, Kameramann und Editor in unterschiedlichen Formaten, von Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmen zu Videoinstallationen. Seine Praxis basiert auf einem ethnografischen Ansatz, der auf Beobachtung und unmittelbares Eintauchen setzt, um zu verstehen, wie Menschen ihre Welt entwerfen und formen. Im Zentrum stehen u.a. alltägliche Handlungen als performative Praktiken zur Konstruktion von Realität, die Konstitution von Gesellschaft als Resultat subtiler sozialer Verhandlungen und die Bedeutung von Orten als Ausdruck von Identität und Selbst.

Seine Arbeiten wurden u.a. am DOK.fest München, Bolzano Filmfestival Bozen und Literaturhaus am Inn gezeigt.

Zudem Teilnahmen u.a. an TSFM WORD-FRAME,  TDC Terre di Cinema,  FilmIdee Summer School und Film Campus Innsbruck.

Liza Dieckwisch und Katrin Graf

Die Künstlerinnen waren im Rahmen des Living Space Stipendiums in  Kooperation mit periscope artists-in-residence der Stadt Salzburg