In 2001 a network of people who had been working with multimedia for many years decided to join forces and found their own company – checkpointmedia. In autumn of the same year, they moved into their new office in the Haus der Musik, 1010 Vienna. As one of the most successful representatives of “Creative Industries Vienna/Austria,” checkpointmedia acts as an interface between arts/culture and the business world. Apart from the three founders and managing directors, Stefan Reiter, Stefan Unger and Virgil Widrich, the firm now consists of a large network of project partners. Since 2015 the company is named “checkpointmedia GmbH” and is located in Seilerstätte 13, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
On 11 June 2026, the Museum of Military History opened “Violence – Society. Austria in the Age of the World Wars, 1918–1955”, the first major exhibition project of its programmatic realignment. checkpointmedia, led by Marc Schuran and Virgil Widrich, developed the exhibition design.
For the exhibition IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt – The Bride at the Upper Belvedere, checkpointmedia (Marc Schuran, Virgil Widrich) was responsible for the exhibition design.
Graphic production for the exhibition in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library. Following „Image.Power.Politics“ and “The Danube – A Journey into the Past,” checkpointmedia, in collaboration with Nicole Stadler (Pop.Cut), is once again responsible for the graphic production of an exhibition in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library: “A Century in Pictures. Austria 1925–2025.”
The exhibition “Gustav Klimt. Pigment & Pixel” at the Belvedere Vienna combines art and technology, offering new insights into Klimt’s painting techniques. checkpointmedia developed the exhibition design, where originals, technological analyses, and digital reconstructions are presented in three sections.
Graphic design of the exhibition in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library.
checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
A multimedia look into the future of firefighting at Interschutz 2022 in Hannover.
Graphic design of the spectacular 44-meter reproduction of the famous Pasetti map.
The princely court of Salzburg – a centre of European musical culture 1587 – 1807 19.7.2020 to 2.1.2022, DomQuartier Salzburg Artistic direction: Virgil Widrich, exhibition design: Hans Kudlich
Artistic director of the exhibition.
Exhibition in Salzburg about central stages in the life of the Trapp family, known from “The Sound of Music”.
Design and implementation of a faceted display window collage.
Design and implementation of the anniversary event.
The large-scale media installation “Figaro Parallelo” allows a comparison of recent productions of “The Marriage of Figaro”.
Media installation for the exhibition “A Rush of Color – Masterpieces of German Expressionism” at the Leopold Museum Vienna.
The consortium of checkpointmedia Multimediaproduktionen AG / OMS Objektmanagement Service GmbH was commissioned in June 2013 as sole contractor for the design, construction and furnishing of the new museum.
An almost 3-minute animated film marks the 50th anniversary of Silhouette International Schmied AG, whisking the viewer on a rousing journey through the history of the world’s leading brand in light eyewear. The film depicts each decadal chapter in the company’s history using a unique graphic style.
checkpointmedia develops and installs a new music workshop with three studios for experimenta Heilbronn.
For the reopening of the world’s largest and oldest collection of meteorites in 2012, the vast collection of extraordinary exhibits is expanded by the skilful inclusion of media stations, interactive hands-on stations and animations.
Visitor Centre “Erste Campus-Schauplatz” about the future headquarters of Erste Group on the site of the former Vienna South Railway Station.
Besides an overview of projects carried out by checkpointmedia between 2001 and 2011, the book “Presentation and New Media – 10 Years checkpointmedia: Concepts, Paths, Visions” contains essays by leading contemporary protagonists on the current discourse in the media, worlds of experience, communication and internet sectors.
The history of the Salzburg Festival as a accessible spatial sculpture with different layers of mediation in the Salzburg Museum.
The history of Linz was worked out on the basis of different, partly very personal perspectives to a house with many rooms.
An animated film about the past, present and future of Erste Bank.
The corporate museum designed by checkpointmedia presents 50 years of Krones’ history and technical developments.
In the course of the redesign of the Swarovski Crystal Worlds, further attractions attracting the public were conceived and implemented in 2007.
Since 27 January 2006 (Mozart’s 250th birthday), this fully refurbished house containing Mozart’s former apartment, the only one of his Viennese residences still in existence today, has paid homage to the life and work of the musical genius.
Five media stations equipped with high-format 30-inch screens enable visitors to call up texts, pictures, graphics, animation films and short video clips.
The media stations in the visitor centre of the Austrian Parliament serve to impart knowledge and are integrated into the architecture.
Supplemented by an interactive module, the original Sattler-Panorama is now once again open to the public at the Salzburg Museum
The exhibition Hans Moser on the popular Austrian actor and the virtual national institution was one of the most successful exhibitions ever held in the Austrian Theatre Museum.
The Crystal Worlds, designed by André Heller in Wattens, Tyrol, was opened in 1995 for Swarovski’s 100th anniversary. Since then it has been continually expanded and further attractions have been added.
Extensive multimedia planning and implementation of Red Bull Hangar-7 at Salzburg Airport.
For the exhibition “Archbishop Paris Lodron (1619-1653), Statesman between War and Peace” at the Salzburg Dommuseum, checkpointmedia designed and installed a complex projection installation and an information display for the entrance hall of the Salzburg Dommuseum.
The multimedia station “Historical Panorama” portrays their history using video animations and audio commentaries in four languages; the interactive “Language Atlas”offers entertaining insights into the Ladin language.
checkpointmedia was responsible for developing the majority of the media stations and the hardware and software.