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2017–2025

Johannes Frauenschuh

Art & Science, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

Johannes Frauenschuh (b. 1981, Salzburg) works at the interface between artistic practice and scientific research. His artistic and visual work is interrelated with philosophical and epistemological interests and cultural-scientific questions related to the individual and contemporary society. A special focus of his work is the description and visualization of our current symbolic worlds, as well as the “calculation

1999-2002: studies in Cultural Sociology and Art History at the University of Salzburg,
2002-2006: studies in Sociology at the University of Vienna,
special focus: Sociology of Work and Art Sociology,
diploma-theses on educational aspiration in Austria and the interwoven cultural barriers and opportunities,
2007-2010: street-work etc.,
2010-2016: study of Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Amelie von Wulffen, Ashley Hans Scheirl etc.,
in-depth study of critical_queer_postcolonial theories and art theory,
2017-2021: Art & Science - master’s program at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

Johannes’ portrait in our interview series you find here: Johannes Frauenschuh

Their path at A&S21
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Master Portrait The forces that hold us together: April 2025 · Master Portrait Johannes Frauenschuh was born 1981 in Salzburg; he lives and works in Vienna and Burgenland. His academic background includes:2017-2021 | Art&Science - master’s program at the University of Applied Arts Vienna; special f…
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Data Loam: Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft. The Future of Knowledge Systems 15 Mar 2021 · Publication · Exhibited Big data: A matter of art “Data Loam: Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft. The Future of Knowledge Systems” is a landmark work. It details the wild proliferation of data and its profound methodological implications for arts and… Representing the: Translating Dark Matter 15 Mar 2021 · Publication · part of Data Loam: Sometimes Hard | Usually Soft · Exhibited click here to view part of book.
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Vienna Art Week 2020 15 Nov 2020 · Exhibition · Organizer Talk 1 on Fužine-Project - Living Rituals: Angewandte Art & Science, Vienna Art Week 2020Artist talk/Tea Ceremony with Filmmakers Helen Emily Davy, Jannis Neumann and Lindsey Nicholson moderated by Laura Stoll ad: Push a…
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ART & SCIENCE group exhibition as part of the Vienna Art Week Open Studio Days 16 Nov 2019 · Exhibition · Organization and exhibits ART & SCIENCE group exhibitionas part of the Vienna Art Week Open Studio Days16 and 17 November 2019, 15:00–18:00at University of Applied Arts Vienna, Expositur SalzgriesSalzgries 14, 2nd floor, 1010 Vienna With works by… In conflict, but mandatorily in symbiosis with intelligent systems 16 Nov 2019 · Drawing / Painting / Print · part of ART & SCIENCE group exhibition as part of the Vienna Art Week Open Studio Days · Exhibited How does a world develop in which people live in a kind of symbiosiswith algorithms and AI systems? Will the dictum “upgrade yourself”mean the end of homo sapiens in view of bio-genetic engineeringpossibilities? Why do w… Meet the Universe 05 Sep 2019 · Exhibition · Exhibited The exhibition “Meet the Universe”, organized by Cuántico, HEPHY, and Art@CMS shows works from 18 Vienna-based artists tackling the intersection of art and physics. The pieces have been created in collaboration with the… ORIGIN POETICS 2019 24 Jun 2019 · Exhibition · Exhibited The artworks on show have been produced by a range of international artists who are working in collaboration with the art@CMS-ORIGIN programme. Based on personal interests and research by each artist each piece has been… Representing the Invisible – Translating Dark Matter 24 Jun 2019 · Installation · part of ORIGIN POETICS 2019 · Exhibited In particle physics as well as in the social science, the observer is a dialectic entity, it enables the disclosure of a phenomenon as well as it influences and distorts the context in which the observation takes place.… Boxels – part of Biennale Sessions – La Biennale di Venezia 11 May 2019 · Exhibition · Exhibited On the occasion of the panel “Digital Transformations – Society and Arts at the Turning Point”, students and alumni of the Art & Science Department at the University of Applied Arts Vienna are presenting their works in a… DATA LOAM - Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft 01 Mar 2019 · Exhibition · Exhibited “Data Loam” line-up on Friday, March 1st 201915:00 - 18:30 Angewandte Innovation LaboratoryFranz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Wienwww.ailab.at 15:00 - Martin ReinhartUniversity of Applied Arts Introduction to the “Data Loam” proje… DATA LOAM - Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft 26 Feb 2019 · Exhibition · Exhibited Exhibition duration: Monday, 25 February 2019 – Friday, 8 March 2019Opening: Monday, 25 February 2019, 19:00Discussion: Friday, 1 March 2019, 19:00 Angewandte Innovation LaboratoryFranz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Wienwww.ailab.a… DATA LOAM - Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft - OPENING: 25 February 25 Feb 2019 · Exhibition · Exhibited During the opening London based artist Anna Nazo will present her piece “Performance”. The work includes a spoken word/poetry co-written with AI, brainwave performance (CGI generated live from artist’s EEG data), and a d… Representing the Invisible: Translating Dark Matter 25 Feb 2019 · Installation · part of DATA LOAM - Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft · Exhibited The project “Representing the Invisible: Translating Dark Matter” deals with the scientific research on Dark Matter. At the interface of empirical social research and artistic practice the work of Johannes Frauenschuh un…
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30 Oct 2018 ROUNDTABLE Protocol Mirror, mirror on the wall 24 Oct 2018 · Installation, Sculpture & Object · part of OPEN STUDIO Exhibition · Exhibited Within the narration responding to the instal­lation I address myself (again) to the fairy­tale of Snow White. The mirror is considered in analogy to modernistic strategies of self-con­struction, therewith interweaved pr… Dispositive Molds 15 May 2018 · Installation, Sculpture & Object · part of WORK OUT #1: Inside Out · Exhibited Johannes introduced the exhibition as research between inside and outside worlds and boundaries. Then individual presentations were given by Johannes Frauenschuh, Mauricio Suarez and Jasmina Grudnik. Johannes exhibited a… WORK OUT #1: Inside Out 15 May 2018 · Exhibition · Exhibited The exhibition shows works which are elaborated at the interface of artistic practice and scientific research, as these works deal with the mutual relationship of inner worlds and outer worlds. Inspired by and connected… 20 Mar 2018 ROUNDTABLE Students
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Carnivorous Shapes 25 Oct 2017 · Installation · part of OPEN HOUSE 2017 · Works Within this work I want to point out analogies, informal phenomena and shapes and how they appear in nature for example carnivorous plants, deep sea fishes, orifice and parts of the human body. I try to figure out analog… 17 Oct 2017 ROUNDTABLE Presentation · Students