Virgil Widrich
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Since his participation in Peter Greenaway’s legendary Vienna exhibition “100 Objects to represent the world” in 1992, Virgil Widrich has been involved in the creation of exhibitions and entire museums in various roles as project manager, conceptual designer, exhibition designer or artistic director.

Projects · 59
2026 checkpointmedia

Violence – Society. Austria in the Age of the World Wars, 1918–1955

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.

2025 checkpointmedia

IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt – The Bride

For the exhibition IN-SIGHT: Gustav Klimt – The Bride at the Upper Belvedere, checkpointmedia (Marc Schuran, Virgil Widrich) was responsible for the exhibition design.

2025 checkpointmedia

A Century in Pictures. Austria 1925–2025

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.”

2025 checkpointmedia

Klimt. Pigment & Pixel – Rediscovering Art Through Technology

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.

2023 checkpointmedia

IMAGE POWER POLITICS: Yoichi Okamoto. Post-war photography icon

Graphic design of the exhibition in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library.

2021 checkpointmedia

The Danube. A journey into the past

Graphic design of the spectacular 44-meter reproduction of the famous Pasetti map.

2020 checkpointmedia

Music everywhere!

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

2019 checkpointmedia

sconarium Visitor Centre for Bad Schönau

Artistic director of the exhibition.

2019 Research University of Applied Arts

“Data Loam” in the exhibition “Understanding Art & Research” - Yuga gallery and…

Data Loam

2019 Film production

Teleplasmatic Views of Vienna

On two corresponding screens the video installation “Teleplasmatic Views of Vienna” deconstructs and reinterprets Vienna’s Stephansplatz.

2019 Research University of Applied Arts

Data Loam - Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft

Exhibition on the research project on contexts of meaning through categorization and indexation.

2018 Multimedia

Vienna Design Week 2018 – Voyage Around My Room

Video installation in an endless loop in the former Sophienspital for the Vienna Design Week 2018.

2018 checkpointmedia

Sound of Music World Salzburg

Exhibition in Salzburg about central stages in the life of the Trapp family, known from “The Sound of Music”.

2017 University of Applied Arts

Aesthetics of change – 150 years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna

The exhibition “Aesthetics of change: 150 Years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna” in two parts casts a glance back onto 150 years of the University’s history, while at the same time daring to look into the future.

2017

Memory Palace

The installation “Memory Palace” reflects the house from the film “Night of a 1000 Hours” which has been built using rear projections, backdrops, props, costumes and light and brought to life around the actors for the film.

2017

Side by Side

Media installation as part of the exhibition “ANALOG_DIGITAL. Media (Ex)changes” at METRO Kinokulturhaus.

2017

Exhibition and retrospective “analog_digital – The Dichotomy of cinema”

On the occasion of the exhibition “Analog_Digital. Media (Ex)Changes” the Filmarchiv Austria is showing a fascinating cross section of national and international analogue/digital cinema in a retrospective curated by Virgil Widrich.

2017 Multimedia

Vienna Design Week 2017 – Panzerschrank Potemkin

Film director and multimedia artist Virgil Widrich transforms the strongroom of a former bank into a surface for projections.

2017 University of Applied Arts

The Essence17

Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2017 checkpointmedia Stage

70 Years of the Marshall Plan

Design and implementation of the anniversary event.

2017 University of Applied Arts

Circuit Training

Exhibition of the classes Art & Science and Site-Specific Art in cooperation with CERN, art@CMS and HEPHY.

2016 University of Applied Arts

The Essence16

Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2016 University of Applied Arts

[dis]placement – Information through Sound

Annual exhibition of Art & Science on the topic “Information through Sound”.

2016 checkpointmedia

Figaro Parallelo

The large-scale media installation “Figaro Parallelo” allows a comparison of recent productions of “The Marriage of Figaro”.

2015 checkpointmedia

“Parallaxis” – Media installation for the exhibition “A Rush of Color” at the Leopold Museum

Media installation for the exhibition “A Rush of Color – Masterpieces of German Expressionism” at the Leopold Museum Vienna.

2015 University of Applied Arts

The Essence15

Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2014 checkpointmedia

Funeral Museum at Vienna Central Cemetery

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.

2014 University of Applied Arts

The Essence14

Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2014 University of Applied Arts

Biosphere n+1

Exhibition and transdisciplinary pieces in 3 acts by Art & Science students at the University of Applied Arts at University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU).

2014 University of Applied Arts

On 23 June 2014 the symposium “Biosphere n+1" is held in cooperation between University…

Biosphere n+1

2013 Research University of Applied Arts

Participation with “Liquid Things” by Roman Kirschner in the exhibition “Out of the box -…

Liquid Things

2013 University of Applied Arts

Crucial Experiments

An exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna during Vienna Art Week 2013.

2013 checkpointmedia

Experimenta Heilbronn – Music workshop

checkpointmedia develops and installs a new music workshop with three studios for experimenta Heilbronn.

2013 University of Applied Arts

The Essence13

Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2013 University of Applied Arts

14/16, on-site research

Micro-exhibitions at 6 locations by students of Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2012 checkpointmedia

Museum of Natural History Vienna – The Meteorite Gallery

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.

2012 University of Applied Arts

The Essence12

Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2012 checkpointmedia

Erste-Campus-Schauplatz – Visitor centre for Erste Group’s new headquarters

Visitor Centre “Erste Campus-Schauplatz” about the future headquarters of Erste Group on the site of the former Vienna South Railway Station.

2011 University of Applied Arts

Things that talk

Exhibition of the University of Applied Arts/Art & Science at the Museum of Natural History Vienna on the occasion of the Vienna Art Week 2011.

2011 University of Applied Arts

The Essence11

Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2011 University of Applied Arts

Parameter{world} - parameters for every or no thing

Annual exhibition of the students of the Master course “Art & Science Visualization” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2010 checkpointmedia

Exhibition “90 Years of the Salzburg Festival – The Great World Theatre”

The history of the Salzburg Festival as a accessible spatial sculpture with different layers of mediation in the Salzburg Museum.

2010 University of Applied Arts

The Essence10 – Hyperactive Prototypes

Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2010 Screenplay Film

Virgil Widrich produces a film entitled “make/real” for the exhibition “Robot Dreams”…

make/real

2009 checkpointmedia

Exhibition “Linz. City in Luck” – Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture

The history of Linz was worked out on the basis of different, partly very personal perspectives to a house with many rooms.

2009 University of Applied Arts

The Essence09 – Digital Traces

Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2009 University of Applied Arts

Alias in Wonderland

Exhibition of the Department of Digital Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna at Freiraum/quartier21 Vienna.

2008 University of Applied Arts

The Essence08 – Digitale Kunst

Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

2008 checkpointmedia

Krones AG – Company Museum

The corporate museum designed by checkpointmedia presents 50 years of Krones’ history and technical developments.

2007 checkpointmedia

Swarovski Crystal Worlds – Redesign 2007

In the course of the redesign of the Swarovski Crystal Worlds, further attractions attracting the public were conceived and implemented in 2007.

2006

checkpointmedia at the exhibition “360° Design Austria” As a starting point for this…

checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions

2006 checkpointmedia

Mozarthaus Vienna – Multimedia Exhibition

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.

2005 checkpointmedia

Exhibition – Palais Epstein

Five media stations equipped with high-format 30-inch screens enable visitors to call up texts, pictures, graphics, animation films and short video clips.

2005 checkpointmedia

Vienna Parliament Visitor Centre

The media stations in the visitor centre of the Austrian Parliament serve to impart knowledge and are integrated into the architecture.

2005 checkpointmedia

Salzburg Museum – Sattler Panorama

Supplemented by an interactive module, the original Sattler-Panorama is now once again open to the public at the Salzburg Museum

2004 checkpointmedia

Hans-Moser-Exhibition – Austrian Theatre 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.

2003 checkpointmedia

Swarovski Kristallwelten – Redesign 2003

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.

2003 checkpointmedia

Red Bull Hangar-7 – Multimedia Staging

Extensive multimedia planning and implementation of Red Bull Hangar-7 at Salzburg Airport.

2003 checkpointmedia

Exhibition “Archbishop Paris Lodron” at the Dommuseum Salzburg

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.

2002 Film Screenplay

Participation in the group exhibition “SALON 2002…

Copy Shop

2001 Film Screenplay

Künstlerhaus Wien presents “Copy Shop” together with a short “making of” and numerous…

Copy Shop

2001 checkpointmedia

Museum Ladin – Media stations

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.

2001 checkpointmedia

Lower Austrian Provincial Exhibition 2001 – Media stations

checkpointmedia was responsible for developing the majority of the media stations and the hardware and software.

2000

tx-transformator

This automat, based on the theory of relativity, allows viewers for the first time to modify their perception of the familiar relation between space and time by experiencing time in a transverse flow to their spatial movements.

1999

100 Media Stations for Technisches Museum Wien

Large-screen projections and video loops, audio stations, interactive mini-cinemas, selectable videos, interactive terminals and Internet research stations enrich and supplement the permanent exhibition.

1992

100 Objects to represent the world

Exhibition by Peter Greenaway on the occasion of the 300 anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the Vienna Hofburg, the Semper Depot and in the Academy of Fine Arts.