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2013–2025

Simon Sailer

Art & Science, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Master project

Simon Sailer (b. 1984, Vienna) studied philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the University of Vienna.
 

2021: Clemens-Brentano-Preis geht an Wiener Autor Simon Sailer
https://www.tt.com/artikel/17948043/clemens-brentano-preis-geht-an-wiener-autor-simon-sailer
 

Simon’s interview of April 2025 in our Masters Portraits series.

Their path at A&S15
↑↓2025
Master Portrait Making Worlds or is it All Fun and Games? April 2025 · Master Portrait Before studying Art & Science, Simon Sailer was a “Bummelstudent” and political activist, he said, and was studying comparative literature, political theory and philosophy. He abandoned his studies to travel around Europ…
↑↓2015
Master project Rätselschrift 17 Jun 2015 · Master project · part of Diploma Projects | Summer semester 2015 · Actor Simon Sailer2015, Text and Installation A literary text constitutes the core of Sailer’s work. He reiterates one of Ernst Bloch’s earlier prose, creating a compact and densified version. The text is then printed on light… Seaside Valley 27 Jan 2015 · Game & Interactive, Video & Film · part of Semester Presentations WS2015 · Presentation Seaside Valley is not only a ski resort in Japan, it is more importantly a map for the video game Dominions 4. The grand strategy game set in a fictional universe, based on ancient and mythical civilizations, was develop… 27 Jan 2015 Semester Presentations WS2015 Presentation · Actor
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11 Nov 2014 ROUNDTABLE Actor BIOSPHERE n+1 23 Jun 2014 · Exhibition · Actor Transdisciplinary Play in 3 Acts: Monday 23 June 2014, 10:00–18:00\nExhibition: 24 – 27 June 2014, 07:00-21:00 05 Jun 2014 ROUNDTABLE Actor 03 Apr 2014 ROUNDTABLE Actor 13 Mar 2014 ROUNDTABLE Protocol Learning by Being 30 Jan 2014 · Report · part of Semester Presentations · Actor Simon SailerSituated between experiment, performance and activism, Simon Sailer approaches sustainability in a humorous and unconventional way. Under a fake persona he will run a videoblog on YouTube, informing the audie… 09 Jan 2014 ROUNDTABLE Presentation
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Accounting for Taste 28 Nov 2013 · Drawing / Painting / Print · part of ROUNDTABLE 28.11.2013 · Actor It is often assumed, that taste is something very subjective and thus cannot be accounted for. If someone finds something tasty and someone else does not, how can anyone argue against those sentiments? Paradoxically thou… 28 Nov 2013 ROUNDTABLE 28.11.2013 Roundtable · Presentation 14 Nov 2013 ROUNDTABLE Actor 17 Oct 2013 ROUNDTABLE Actor