Hofstetter Kurt
* 1959, Austria
concept- and media artist, composer
*1959 | Linz, Austria, lives in Vienna, Austria.
Artistic domains:
Sound, light, and computer installations, sculptures in public space, experimental art videos, music compositions, mathematical reflections, Irrational Images and Objects. Following his discovery of the Inductive Rotation (2008), a recursive method to create aperiodic and asymmetric tilings and patterns, extensive artistic experimentation and research work has derived not only the very first Aperiodic Weave leading to the new art form –Ambient Tactile Art but also the new composition strategy through time-space commutation - the Supersymmetrical Composition Technique.
2015, Outstanding Artist Award | Interdisciplinarity – State Price of the Republic of Austria for the project On the Event Horizon of Order - New Irrational Patterns
2020, Österreichischer Kunstpreis – Medienkunst – State Prize of the Republic of Austria for the extensive, internationally recognized oeuvre
presented in more than 40 countries in galleries, museums, at screenings and international festivals for art, film, video and new media.
Since 1994 artist collective PARALLEL MEDIA - Barbara Doser and Hofstetter Kurt
Exhibitions (selection of 5 ):
Sharjah Art Museum, La Biennale di Venezia 2009, CAAC Museum of Contemporary Art – Sevilla (Biennale 2008), Witte De With Museum – Rotterdam, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art – Karlsruhe, Triennale India – New Delhi
Permanent installations in public space:
‘On the Event Horizon of Order_frontal’ @ Freihausgalerie Villach
‘fACING tIME’ @ Vienna University of Technology
’N.I.C. – nature is cool’ @ crossways Langegasse-Laudongasse Vienna,
’Einen Augenbick Zeit’ @ ZKM - Karlsruhe (from 1994-2009 Vienna South station),
’Sunpendulum Time-Eyes’ @ Marshall Islands, Tokyo, Kolkata, Hong Kong, Dubai, Azores, Ensenada, New Orleans, Cairo, Granada, Bermuda, Hawaii
‘Planet of the Commuters with the 3 Time-Moons’ @ Vienna Middle railway station
