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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
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Simon’s interview of April 2025 in our Masters Portraits series.
Master project Rätselschrift
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
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
Learning by Being
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
Accounting for Taste
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
14 Nov 2013
ROUNDTABLE
17 Oct 2013
ROUNDTABLE