Bernhard Gál

Bernhard Gál ( born November 19, 1971 in Vienna Leopoldstadt ) is an Austrian composer and installation artist.

Life

Bernhard Gál has worked as a transdisciplinary working artist, composer and musicologist. His works are presented in the public space depending on the context in exhibitions, concerts and art projects. Gal was known among other things for his numerous works in the field of sound art, in which he combines sound with light, objects, concepts of space or video projections. He also composes music for acoustic instruments and electroacoustic music. Gal runs the label " Gromoga Records" and director of the Austrian Cultural Platform " sp ce ". Since 2006, he co-curated by Ernst Reitermaier the interdisciplinary festival " shut up and listen! ". Gál lives in Vienna and Berlin, where he also taught at the University of Arts Sound Art 2006-07.

Bernhard Gál's works were presented in exhibitions, concerts and installations in Europe, Asia, North and South America and New by ensembles such as China Found Music Workshop Taiwan, NewTon Ensemble Vienna Chamber Ensemble Musik Berlin, Ensemble listed Noamnesia Chicago and ensemble Alter Ego. An important element of his work is the combination of music with other art forms such as architecture, fine arts, dance, theater, performance, video and media art, among other things, he has worked since 1997 with the Japanese architect and artist Yumi Kori together ( "Audio architectural installations "). As a laptop musician, he is also regularly even concerts.

For his music and art projects Gál has received the Karl Hofer Prize Berlin, an annual scholarship of the DAAD Berlin Artists Programme and the Austrian State Scholarship for composition. His music has been released on several CDs, so on Durian (A) Plate Lunch (D) Intransitive (USA), bremsstrahlung (USA), Klanggalerie (A), Gromoga (A) and Charhizma (A). By Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg published in the summer 2005 catalog book, " Installation ," in which Gál's sound installations and intermedia works of recent years are well documented.

Works

  • "Determined new york ", 15 electro-acoustic compositions based on 15 different languages ​​, 1998-99.
  • " Defragmentation / red", audio- architectural installation in collaboration with Yumi Kori, Berlin, 2000.
  • " Of Sound and Time", composition for traditional Chinese instruments, 2000.
  • "Sound Buoy ", sound installation with floating sound and light objects on a lake, Austria, 2003.
  • "Night Pulses", sound installation based on light signals of the New York skyline, Linz 2004.
  • " belit ", composition for chamber ensemble and light projection, 2004.
  • " behape ", composition for 2 clarinets and sound projection, 2006.
  • "Airport ", sound installation for the Museum of Musical Instruments Berlin, Berlin, 2006.
  • " Infinitation (São Paulo) ," audio- architectural installation in collaboration with Yumi Kori, São Paulo, 2006.
  • "solo", inter-media installation, Tulln / Good Brunn, Austria, 2007.
  • " becuadro ", composition for brass quartet and light projection, 2008.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions / Intermedia Art Projects (selection)

  • Mil águas. DMAE Gallery, Porto Alegre, 2009
  • Solo. General co-op, Braunschweig ( Germany ), 2009
  • RGB. Alpen- Adria University, Klagenfurt ( Austria ), 2008
  • Solo. Lakeside Science & Technology Park, Klagenfurt ( Austria ), 2008
  • Reinstallation. O Lugar, São Paulo, 2008
  • The Green Hell. Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2008
  • Sound buoys Festival Donaueschingen Music Days, Donaueschingen ( Germany ), 2007
  • Jukai. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. The David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence (USA ), 2007
  • Solo. Music -to-date 2007 Good Brunn ( Austria ), 2007
  • Solo. Music currently 2007 Tulln ( Austria ), 2007
  • Shinkai. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. ISE Foundation, New York City, 2006
  • Reinstallation. Electric Eclectics Festival, Meaford ( Canada ), 2006
  • The Green Hell. Sonambiente Festival, Gallery of the Austrian Embassy, Berlin, 2006
  • Airport. Musical Instrument Museum, Berlin, 2006
  • Infinitation (Seattle ). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, 2005
  • In addition, :: the forest. Diapason Gallery, New York, 2005
  • Defragmentation ( Krems). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Donau Festival, Krems, Austria, 2005
  • Night pulse. O.K. Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, 2004
  • RGBuSW. singuhr - hoergalerie in parochial, Berlin, 2004
  • Sound buoys. Music currently 2003 Hanslteich, Gutenbrunn ( Austria ), 2003
  • Sound buoys. Music -to-date in 2003, Danube oxbow lake, Tulln ( Austria ), 2003
  • Machina temporis. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Franciscan monastery ruins, Berlin, 2002
  • RGB. Kunstverein Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 2001
  • Zhu shui. Jazzatelier Ulrich Berg ( Austria ), 2000
  • Defragmentation / red. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Kryptonale Festival, Berlin, 2000
  • Dissociated Voices. Factory city of Graz, Graz, 2000
  • Defragmentation / blue. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Studio Five Beekman, New York, 1999

Group exhibitions ( selection)

  • Reinstallation. Musicacoustica Festival, Beijing, 2007
  • Hyohaku -no- Hakobune. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Kobe Bienal, Kobe, 2007
  • Shinkai. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Japan Society, New York City, 2007
  • In addition, :: the forest. Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, 2007
  • RADIO EARS ( texture # 2). Magyar Mühely Galéria, Budapest, 2007
  • Infinitation (São Paulo). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, 2006
  • RGB. Sound Tower, St. Poelten ( Austria ), 2006
  • Defragmentation ( ISCP ). In collaboration with Yumi Kori. ISCP, New York City, 2005
  • Soundbagism. Denver International Airport, Denver, 2004
  • Three Whites. Sound Art Exhibition ' Rock's Role ', Art in General, New York, 2004
  • Green Voice / Green Box. In collaboration with Yumi Kori. Musashino, Tokyo, 2002
  • Enelten. Sound Off Festival. Galéria umenia, Nové Zámky, Slovak Republic, 2002
  • I am shitting in a room. Durian Festival. Konzerthaus, Vienna, 2002
  • In addition, :: the forest. Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg ( Austria ), 2001
  • Intended darmstadt. Museum Institute Mathildenhoehe, Darmstadt, 2000
  • NYC Subway. Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York City, 1998

Discography

  • Same difference ( Gromoga, 2010)
  • Relive ( Gromoga, 2008)
  • Installation (DVD, Gromoga, 2007)
  • Installation (CD, Gromoga, 2005)
  • Going round in serpentines (with K. Fagaschinski, Charhizma, 2005)
  • Installations ( Catalogue Book & Audio CD, Sweepers / Gromoga, 2005)
  • In addition, :: the forest. (Sound Gallery, 2004)
  • Relisten ( Intransitive, 2001)
  • Defragmentation / blue ( Plate Lunch, 2000)
  • Intended new york ( Durian, 1999)
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