Architect | Media Artist

Works in electronic art, architecture and visualization. His scientific-artistic papers and projects deal with the application of electronic media forms and theories and their cultural implications. Lives and works in Vienna.

Thomas Lorenz‘ work, based on his architectural background, accesses a wide range of fields and methods. His professional expertise in modelling and visualisation, stage design, graphic design and architecture, his academic experience in the fields of teaching computer aided design, cultural studies and interactive art, working as a program coordinator and directing a computer laboratory, his curatorial work in exhibitions and lecture series, theoretical writings and the creation of digital media art projects are the elements of a framework from within which he intertwines theoretical and practice oriented efforts in the fields of art, architecture and technology. Understanding the relations between society, science and art and exploring the potentials of artistically motivated strategies to create meaningful entities in the context of everyday life is one of the focal points of his work.

Academic and Professional Qualifications

• Visiting Scholar, Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney, (AUS), 05
• Assistant Professor, Inst. for Art and Design, Vienna University of Technology, 04 – sep 09
• Program Coordinator, Visual Culture Unit, Vienna University of Technology. 06/07
• Architecture Professional, Snap Architecture, 2003 -
• Lecturer in Cultural Studies / Visual Culture, Inst. for Art and Design, Vienna Univ. of Technology 02 – 04
• Assistant Professor and Director of the Media lab „DV-Werkstatt“, University Stuttgart, 00 – 03
• Lecturer in Computer Visualisation, Modelling and Drawing, Univ. of Applied Arts, Vienna, 00 -
• MSc in Architecture, Stuttgart University, (GER), 06/00
• Computer Visualisation and Modelling Professional, 94 -

Projects

02/2010 Cut/Out, Installation for styleout.shop, Museumsquartier, Vienna, with Gruber F.
05/2009 Ocean One, interactive „Natural Environment“
2007/08 Stroem, interactive Raumkomposition
2007 Sonah, interactive Sound-Visualisation, with Gruber F., Sterzinger S.
2006 Untitled, animated Painting, with Mair K.
2006 Archeology of an Instant, interactive historical urban landscape, with Gemeinböck P., Kuschej H.
2006/08 Cube, Umbau eines Einfamilienhauses, Wien
2003 Thenneberg, Reihenhaussiedlung
2003 Tullnerbach, Neubau eines Einfamilienhauses
2003 Hernals, Neubau eines Wohnhauses, Wien :: SNAP architecture
2001 LibrarX, Bibliothek des Informationszeitalters, Research/Competition for Curitiba/Brazil
1999 Uzume, VR-Environment, Forschungs Kollaboration with Gemeinböck P.
1998 Museum of Modern Art, Wettbewerb, Salzburg
1997 Incident, Videoinstallation
1997 Kyoto 2000 – A future Vision of Kyoto City, Wettbewerb
1995 Alle Mörder – Anton Wenzel Grosz, Bühnenbild, Beleuchtung, mit Manka I.

Publications

05/2009 Stroem, Proceedings of the Eurographics Workshop on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging
03/2009 Stroem, Catalogue, sound:frame 2009, Festival for the Visualisation of Electronic Music
01/2009 Tasarım ve Sinema Konferansı 2008: Ortamdan Yana, Rezension in: „XXI“ Design Magazine, Turkey
2007 entwerfen+projekte 2001-2006 Essay, Vienna
08/2005 Echo, Radiosendung, Radio Orange, Vienna
07/2005 Bønk, Radiosendung, Radio Orange, Vienna
2004 Reverse Space, Essay in: Virtuelle Kulturen – Körper, Räume, Medien
2004 Diffusion, Essay in: Ars Electronica Catalogue
2003 Lspace, Essay in: Code – The Language Of Our Time, Ars Electronica Cat.

Exhibitions

05/2009 Computational Aesthetics, 5th International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization, and Imaging, Victoria, Canada
03/2009 sound:frame 2009, Stroem, Festival for the Visualisation of Electronic Music, Vienna
11/2008 DesignCinema 2008, Stroem, group exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey
05/2008 Wir haben alle ein Motiv, Stroem, group exhibition, Unterstinkenbrunn, Austria
1997 Scanscapes, Incident, Videoinstallation, Wien
1997 Kyoto 2000 – A future Vision of Kyoto City , group exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

Lectures

09/2005 Space Invaders, University of Sydney
11/2003 Elektronische Konstruktionen, Visual Culture, Techn. Universität Wien
12/2001 Digital Architecture + Virtual Reality, Universität Stuttgart
03/2001 The Journey to Mnemosyne, Goldsmiths College, London
12/2000 Virtual Culture, Universität Stuttgart

Curatorial

Ausstellungen:
09/2006 8 Grad +, Unterstinkenbrunn, interaktive Installationen
05/2006 space.matters, SOHO in Ottakring, Wien, interaktive Installationen
12/2005 Echo, Ragnarhof, Wien, interaktive Installationen
11/2004 Diffusion, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, sept 04, Videoinstallationen im Rahmen des Ars Electronica Festivals
11/2003 Elevated Space, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Videoinstallationen im Rahmen des Ars Electronica Festivals
04/2003 Mirror Maze, Vernissage und Ausstellung, Im Rahmen des Workshops von P. Gemeinböck, Electronic Visualisation Lab, Chicago
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01/2003 Raumframes, Internationaler Wettbewerb zum Thema Raum und Film, mit: DV-Werkstatt, IGMA (Institut für Grundlagen Moderner Architektur), Filmhaus Stuttgart, Wand 5, Präsentation im Rahmen des Stuttgarter Filmwinters jan 03
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10/2000 Electronic Lounge, Stuttgart, Vortragsreihe -10/2003
03/2000 Salon Helga, Universität.f.Angewandte Kunst, Wien, Vortragsreihe -01/2001