Eva Ursprung
http://ursprung.mur.at/
Eva Ursprung lives and works in Graz/ Austria. Since 1986 free lancing artist and curator. Installations, performances, art in the public, electronic and social space. Works with video, conceptual photography and sound. Electronics with Notorious Noise Brigade, sax with wavegroom; solo performances.
1997 award for visual art of the City of Graz. 1998 artist in residence in Fujino, Japan, 2007 jury-award for “Going Blindâ€, Associazione Culturale Ateneo delle Idee, Udine (Broccoli Art Group).
1982-1992 editor and publisher of the feminist culture magazine and founder of the women´s art association Eva & Co. Since 1993 Kunstverein W.A.S. (Womyn´s Art Support – founder, president), since 1998 member of faces, founding member of 42 (net art group). 1997 – 2003 curator for visual arts at Forum Stadtpark, Graz. Since 2005 board member of IG Kultur Steiermark and IMA (Institute for Media Archeology, http://ima.or.at). 2008 founding member and president of “Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz (http://schaumbad.mur.at).
Projects, performances and exhibitions in Graz, Vienna, Bonn, Bratislava, Manchester, Hull, Gdansk, Belgrade, Bucharest, Madrid, Salamanca, Glasgow, London, Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, Jerusalem, Maribor, Ljubljana, Udine, Bangkok, Singapore… 2009/2010 TO|YS ON TOUR, travelling- art-, research- and trading project on a truck from Graz/Austria to Lagos/Nigeria.
Videoscreenings (selection):
1988-1990 Österreichische Filmtage Wels; EMAF, Osnabrück; Electric Cinema München; Filmforum Duisburg; Kunsthaus Wiesbaden; Medienfest Tübingen, 1.Internationale Videotage Istanbul; 1993 Filmoteca Espanola y Muséo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; “VII Muestro Video Joven”, Sevilla; Casa de Cultura de Larrotxene Intxaurrondo, Spanien; 1994 LFMC London; 2002 Nokia Biennale, Singapore; 2004 experimental web TV streaming, ltnc, cc graz / PILOT TV, Chicago; 2005 medienkunstlabor, Kunsthaus Graz; 2006 Diagonale, Festival des österreichischen Films, Rechbauerkino, Schubertkino, Graz; „salon TV“, ltnc, City Of Women, Ljubljana; 2006/2007„Gugug“ (sounddesign für Sabine Groschup): Filmcasino Wien; Diagonale, Graz; Tricky Women, TopKino, Wien, Österreichtournee, synchro films&video award.