Cella, MFA
Klaus Knoll, Dr. phil.
Directors, Transart Institute

Mag. Thomas N. Burg
Head of Center for New Media
Danube University Krems

Artist and Media Mentors: Students choose their own artist and media mentors. Students also have access to a pool of Mentors. Faculty will make suggestions at the residencies. Mentor choices, along with study plans, need to be approved by Transart faculty after the residency. An initial list of mentors is available here. Information for becoming a mentor and an application form can be found here.

Faculty, Guest Faculty and Visiting Artists 2005 (partial list)

Lynn Book, Vocal Performance Artist, New York
David Carson, Graphic Designer, New York, Los Angeles
Dr. Claire Daigle, Art Historian, New York,
Prof. Dr. Johnny Golding, Philosopher, Artist, Greenwich University, London
Christopher Hewitt, Performance Artist, Curator, Berlin
Dr. Klaus Knoll, Artist and Media Theorist
Dr. Marc Ries, Media and Art Theorist, Vienna
Giaco Schiesser, Media Theorist, University of Art and Design, (HKGZ) Zürich
Dr. Wolfgang Sützl, Theorist, University Innsbruck


Lynn Book, Performing Vocal Artist, American
Lynn Book's adventurous performance work has evolved over the past 20 years from a very physical and visually charged form to include a broad range of vocal activities ranging from textual play and DaDa scores to more free-form musical and extended vocal territories.  Her vocal work appears on several compilation recordings and she has produced CDs and tapes on her own  and other independent labels, including dice 2 [she says], a collection of contemporary women composers in collaboration with Harvestworks, New York City.  Other production credits include live performance and media events at Thundergulch, the Chicago Cultural Center, Lunar Cabaret and Hothouse.  She has performed her provocative interdisciplinary performance theater works such as "Gorgeous Fever" and "tongue" and given vocal concerts throughout the U.S. and also in Europe.  In New York City, her performances have been shown at such places as the Knitting Factory, Roulette, the Kitchen, Judson Church and at HERE.  Lynn Book has been recognized and honored with several grants, fellowships and residencies for her creative endeavors that continue to unfold in new and surprising ways (including radio dramas).  Her explorations in contemporary and traditional performance practices contribute to her far reaching approach to discovering, teaching and performing the vitality of the voice as it engages with body, mind and world.

Lynn Book has been an innovative educator, teaching in a wide variety of settings for over 15 years. Voicelab was founded in 1999 to expand and cultivate her dynamic teaching practice and philosophy about the 'voiced body'.  Her unique interdisciplinary approach in her teaching practice and her artistic pursuits, has drawn hundreds to work with her from theater to music, visual arts and dance. She works with professional and non-professional vocal explorers looking for a deeper connection to living in the voice and with the practically minded looking for effortless communication in daily affairs.  She has taught performance, voice, speech, media and interdisciplinary courses at Barnard College in New York City, was Associate Professor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago for 10 years, and taught at Columbia College, among others. She continues to conduct master voice and movement workshops at such sites as The Kitchen Summer Institute, Movement Research, University of Connecticutt and at New York University among others. Lynn Book currently teaches voice in the theater program at Sarah Lawrence College, New York.
Languages: English
www.voicelabnyc.com


david carson, graphic designer, american
david carson is principal of david carson design, with offices in new york and los angeles. the studios work for cultural, corporate, music, and other clients has been recognized by the new york type directors club, american center for design and i.d. magazine. carsons work has been published in over 150 magazine and newspaper articles around the world, including eye, idea, the new york times, the guardian, metropolis, the l.a. times, domas, wired and emigre (which devoted an entire issue to carson's work).

a feature in newsweek magazine said of carson "he changed the public face of graphic design".

carson graduated with ‘honors and distinction’ from san diego state university, where he received a BFA degree in sociology. named to i.d.'s magazine list of top forty influential designers, carson lectures throughout the world, as well as colleges throughout america, including cranbrook, art center, and cal arts. he has had various one man exhibitions of his work worldwide, and is a firm believer in the importance of intuition in one's work. carson lectures at various professional symposiums, including designer as editor at the design institute in amsterdam.

david is currently designing a 500 page book of marshall mcLuhan writings. carson worked with william burroughs in carson short film, the end of print in 1995. carson designed the packaging as well as the photography for nine inch nails, the fragile cd (and tour) , and currently serves as art director for quiksilver clothing.

past clients include mtv, david byrne, ray gun magazine, surfer magazine, transworld skateboarding, transworld snowboarding, burton snowboards, rusty surfboards, giorgio armani, and fox television. carson directed the launch tv commercials for Lucent technologies, and designed the worldwide branding campaign for microsoft (through weiden + kennedy, portland).

carson remains a hands on designer, keeping his office small and mobile.

carson's book , with lewis blackwell, the end of print, is the biggest selling graphic design monograph of all time, selling over 200,000 copies, (with a revised edition now out.) Other books include 2nd sight, and fotografiks (with philip meggs). his newest book trek, (gingko press) was released in june 2002.

he's currently designing the cover for the ucla extension catalogue, joining a distinguished line of artists who have been commissioned over the years (starting with paul rand). other current cover design projects include: covers for mac user magazine and graphics international (london). he is also art directing and designing the signage and graphics for the world famous academy of marionnett (paris) and continues to direct various tv commercials and short films.

he also designs the puerto rican surfing magazine, surf in rico..........
Languages: English
www.davidcarsondesign.com


Dr. Claire Daigle, Art Historian, New York
Ph.D. in Art History, The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.
Whitney Museum of American Art Fellow in Critical Studies, Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, the School of Visual Arts, New York, Hunter College, New York. Publications in the U.S. and Germany.


Prof. Dr. Johnny Golding, Artist, Philosopher, British
Dr. Golding is a practicing artist/philosopher who lives and writes under the name of johnny de philo. Sue Golding is a Professor of Philosophy in the Visual Arts & Communication Technologies at the University of Greenwich. In 1998 she was awarded a major research position as Head of Theory at the Jan Van Eyck Akademie, an international post-doctoral experimental Research and Production Center in Fine Art, Design and Theory (Maastricht, The Netherlands). Her research grapples with contemporary political philosophy as a poetic -- re-casting this 'poetic' along the radical paradigmatic shifts brought about by the digital age. Emphasis is placed on the visual-acoustic culture, experimentation, and the seriousness of play. In short, her writings, videos, and sound productions are committed to the political and philosophical project of re-thinking democracy without 'forgetting' questions of the body, genders, racisms, sexualities and pleasures. Her latest book, "Dirty Theory" (Routledge: London forthcoming).
Language: English
www.gre.ac.uk/~gs04/home4j/johnny/publications.htm


Christopher Hewitt, Performance Artist, Curator, British
Christopher Hewitt holds a BA (Hon.) Fine Art from the Cardiff Institute of Higher Education. He has over 13 years work experience in various aspects of contemporary arts, including working on three separate contemporary arts magazines, working within a major public funding institution for nearly two years, both in the capacity as an administrator and researcher and hold senior positions in a major contemporary arts venue and a contemporary arts academy. He has established, curated and ran his own live art venue in London for two years. Recent positions held include: Head of Interdisciplinary, Turku Polytechnic, Director, LiveArts for the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. He has been a consultant for Combined Arts Department, Arts Council of England Live Art Archive and Curator for Hollywood Leather Live Art Venue.

Recent Personal Performances/Exhibitions include:
2003 One Minute Performance Reconstructions Nippon International Performance Art Festival, Tokyo, Japan
A series of one minute performances which reinterpreted and recreated work by some of the other performance artists in the festival.
2002 Untitled – Performance Drawings Anti Performance Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland
A performance installation in which life sized drawings are used to document artists appearing in the festival.
1999 The World Turned Upside Down Poikkeustila Performance Art Festival, Helsinki, Finland
Languages: English
www.liveartwork.com


Dr. Klaus Knoll, Artist, Theorist, Austrian
Austrian photographer Klaus Knoll has twenty five years of fine art, architectural, and studio photography experience. He holds a Ph.D. in Communications. Dr. Knoll has lectured and taught photography and media studies in Austria and Japan. His photographs are in the collections of the Cologne Museum Ludwig, Bibliotèque Nationale in Paris, and Austrian National Fine Art Photo Collection. His exhibition record includes one man shows at the Tokyo Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Berlin Brennpunkt/DGPh, Alfred Lowenherz Gallery, New York, the Art Complex Musem in Boston, and group shows at the Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg, the Central Michigan University Art Gallery and Benham Gallery, Seattle.

Prof. Dr. Marc Ries, Media and Art Theorist, b. Luxembourg
Marc Ries studied philosophy and media science in Vienna and Klagenfurt (Austria). He has created a variety of theoretical and formative works in the context of media, architecture and art. Ries is also co-ordinator of the content provider 'The Thing Vienna' and has taught comparative image theory at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany. Publications: Medien und Gemeinsinn. In: System-Daten-Welt-Architektur (Triton-Verlag, 1995), Medienkulturen. Essays. Sonderzahl Verlag Wien 2002.
Languages: German, French, English

Prof. Giaco Schiesser, Media Theorist, Swiss
Giaco Schiesser is professor for Theory and History of Media as well as head of the department "New Media" at the University of Art and Design Zurich (Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, HGKZ). He studied philosophy and German studies at the Freie Universität (FU) in Berlin. From 1984 to 1987, he was assistant for New German Literature in the German Seminar at the University of Basel. From1983 to1993, he was co-editor of the magazine "Widerspruch" (Zurich) and between 1989 and 1994 he was scientific editor of the "WochenZeitung". From 1991 to 1996, he was a member of the Institute for Migration and Racism Research in Hamburg. Since 1994, he has been docent for the history and theory of visual communication at the "School of Design Zurich" (SfGZ). From 1996 to 1997, he assisted the establishment of the university department "New Media" at the University of Art and Design Zurich (HGKZ) as head of the university department and in autumn 1998, he was also appointed professor for this department. His work focuses on the culture of media, ideology, democracy, subject theory and everyday life.
Languages: German, English
www.hgkz.ch
www.xcult.org/texte/schiesser


Dr. Wolfgang Sützl, Theorist, Politics and Media, Austrian
PhD in Philosophy, Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, Spain. "Emanzipation or Violence. Aesthetic Pacifism in Gianni Vattimo“, 2001.
Master of Arts in Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK, 1989-90, Mag.phil. in Translation (German, English and Spanish), University of Vienna, 1984-89, Chief Researcher of World-Information.Org a project of Public Netbase / Institut fuer Neue Kulturtechnologien. Lecturer in Peace Studies, MA Programm in Peace Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Universtat Jaume I (Spanien) und Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Méxcio, Mexiko. Lecturer in political science, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Lecturer in philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck

Research: Political Theory of Information and Communication Technologies
"My research in this area has its point of departure in Edmund Husserl's phenomenological theory, according to which the technization of the life world makes it impossible to think of the political as separate from the technological. Ever since the 19th century political theory and political struggles have interacted with technological development, so that it has become necessary to understand technology as a place of the political (Horkheimer, Adorno, Arendt). In order for this to be possible, an understanding of technology is necessary that goes beyond the instrumental (Heidegger, Anders). This applies in particular to the digital information and communication technologies, which in a number of ways are transforming the foundations of the political (virtualisation, weakening of subjectivity, aesthetization).

Against this background, I am particularly interested in the ways in which emancipation and the critique of violence are affected by mediatization and technization: in the current transition, the exercise of power seems to be migrating from identifiable institutions and structures (where a critique of ideology would still be possible) into highly mobile configurations that are constantly re-masking themselves - a transition which in many ways has been anticipated by Nietzsche (Vattimo). As a result, the critique of domination and of violence seems most promising where it is interwoven with artistic and technological practices. Experimental art and radical technology play a decisive role in emancipatory social currents, where art, technology and politics represent a coherent pragmatics." For more information: New Culture Technologies / Public Netbase http://www.t0.or.at/t0
Languages: German, English, Spanish, Italian
http://suetzl.netbase.org/

Guest speakers and Visiting Artists change each residency. Suggestions are encouraged.

Alumni: Students who have graduated from the program are invited back each year for the residency in order to stay connected to the Transart Institute community, to be stimulated by a continued dialogue, feedback on their projects, and new ideas generated in the annual symposium. Alumni partake in alumni group critiques with faculty, visiting artists and guest lecturers, conduct student critique groups, attend symposia and studio workshops. Alumni registration deadline is four weeks prior to the residency.

Transart Institute Collegium: A board of representatives consisting of two students (one for each year), two faculty, and two directors. Agenda: Program, faculty and student matters.

Transart Institute Academic Board: Faculty and Directors. Agenda: Admissions, graduation, and academic matters.

Danube University Krems Advisory Board: Thomas N. Burg, Director, Center for New Media, Department of Telecommunications, Information and Media, Danube University Krems, Tom Fürstner, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Gerald Trimmel, Director, Film Center, Cultural Studies Department, Danube University, Krems.