Born in Vienna, 1952. Studies in Architecture, Technical University, Vienna, Bachelors Degree, 1970 -1979. Member of MEDIENWERKSTATT WIEN, Video-works, 1980 -1983. Member of DER BLAUE KOMPRESSOR Floating & Stomping Company, since 1983. Works with Hanna Schimek, since 1985. Numerous filmworks, since 1989. Member of SIXPACK FILM, since 1997. Member of AFTER IMAGE PRODUCTIONS, since 2001. Artistic director of the LIGHT IMAGE – THE AEGINA ACADEMY (3), since 2003. Basic area of the artistic work: Film-works on the phenomenology of the medium film. Artistic research works. Projects with Hanna Schimek, since 1985. Projects under the label D&S, since 1997. Films/Videos/CD ROMs/DVDs (selection): TATORT MIGRATION (1-10), DVD installation, Kölner Kunstverein, Cologne, 2005 WELT SPIEGEL KINO, 35mm, 93min, 2005 FILM IST.Stimme und Gesang, DVD Installation ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2004 SPEKTRUM – Sixpackfilm Trailer, 35mm, 50sec (7), 2003 Breaking News – on board the “Hohenzollern“, DVD contribution for the Aegina Academy, 11min, 2003 FILM IST. (1-12) – DVD Installation, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 2002 FILM IST. (7-12), 35mm, 90min, 2002 ODYSSE TODAY, CDrom (3), 1999 Tradition is the handing on of fire and not the worship of ashes, 35mm, 1min (6), 1999 FILM IST. (1-6), 16mm, 60min, 1998 MARIAGE BLANC (4), 16mm, 5min, 1996 FILM IST MEHR ALS FILM, Viennale Trailer, 35mm, 1min, 1996 Film/Speaks/Many/Languages, Viennale Trailer, 35mm, 1min, 1995 TASCHENKINO, expanded cinema event, 16mm, 1995 55/95, 16mm, 3min , 1994 AUGENZEUGEN DER FREMDE (4), 16mm, 33min, 1993 WELTZEIT / 24.812 Minuten (2), 16mm, 35min, 1990 ADRIA, Urlaubsfilme 1951-68, 16mm, 35min, 1990 WOSSEA MTOTOM (1), Video, 73min, 1986 ASUMA (1), Video, 35min, 1984 Art & Environment projects, exhibitions (selection): LIGHT IMAGE ILLUSION – The Aegina Academy, a forum for Art and Science, Aegina, Greece (3), 2005 LIGHT IMAGE ILLUSION – Atlas, Kunsthalle Wien / Projectspace, Vienna (3), 2005 LIGHT IMAGE REALITY – Atlas, Lentos Museum, Linz (3), 2004 Camera Obscura Building, Perdika, Aegina, Greece (5), 2003 LIGHT IMAGE REALITY – The Aegina Academy a forum for Art and Science, Aegina, Greece (3), 2003 ODYSSEY TODAY / THE CD-ROM, interactive multi-media-product. (3), 2000 ODYSSEY TODAY INFORMATION CONTAINER – a public installation within the framework of the Festival of Belluard/Bollwerk, Fribourg/Switzerland. (3), 1999 FOOD DESIGN – artistic concept, guess club 02, Vienna (3), 1999 ALPENGLUEHEN/10000 watt – light-installation, , 16-27.8.1998, Bielerhoehe, Vlbg./3), 1998 SIGNAL building/art project for the "Remise", Ottakring (3), 1998 DIE KUNST DER REISE / DIE ATHEN KONFERENZ – Athens, series of events in collaboration with:Goethe Institute Athens, Fournos Theatre, Athens (3), 1995 SON ET LUMIERE Frankfurt – video/installation, Deutscher Werkbund Ffm. (3),1994 SON ET LUMIERE Frankfurt – a sight-, audio- and light- event, with 10 taxis (3), 1993 DIE KUNST DER REISE /ARCHIV – London, installation and exhibition- series in co-operation with :Battersea Art Centre, Watermans Art Centre, Chisenhale Gallery, London Filmmakers Co-op.(3), 1991 DIE KUNST DER REISE/ARCHIV – Frankfurt am Main, installation and exhibition series. (3), 1988 DAS WASSER-, DIE WEGE-, DIE PFLANZEN-, DIE GRENZEN DER WUESTE – artistic research works in the Sahara oasis of Figuig, Morocco (3), 1988 DIE KUNST DER REISE/ARCHIV – installation series, Luftbad, Vienna (3), 1986-1987 SON ET LUMIERE WIEN – a landscape, audio- and light- event, Vienna (3), 1985 Lectures and workshops (selection): Avanto Filmfestival, Academy of fine Arts, Helsinki Nederlands Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, Workshop “The Programme as a presentation format”, 2004; Tampere Filmschool, Tampere, Finnland, 2004; Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Wien, Symposium Visualisierung, IWK, 2004; Nederlands Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, ARCHIMEDIA, 2003; Musikhochschule, Symposium Wien Modern, Vienna, 2002; Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2002; Filmmuseum Vienna, Cinedays, 2002; Shortfilmfestival Hamburg, 2002; DIAGONALE, Austrian Filmfestival, 2002; Cinemateca Portuguesa, ARCHIMEDIA, 2000; Bard College, New York, film department, 2000; Athens School of fine Arts, digital media department, 2000; University of Liege, Belgium, ARCHIMEDIA, 1999; University of Nijmeegen, Netherlands, ARCHIMEDIA, 1999; 12th Rencontres Vidéo Art Plastique, Herouville Saint-Clair/Caen, France, 1998; MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Lab, Boston, USA, 1997; San Francisco Art Institute, Cinematheque, 1997. Awards (selection): Best film, Exis Festival, Seoul / Korea, for WELT SPIEGEL KINO, 2005; Best Editing Award, Ann Arbour, for FILM IST. (7-12), 2003; Best use of archival footage Award, Cinema Texas, for FILM IST. (7-12), 2002; Main Price, VIPER int.Festival, for ODYSSEY TODAY the CD-ROM, Basel 2000 (3); Silver Spire Award, International Filmfestival San Francisco, for FILM IST.(1-6), 2000; Main Price Filmfestival Windsor/Ontario, for FILM IST.(1-6), 1999; Honorable Price for Film Art, Federal Chancelor Office-Section of Culture, 1999; Team work award, for MARIAGE BLANC, Stuttgarter Filmwinter 1997 (4); Price New Cinema, for TASCHENKINO and FILM IST MEHR ALS FILM 1996; Honorable Price of Lower Austria, for artistic Film 1995; Main Price Dokumentart Neubrandenburg 1994, for AUGENZEUGEN DER FREMDE (4); Honorable price of the Ministery of culture 1992 - Sparte Grenzüberschreitung (3); Price of the Belgian Television RTBF/Montbeliard 1984, for ASUMA (1). In collaboration with: (1) Gerda Lampalzer and Manfred Neuwirth (2) Ernst Kopper (3) Hanna Schimek (4) Mostafa Tabbou (5) Franz Berzl (6) Christian Fennesz (7) Martin Siewert