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SHORT BIO

Stefanie Wuschitz works at the intersection of research, art and technology, with a particular focus on feminist hackerspaces, open source technology and peer production. She graduated with an MFA in 2006. 2008 she completed her Masters at the Interactive Telecommunication Program at TISCH School of the arts at NYU and became Digital Art Fellow at Umeå University in Sweden. 2009 she founded the feminist hackerspace Miss Baltazar’s Laboratory in Vienna, encouraging technology that is developed from a female perspective. In 2014 she finished her PhD with the title ‘Feminist Hackerspaces. A Research on Feminist Space Collectives in Open Culture’ at the Vienna University of Technology. October until June 2015 she held a part-time Post-Doc position at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, co-organizing the Open Hardware Summit Europe and co-editing the publication ‘Openism. Conversations on Open Hardware’. Since March 2015 Stefanie is part of a research group at the University of Michigan (School of Information). 2016 to 2017 she worked in the PEEK project ‘Data Publics’, initiated by Prof. Peter Mörtenböck. Currently she is involved in RIAT (Research Institute for Art and Technology) and heading Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory (feminist hackerspace and artist collective). Stefanie was giving international workshops e.g. at the University of Michigan, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Institute of Contemporary Art Moscow, Bartlett University College London, Shih-Chien University Taipei, Transmediale Berlin, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Harvest Works NYC and exhibiting internationally e.g. Arthall Budapest HU 2004, Gallery The Parlour, UK 2005, Goethe Institute Damaskus, SY, 2006, Kunsthaus Graz, AT, 2007, Videonale Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2007, Sinopale Sinop TUR, ITP Spring and Winter Show US 2007, Austrian Cultural Forum, US, 2007, Northern Center of Photography FI, 2008, Länsmuseet Västernorrland SE 2009, Norrlands Operan SE 2009, WOCHENKLAUSUR, UK 2011, Fringe Festival Taipei 2011, Academy of Fine Arts Krakow 2011, OKNO, Brüssel 2012, Science Friction 2014 DK, GPL Contemporary 2014, Bouillants FR 2015, Jogja Contemporary, ID 2015, Art|Jog|8 ID 2015, House of Electronic Arts CH 2015 among others.

CAREER AND POSITIONS HELD TO DATE

Post Doc Vienna University of Technology, 2016: PEEK project ‘Data Publics’ with Prof. Peter Mörtenböck
Post Doc University of Applied Arts Vienna, 2015: EU project ‘Appertus°’ with Matthias Tarasiewicz
Research Group University of Michigan 2015: Tech Culture Matters, School of Information, Prof. Lindtner

Senior Artist University of Applied Arts Vienna 2011-2014: Department of Digital Media Art
University Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna 2009 – 2012: Department IKR, Univ.Prof. Elke Gaugele
PhD University of Technology Vienna 2009 – 2014: Visual Cultures Unit, Univ-Prof. Peter Mörtenböck
1-year Digital Art Fellowship 2008 – 2009: HUMlab, Umeå University, Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden
Master Program at New York University, Winter 2006 – Spring 2008: Tisch School of the Arts, Master of Professional Studies (ITP)
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Winter 2001 – Spring 2006: Media Art, Univ. Prof. Brigitte Kowanz, With Honors
Art University Linz, Winter 2000 – Spring 2001: Experimental Visual Art, Univ. Prof. Peter Lachmayer

GRANTS AND STIPENDS (selected)

2013	Artist Studio and Grant by the Austrian Government, Artist Residency Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 3 months
2011	Stipend: Johanna-Dohnal-Prize 2011
2010	Grant Faculty of Architecture & Spacial Planing f. Architektur & Raumplanung, Technische Universität Wien
08-09	Digital Arts Fellowship HUMlab, 12-month Affiliation to Umeå Institute of Design, University of Umeå
06-08	Scholarship of New York University Interactive Telecommunications Program
06-07	Arbeitsstipendium University of Applied Arts, Vienna, BM:BWK
06-10	Sixpackfilm Artist Videogallery, video “Tetescha us”
2005	Leistungsstipendium University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2005	Stipendium für fachspezifische Kurse im Ausland University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2005	Projektbezogenes Finanzierungs-Stipendium University of Applied Arts, Vienna

PROJECTS, EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS

Looped Scroll, Yogyakarta 2015 NENEK PROJECT, Basel 2015 Looped Scroll, Vern-Sur-Seiche 2015 NENEK PROJECT, Yogyakarta 2015 Data Shaddow, Graz 2014 De-Othering Machine, Vienna 2014 Revolutionsfrucht, Graz, 2014 Science Friction, Copenhagen, 2013 Mooszillator/in, Vienna, 2012 Selbstläufer, Vienna 2012 Selbstläufer, Bregenz 2012 Moss Clock, Brüssel 2012 Looped Scroll, Wien 2012 De-Othering Machine, Wien 2012 Interior Loop, Wien 2012 DIY Art-aktiv: Künstlerworkshop De-Othering Machine, Linz 2011 De-Othering Machine, Krakau 2011 ¡Dadada!, Taipei 2011 Interactive Drawing, Hualien 2011 DADADA¡¡¡¡¡¡¡, Kauchung 2011 Suburbs, Vienna 2011 Feminist DIY, Vienna 2011 ¡Dadada! Vienna 2011 Vagina Dentata Vienna 2010	Art|Jog|8, Taman Budaya, 6.6 – 28.6.2015 Critical Make exhibition, House of Electronic Arts, 23.-29.04.2015 Le Genre, Bouillants, 4.4.-31.05.2015 THE NENEK PROJECT, Jogja Contemporary, 10.3.-25.3.2015 The Ministry of Hacking, ESC Medienkunstlabor, 27.9.- 28.11. Open Systems, GPL Contemporary, 14.1.2014 – 13.2.2014 Solo exhibition at Kunstgarten Graz, June 1st until July 1st 2013 Collaborative site-specific reactive sound installation, 29.-31.3 Installation, Klangmanifeste, Wien, Messe Wien, 5.-14.12-12 3D Print, ViennaFair, exhibition: Djinni in a Bottle, 20.-23.9.12 3D Print, Gallery Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz 15.5.- 30.6.12 Time Inventors Kabinet, OKNO, 10.-13.05.12 Schauraum, Museumsquartier, Wien, 23.03. – 06.05.12 Exhibition: Gesichtsfelder , ZS art Galerie, Wien Zoetrope installation. Schauraum Museumsquartier, 22.03.12 Museum of Communication, Frankfurt, 27.01.2012 Exchange Radical Moments Life Art Festival. 11.11.2011 Suburbs, Academy of Fine Arts Krakow, Poland, 7- 30.10.2011 Fringe Festival Taipei, 28.08 – 11.09.2011 Public Art Festival, Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, 17-21.09.11 Dogpig Art Café, 15.09.2011 Alte Schieberkammer, 21.7.-29.7., Polen – Österreich Transmediale Berlin 2.-5.2.11, Workshop, Panel Interactive Fluxus Performance, Raum D, MQ, 17.01.11 Interactive installation Werkzeug h. 11.11.-21.01.11
WOCHENKLAUSUR, Plymouth 2011Interactive Art Workshop NYC for Women Artists USA, 2010	Community based Art Work, Effort, UK, 8. – 28.3.2011 3-days Workshop and Presentation, Harvestworks, NYC and NYC Resistor, Brooklyn
Interactive Storytelling, Syria, 2010	8-days Workshop & interactive Install., Beit Al-Nofaraa
DIY projectors, Rotterdam, 2010	Workshop and interactive Installation, Worm, 5-8.05
Are You Conductive?, Germany 2010	Poetic Electronics Workshop, Brienner, 16-20.03.
Super Simple Robots, Czech Rep, 2009	Interactive water-Robot, Prague
Noisy Friends, Belgium 2009	Interactive plants, OKNO Brüssel, 17.-22.08.
Eclectic Tech Carnival Sweden 2009	Conference, 8.–12.07, Bildmuseet & HUMlab, Umeå University
Busqueda, Sweden 2009MÖTE09, Sweden 2009 3 LJUDverk, Sweden 2009 Touch Diamond, Sweden 2009 Bundle of Voices, USA 2008 The Sign of Fear, Finland 2008 ITP Winter Show, USA 2007	mit Gabriel Adauto und Calle Engqvist It’s About Time Norrlands Operan, Black Box, Galleri Verkligheten Interactive Mobile Storytelling, Länsmuseet Västernorrland ICEHOTEL, interactive Ice-Sculpture ITP Spring Show, NYC: Student Show, Mobile Application Northern Center of Photography in Oulu Kamkaj mobile application, “Singing Swing“ interact. installstion
Screening Teteschaus:Galeria Hippolyte Helsinki, Finland 2007 Austrian Cultural Forum, USA 2007 ITP Spring Show 2007, USA 2007 Videonale Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2007	”The Sign of Fear”, group show with Günter Brus, Ville Mäkikoskela, Harri Pälviranta„Tricky women festival“, NYC, Video Screening “Tetescha us” „The Bed Stuy Comic Project“, NYC, interactive story telling Screening von Video “Tetscha us“
Kunsthaus Graz, Austria 2007	“Erzählungen -35/65+“, Screening “Tetschaus“
MediaArtLab Graz, Austria 2006	Screening “Tetschaus“
Goethe Institute Damaskus, Syria 2006	Sound Installation mit Zeichnungen, „Enti Hunna“
Gallery The Parlour, GB 2005	London, Screening von Video “Fruchtlos“
Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna. 2005	Computer Game “Maniganda”
Arthall Budapest, Ungarn 2004	Urban Orient.ation, Video und Sound Installation

WORKSHOPS AND TEACHING

Coded Cultures Festival, Vienna, 22.5.2016 Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna, 2016 University of Applied Arts, Vienna, 2015/16 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 21.1.2014 Kunsthochschule Kassel, Kassel, 12.-16.5. 2014 WAFTlab, Indonesia, Surabaya, 18.12.2014 EASA Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo, 25.7.- 4.9.2014 Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, 12.2.-18.2.2013 Bartlett University College London, (Architecture) 7.1.-14.1.2013 Shih-Chien University.Taiwan. 3.4.12 – 9.4.2012 Treasure Hill Artist village, Open Lab. Taiwan 15.4.2012 Shitiping. Taiwan. Guest Artist. 17-21.09, 2011 Treasure Hill Taipei Artist Village. 17-19.08.2011 Platform4, Miss Baltazar, Denmark, 27.-29.06.2011 Déjà Vu, Temporäre Bühne für den Alltag, 5.7. 2011 Make Me Festival, Belgrade, 10.-14.06. 2011 Lecture Performance Kultur Waggon Frankfurt, 28.5.2011 Feminist DIY Kick Off, HfG Offenbach, 25.5. – 28.5.2011 TEDx Bratislava, Slovakia, 21.5.2011 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 18.5.2011 Sonification Worklab, Contemporary Art in Graz, 2011 Transmediale Berlin, , 2.-3. Feb, 2011 Lecture, School of Visual Arts, NYC, Sept. 14th 2010	Edit-A-Thon Wikipedia, Mz Baltazar’s Lab THE NENEK PROJECT, In: Social Glitch Grammar & Architecture of New Media ATTINY microcontroler workshop Open Hardware Workshop ATTINY microcontroler International Architecture Convention Interactive Art Workshop, J. Backstein Co-teaching with artist Ruairi Glynn Department of Communications Design Noise Instrument Workshop Terrace Environment Artist Workshop Taiwan: Interactive Art for children Aalborg: Miss Baltazar’s Laboratory Miss Baltazar’s Laboratory Miss Baltazar’s Laboratory Feminist Electronic Noise Toys Elektronic Media Department Miss Baltazar’s Laboratory Miss Baltazar’s Laboratory Miss Baltazar’s Laboratory Take Your Time, OKNO Miss Baltazar’s Laboratory Computer Arts
University Salzburg, Dozentin „ditact: women’s IT summer studies“	Wearable Technology
Lecturer Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien. WS 2010/11Lecturer Universität für Angewandte Kunst, Wien. Digitale Kunst WS 2010/11, SS 2010, WS 09/10, WS 11/12, SS 2012	“Science Fashion” „Human-Computer Interface“ Architecture or Media
Lecturer an der Technischen Universität Wien WS 09/10European September Academy Technical University Wien	Playing as methodological approach in spatial research
Umeå, Pushing the limits exhibition, SE, April 2009	Electronics Workshop
Umeå Institute of Design, SE, Februar und April 2009	Interaction Workshop
Umeå Institute of Design, Interactive Art Department,Elektronik & interaktive Kunst, Sommersemester 2008/9	Miss Baltazar’s Laboratory
Workshop & Lecture, Experience Technology moduleHyper Island, Stockholm & Karlskrona, SE, Oktober 08	Art with Mobile Media
Workshop Zine-Design”und Storyboards, Spring 2008	Lower East Side Girls Club
Video/Photo/Comic Workshops USA ‘07, Libanon ‘05, Syria ‘03	Art Workshops for kids

ARTIST TALKS AND CONFERENCES

Ars Electronica Center – Convention VIS-A-VIS Medien.Kunst.Bildung
‘Feministische Hackerspaces. Feministische Raum Kollektive im Bereich Open Culture’, January 28, 2016

Open Hardware Summit Europe: Feminist Hackerspaces, April 28, 2016

Maker Faire Vienna: Feminist Hackerspaces, April 17, 2016

AIL Vienna Bastard CROWD Expert Talks, Innovation Laboratory, The Nenek Project, May 8, 2015

University of Michigan (US) Panel Discussion: Making Hacked: Labor, Free Culture&Citizen Science, Cory Doctorow, Stefanie Wuschitz, Irina Aristarkhova, Matt Kenyon, 20.11.2014

New School NYC (US) LISA 2013 – Leaders in Software and Art, panel, OPEN SOURCE ART, 1.11.2013

Context Hacking, Salzburg, University of Salzburg, Contemporary Arts & Cultural Production, 18.10.2012

Paraflows Festival, Vienna, Reverse Engineering, Museumsquartier, “Hacking Feminism“, 15.9.2012

Taiwan National University. Taiwan, New Media Art Department, “Carolee Schneemann and Women in Technology“,12.4.2012

Kunstverein Frankfurt, DIY Art-aktiv: „Geekas und Geekushas. Kollektive, feministische Kunstpraktiken“, Frankfurt, 26.01.2012

Department for Interface Cultures, De-Othering Machine, University of Art and Design, Linz, 25.10.2011

Public Art Festival of Dong Hwa University Hualien Taiwan, 17-21.09, 2011

Fringe Festival Taipei, 28.08 – 11.09.2011

Bended Realities Festival Frankfurt – Waggon am Kulturgleis, 27. – 29.5.2011

Conference: BODY:RESPONSE – Biomedial Politics in the Age of Digital Liveness, Berlin 2-6 Feb 2011

Coordination, Space RE:solutions. Intervention & Research in Visual Culture Conference, Vienna 21-23.10.10

Campus Party, Madrid, 15. April 2010, Lecture international conference Madrid

HUMlab Podium, Juni 09, “Artistic Research”, Bruce Damer, Galen Brandt, Ele Carpenter, Erica Robles

Portfolio Präsentation Jänner 09, Theater Sagateatern Umeå, Schweden, Karlskrona, Schweden

Tactical Media Conference April 07, The Change You want to See, Brooklyn, USA

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Kunsthalle Wien, Künstler-Video-Archivs of Ursula Blickle Stiftung

Video Edition Austria – release 02, Medienwerkstatt Wien

Videonale Online Archive – 2012 Videonale im Kunstmuseum Bonn

Most important peer review activities, editorships and/or memberships in arts-based research organisations

2016 2016 2015 2015/16 2014/15 2012 2008/09

Co-Editor of the book ‘Openism. Conversations in Open Culture’ Advisory Committee of the Digital Communities category at Prix Ars Electronica Advisory board for Media Art Prize 2015, government of Salzburg Advisory board for Film and New Media, for the Vienna City Government, MA7 Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Peer Production (http://peerproduction.net/) Videonale Online Archive – 2012 Videonale at art musem Bonn Digital Arts Fellowship HUMlab, 12-month Affiliation Institute of Design, Univ. of Umeå Sweden (Kempe Foundation), Arts-based research

Research Trips and Residencies

Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Artist Residence, July, August, September 2013, BMUKK

New York City, September 2010: School of Visual Arts, Harvestworks, Market Hotel, NYCresistor

Damaskus, Mai 2010: Beit Al-Nofaraa, Austrian Embassy in Damascus

Hualien Artist Village, Dong Hwa University Hualien Taiwan, September 2011

International Sinop Biannual, Turkey, 1st August-12th September 2012

Publications (not updated)

Wuschitz, S. 2016. Kampung Kultur, p.95, In: Günther Friesinger, Jana Herwig, Odin Kroeger, Herbert Hrachovec (Hg.) Ökonomien zwischen Öffnung und Begrenzung, Wien: monochrom

Wuschitz, S., 2011. Creating mobile media and social change. In: Tornaghi C. & Knierbein S., (Hg.) Urban

cultures and public space: civil society and conflict. Wien: Publisher TBC

Wuschitz, S., 2010. Workshop Monte Laa, In: Tornaghi C. & Knierbein S. (Hg.), Öffentliche Räume Favoriten. Playful spatial

games. Werkstattbericht. Wien: Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space, vol. 107, pp. 76-77

Wuschitz, S. 2010. DIY Technik. In: Eismann, S., Köver, C., Lohaus, S. & Tsomou, M. (Hg.), Missy Magazine. Popkultur für

Frauen. Hamburg: Missy Magazin GbR, vol 2 pp. 40-41

Wuschitz, S., 2007. Arduino Microcontroller. In: Fiber. Werkstoff für Feminismus und Popkultur, Wien: Verein zur Förderung

und Publikation feministischer Diskurse, vol. 11, pp. 8-9

Wuschitz, S., 2007, Teteschaus. She is crossing borders. In: Pakesch, P. (Hg.), Erzählungen -35/65+ Zwei Generationen.

Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, pp.114-115

Wuschitz, S., 2006. Media in Lebanon. In: Art in Migration. Wien: Kerstin Kellermann, vol. 3 p.20

Wuschitz, S., 2006. Zerstörte Hoffnungen In: An.schläge, vol. 9, p.14

Wuschitz, S., 2007. Teteschaus. In: Elben, G. (Hg.), Videonale 11 e.V.: Festival für Zeitgenössische Videokunst, Köln: Verlag

der Buchhandlung Walther König, pp. 108-109,

Wuschitz, S., Seyfried, G. & Zaiser, D., 2004. Cocoon. In: Hochschülerschaft der Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien

(Hg.), Kunst Rele:wandt?, Wien: Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien pp. 104-105,

Wuschitz, S. & Lindinger, K., 2003. Ich will kein Dieb sein. In: Reder, C. & Ferfoglia, S., (Hg.), Transfer Projekt Damaskus

Wien: Springer Verlag, pp.283-287

Wuschitz, S. & Lindinger, K., 2003. Alltagssynfonien. In: Reder, C. & Ferfoglia, S., (Hg.), Transfer Projekt Damaskus, Wien:

Springer Verlag, pp. 273-281