Alexander Curtis |
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Curriculum Vitae |
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| 1964 | Born in the County of Kent, United Kingdom |
| 1984-86 | Foundation Year and First Year Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art |
| 1986-88 | Self-directed philosophy studies in Edinburgh |
| 1988-93 | Studies in Free Graphics at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and degree show with a short film |
| 1995-98 | In Scotland, studies investigating the role of ritual during the classical era |
| 1998/99 | Return to Vienna, development and construction of a film camera |
| 1999/2000 | Studies on the mechanisms of visual perception, hallucination and altered states |
| 2000-2005 | Studies on the role of culture and ritual during the Upper Palaeolithic |
| 2000-03 | Filming and post-production of the DVD - Project At the Rainbow’s Foot, with music by Stephen Ferguson. |
| 2002-05 | Product design, graphics and interior design for the shops of Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, along with the shops of the Austrian Theatre Museum, the Ethnological Museum and the Spanish Riding School in Vienna and Piber |
Projects |
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| 1991/92 | Together with Maja Vukoje, development, filming in Israel and editing of the material out of which the Film "Sahar - The Awakening" would later be made |
| 1993/94 | "The Englishman's Travelling Library", a novelle, published as an eBook by Gangan Books, Australia |
| 2000-2002 | Filming and postproduction of four short films in English and German for the DVD-Project "At the Rainbow's Foot" |
| 2003 | Pressing of the DVD "At the Rainbow's Foot" with various interactive features and a Venus of Willendorf paper model as an inlay |
| 2005/2006 | Together with Maja Vukoje, re-editing of the material filmed in 1991 and completion of the film "Sahar - The Awakening" |
| 2006-2010 | Three feature length film scripts and two texts for academic publications: "The Pict, Irish and Norse Presence at Birsay - an Analysis of the Sculptural Artefacts", "The Zeus Statue at Olympia" |
| 2011 | "Artist's Book": "Bellerophontes and the Lighthouse at Patara" With the camera built in 1998, commencement of a project investigating modernism |
Exhibitions |
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| 1990-1995 | Participation at diverse international Film and Media festivals |
| 2000 | Participation in an exhibition at the MASC Foundation, Vienna |
| 2001 | Participation in the exhibition "20 Years", Project Space, WUK, Vienna |
| 2003-2009 | Sculptural installation in the Museum Shop of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| 2003 | Sculpture and multimedia installation "Cabinets of Time", together with Susanne Kompast at the MASC Foundation, Vienna |
| 2004 | Participation in the exhibition "96 Concepts for Seibane", Project Space, WUK, Vienna |
| 2005 | Sculpture and multimedia installation "Cabinets of Time II", together with Susanne Kompast, at the Cosmos Theatre, Vienna |
| 2012 | Participation in the exhibition "Egypt", at the Rearte Gallery, Vienna |
Purchases |
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| Austrian State Collection: "Opus 7" (film) | |
| New American Cinema Group: "In the Wake" (film) | |
| Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: Püsteriche (6 sculptures) | |
Filmography |
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| 1989 | "Arametrophy" 1'50", 16 mm, B/W |
| "Opus No. 2" 1'50", 16 mm, B/W | |
| 1990 | "Phi - the Golden Section" 4'25", 16 mm, colour |
| 1991 | "Arametrophy Revisited" 3'50", 16 mm, colour |
| 1992 | First Version of "Sahar - The Awakening, together with Maja Vukoje 18', 16 mm, colour |
| "In the Wake" '40", 16 mm, B/W | |
| 1993 | "Opus 7" 3'50", 16 mm, colour |
| 2002 | "At the Rainbow's Foot" 9'20", DVD Pal |
| "The Invicta 1 Refraction Camera and the Search for a Motif" 5'55", DVD Pal | |
| "The Venus Figurines of the Gravette as the Expression of a Concept of Time" 18'22", DVD Pal | |
| "Making your own Venus and Experiencing Refraction for Yourself" 5'15", DVD Pal | |
| 2006 | "Sahar - The Awakening" 13", 35 mm, colour together with Maja Vukoje |
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