Lecture.

Sprachspiel. Biennale West 2026 zum Thema Arbeit – Vienna – Austria

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Salzgries 14, 2nd floor, 15.4.2026, 11:00 a.m.

Lecture ‘Aura and Algorithm’ together with Marc Schuran at the VerA annual meeting.8 October 2025 at 3:10 p.m.Walter von der Vogelweide Haus, Schlernstraße, 1, 39100 Bolzano, Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Italy

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Salzgries 14, 2nd floor, 10.3.2025, 11:00 a.m.

Lecture “Exhibition concept and multimedia narrative”, 19.04.2024, 16:30 - 18:00, ecm – Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7/3/325, 1030 Vienna

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Salzgries 14, 2nd floor, 09.10.2023, 11:00 a.m.

Participant in the panel “Long Night of Research” together with Leonhard Grond, Karin Raith and Gerhild Steinbuch. “Circle of Interdisciplinarity”, Moderation: Alexander Damianisch, Alexandra Graupner.
Angewandte Interdsciplinary Lab, Postsparkasse, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna.
20.5.2022, 5:30 pm.

Online lecture on Austrian short and avant-garde film at the 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival.

Guest lecture at the University Mozarteum Salzburg in the framework of the seminar by Karina Zybina PhD: “Der Salzburger Fürstenhof als Zentrum europäischer Musikkultur. Interdisciplinary project in cooperation with the DomQuartier Salzburg”.21.12.2020, 17:15 to 18:45, distance learning via zoom.

Digital realism and analog reality
Analog film technologies, which for more than a century offered the possibility of creating previously unseen images in motion, have almost completely disappeared in recent years. They have been replaced by digitally produced worlds of images which, despite their sheer endless possibilities, produce a very limited form of “beauty”. However, the combination of analog and digital technologies offers a treasure trove of methods for creating images that are credible precisely because of their abstraction.

As part of the lecture series “Aisthesis”, Department of Philosophy, University of Applied Arts Vienna.
19.11.2020, 5:00 pm.

Panel member at the “Monumento” trade fair in Salzburg.
RESTAURO TALK - Light in the museum
Univ. Prof. Virgil Widrich - Managing Director of checkpointmedia GmbH/ Filmmaker Vienna
Restaurator Frank Heydecke - Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Institute for Art Technology and Conservation, Nuremberg
Director Dr. Peter Assmann - Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
Moderation: Dr. Ute Strimmer - Editorial management Restauro

Monumento, Exhibition Centre Salzburg, Am Messezentrum 1, A-5020 Salzburg
5.3.2020 from 12:30 to 14:20.

Panel Discussion: “Efficient Deceleration” as part of “future ethics. Discourse space of the open society” of the Wiener Zeitung.
Virgil Widrich, University of Applied Arts Vienna, director, filmmaker
Nassima Sahraoui, philosopher, author
Walter Krahl, Verkehrsbüro-Ruefa Managing Director
Moderation: Walter Hämmerle, Editor-in-Chief Wiener Zeitung
17 December 2019, 7:00 pm, Albert-Schweitzer-Haus, Schwarzspanierstrasse 13, 1090 Vienna

Workshop “Time bending media” with Virgil Widrich – CODAME Art + Tech Festival 2019 – San Francisco.

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 11.10.2019, 14:00 p.m.

Artist Talk: Ars Electronica 2019 – DeepSpace 8K Ars Electronica Center – Linz – Austria
7.9.2019, 15:00 to 16:00.

Lecture Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich: Under the Radar Vienna: Time Bending Media – Concept and Making of “tx-reverse 360°”
2.7.2019, 12:30, Quartier 21 – MuseumsQuartier / Raum D, 1070 Vienna

ix Symposium Société des arts technologiques (SAT) – Expace XR, Parcours IC – Montreal – Canada

Panel Discussion: “Digital Transformations – Society and Arts at the Turning Point” at the 58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia with:
Gerald Bast, President University of Applied Arts Vienna
Martina Mara, Professor for Robopsychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Ute Meta Bauer, Professor of Art, Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Ruth Schnell, Head of Digital Arts, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Virgil Widrich, Head of Art & Science, University of Applied Arts Vienna

Moderation: Stephan Hilpold, Head of Culture Section Der Standard

11 May 2019, 2 p.m.
La Biennale di Venezia – Giardini, Central Pavilion, Sala F,
Sestiere Castello, 30122 Venice

Lecture “Time bending media” by Virgil Widrich
“Cvijeta Zuzoric” Pavillion, Mali Kalemegdan 1, Belgrade
18.4.2019, 17:00

Presentation at the symposium “ We are all exiled” by ZADIG-Wien (Zero Abjection Democratic International Group) with Miquel Angel Bassols, Gil Caroz, Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi, Muna Duzdar, Antonio Fian, Gunkl & Walter, Anja Herden, Mavie Hörbiger, Elke Kahr, Othmar Karas, Stephanie Krisper, Heinz Mayer, Willi Mernyi, Reinhold Mitterlehner, Wolfgang Petritsch, Doron Rabinovici, Hans Rauscher, Susanne Scholl, Virgil Widrich, Laura Wiesböck, Ferdinand Schmatz anda.University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1020 Vienna, 6.4.2019, 18:00.

Picture discussion Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich at FOTO WIEN: “Teleplasmatic Views of Vienna”: 30.3.2019 at 18:00, FOTO WIEN Festival headquarters, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Wien

When the cinema leaves the screen: VR focus of sound:frame and the Diagonale 2019. As part of the “VR Conference” lecture by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich on “Time bending media”.

VR-Conference, curated by Eva Fischer
22.3.2019, 10.00 to 19.00 o’clock
Designforum Styria, Andreas-Hofer-Platz 17, 8010 Graz, Austria

Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 18.3.2019, 11:00.

Lecture about film making at The International School of Amsterdam, Sportlaan 45, 1185 TB Amstelveen, 8:30 to 12:35.

“Digitale Transformationen - Gesellschaft, Bildung und Arbeit im Umbruch”: Organized and hosted by the University of Applied Arts Vienna in cooperation with Forum Morgen Privatstiftung.
With a keynote address by Peter Weibel and lectures by Gerald Bast, Anab Jain, Harald Katzmair, Martina Mara, Peter Parycek, Robert Trappl and Virgil Widrich.
University of Applied Arts, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1030 Vienna, 29 November 2018, 11:00 a.m.

Lecture together with Martin Reinhart at “Think outside the Frame”, organized by VRVienna.
Filmakademie Vienna (Filmstudio - Digital Art Compositing)
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna, 19.11.2018 at 18:30.

Lecture on “Current/Contemporary Austrian Experimental Cinema” on occasion of Tehran International Short Film Festival at Iranian Youth Cinema Socitey, Tehran Province, Tehran, District 3, Hashemi Rafsanjani Hwy, Iran: 12.11.2018, 17:30 p,m.

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 12.10.2018, 14:00 p.m.

Opening of the spatial installation “tx-reverse 360°” (together with Martin Reinhart) on 10.10.2018 at 18:30 in the PanoramaLab of the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe.

Lecture at “The Modern School of Film” – Day for Night Vienna.
House of Bandits, Kauergasse 10, 1150 Vienna, 18.7.2018, 4:30 pm

Keynote address at the Donau Universität Krems on the occasion of the awarding of the “Master of Science, MSc” for the university courses at the “Centre for Digital Learning and Interactive Design”: “Interactive Media Management”, “Online Media Marketing”, Professional MSc (Multimedia)”, “Social Innovation MA”. Donau-Universität Krems, Audimax, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30, 3500 Krems on the Danube, 5/5/2018, 10:00 am.

LET’S CEE Film Festival: Panel participant at the Industry Days
Anna Franklin, Marcin Lunkiewicz, Virgil Widrich:
Is the future of cinema virtual? Or are we facing just a hype? VR as a rapidly developing technology, a fascinating promise for the film industry and an enormous challenge.
21.4.2018, 11:00 am: Raiffeisen Hall (RBI), Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna

Panel participant within the context of “Diagonale Film Meeting’ 18 – From industry wrestling to film policy – interests and future questions of the Austrian film industry”:
Discussion “Klartext”, with Michael Kreihsl, Anja Salomonowitz, Elisabeth Scharang, Virgil Widrich and Daniel Hoesl (moderation)

Hotel Wiesler, Salon Frühling, Grieskai 4-8,8020 Graz, 14.3.2018,12.45 pm.

Master class Virgil Widrich at the Université Rennes 2:
In collaboration with *Clair obscur - Festival Travelling* and *la revue Répliques*.
Presented by Erwan Floch’ lay and Nicolas Thévenin from *la revue Répliques*.
In the presence of Virgil Widrich, director.
Presentation of three short films:
Copy Shop (2001,12', black-and-white), Fast Film (2003,14', colour), Back Track (2015,7', colour, 3D).

23.2.2018,14:00 to 18:00 o’ clock
Université Rennes 2 - Auditorium du Tambour
Place du recteur Henri Le Moal
CS 24307 - 35043 Rennes cedex
Admission free

“Virgil Widrich - Work and Method”: Lecture at the Luxembourg City Film Festival, Casino Luxembourg, 41, Rue Notre Dame, 2240 Luxembourg, 20.02.2018 at 6:30 pm.

“Podium 2" on “Techniques of Tradition”. Discussion with Nikolaus Wostry (Head of the Film Archive Austria Collection), Kevin Lutz (Austrian Film Museum Collection), Michaela Mayr (Head of the Digital Library Department ONB) and Christoph Bauer (ORF TV Archive). Moderated by: Virgil Widrich
METRO Kinokulturhaus, Johannesgasse 4,1010 Vienna
3.12.2017, 8:30 pm.

VIENNA ART WEEK/Art & Technology Line-up: Transforming Technology: Panel participant from 15:30 to 16:30 at “Critical Creatives: How Artistic Engagement Will Shape Our Digital Future”: Antoni Muntadas, artist, New York, Gerald Nestler, artist, Vienna, Maja Smrekar, artist, Slovenia, Axel Stockburger, artist, Vienna, and Virgil Widrich, film director and multimediate artist, Vienna
Presenter: Robert Punkenhofer, artistic director, VIENNA ART WEEK

MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Art / Contemporary Art
Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna, 14.11.2017, 13:00 to 20:00

“No equivalency against racism and anti-democratic trends”: a panel evening with Monika Mokre, Andreas Peham, Julya Rabinowich, Virgil Widrich
Moderation: Karin Brunner and Markus Zochmeister
The New Lacanian Field Austria, inspired by ZADIG-VIENNA
Sigmund Freud Museum, Berggasse 19, 1090 Vienna, 14.10.2017, 8.00 pm

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 13.10.2017, 14:00 p.m.

“Podium 1" about current positions in film art on the topic “analog_digital” with Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Michael Palm, Virgil Widrich and Sandra Wollner. Moderation: Anna Högner.
METRO Kinokulturhaus, Johannesgasse 4, 1010 Vienna
5.10.2017, 9:15 pm.

Contribution to the symposium “Fear of the other – segregation or discourse” by ZADIG–Vienna (Zero Abjection Democratic International Group), supported by “Viennese Psychoanalytic Seminar”. With Jacques-Alain Miller, Lilia Mahjoub, Gil Caroz, Avi Rybnicki, and others.
Brotfabrik Wien – Ankersaal, Absberggasse 27, Stair 3, 3rd floor, 1100 Vienna, 9.9.2017, 6 pm.

Participants at the “Nachtcafé” in the context of the “Salzburger Hochschulwochen”

Panelists:
Iris Andraschek, visual artist
Gregor Maria Hoff, theologian and Germanist
Virgil Widrich, filmmaker and multimedia artist

Moderator:
Wilfried Stadler, co-editor of the “Furche”

Große Aula of the University of Salzburg, Universitätsplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg
5.8.2017, 19:00 to 20:30

Presentation of the winners of the “Austrian American Short Film Festival (AASFF)” of the “Austrian Cultural Forum NYC” at the frame [o]ut Festival in Vienna.
Friday, 14.7.2017 at 19.00, film program from 21.30, in the Museumsquartier, Hof 8, open air, admission free. Audience talk: Stephanie Falkeis (curator), filmmakers, and Virgil Widrich (director, media artist and principal juror AASFF).

Sotto le stelle dell’Austria 2017 – Forum austriaco di cultura – Austrian Cultural Forum Rome

Summary of the c-tv conference “Exploring Visionary Media Technologies” at the Fachhochschule St. Pölten with a contribution by Virgil Widrich, “The film set as cinema: digital live projections in the feature film production”: 11.6.2017, 8:35 on ORF III.

Speaker at the c-tv conference “Exploring Visionary Media Technologies” at the Fachhochschule St. Pölten: “The film set as cinema: digital live projections in the feature film production”. Fachhochschule St. Pölten, Großer Festsaal, Matthias Corvinus-Straße 15, 3100 St. Pölten, 9.5.2017, 10 am to 5 pm.

Keynote address at the Donau Universität Krems on the occasion of the awarding of the “Master of Science, MSc” for the university courses at the “Centre for Digital Learning and Interactive Design”: “Interactive Media Management” and “Online Media Marketing”. Donau-Universität Krems, Audimax, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30, 3500 Krems on the Danube, 6/5/2017, 10:00 am.

Presentation of a case study for the screenplay development of “Night of a 1000 Hours” which was carried out partly within Sources2. Hotel Ecluse, Luxembourg, 4.4.2017 at 18:00.

Lecture at “Diagonale im Dialog”: Virgil Widrich (filmmaker) and Christian Berger (camera) present film excerpts and unpublished material from the spectacular making of *Night of the 1000 Hours*. Gaming and VR meets cinema. Free entrance, counting tickets at the box office. Sat 1 April 2017, 2 pm, Schubertkino 3, Graz

Lecture: “The smallest common denominator in the largest machine in the world – Explorations in the ‘Large Hadron Collider’ of CERN”, 29.3.2017, 13:00.
Rotary Wien-Süd, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna

An evening with Virgil Widrich in conversation with Festival Curator Stephanie Falkeis. Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022, USA. 24.3.2017, 8 p.m.

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 13.3.2017, 11:00 a.m.

“400 Jahre Akademisches Gymnasium”: interview with Virgil Widrich, ORF 2, 19.2.2017, 16:25. Program director: Karl Kern.

Let’s talk about scripts!
Robert Buchschwenter in a discussion with Virgil Widrich about the intensive work on the screenplay and its implementation, but also about the exciting collaboration with screenwriting legend Jean-Claude Carrière. Organized by drehbuchFORUM Wien.

Moderation: Robert Buchschwenter
Admiral Kino, Burggasse 119, 1070 Vienna
19.1.2017, film: 7.15 pm, discussion: 8.45 pm
Audio recording of the talk is here.

LDAE (“Let the others decide”) by Christoph Schwarz will be shown in ORF III on 8/1/2017 at 12:40. Virgil Widrich has a cameo appearance.

Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” at University of the Arts Belgrade.
Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “tx-transform”, “Copy Shop”, “Fast Film” and clips of “Night of a 1000 Hours”. University of the Arts Belgrade, Main Hall, Kosancicev venac 29, Beograd 11000, Serbia, 15.12.2016, 18:00 p.m.

Workshop “Art, Science, and Philosophy”
The workshop “Art, Science, and Philosophy” will bring together philosophers, artists and scientists to rethink the concept of art and the concept of nature and “human nature” in the age of technoscience, where the biological sciences become the new technological frontier.
This event is part of the research collaboration “Question about the Limits: Art, Science, and Philosophy” between the Department of Media Theory, University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), Mexico City. The project aims to initiate and develop a debate about the relationship of ontology and aesthetics in the age of technoscience from the perspectives of art, science, and philosophy, driven by the question: What is art in the age of technoscience?
With lectures by Ingeborg Reichle, María Antonia González Valerio, Virgil Widrich, Bernd Kräftner, Herwig Turk, Tanja Gesell, Christoph Bock, Frank Rösl.
December 12, 2016, 2–6.15 pm
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 3, sr 24 (mezzanine floor), 1030 Vienna

Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production “Night of a 1000 Hours”, 7.12.2016, 19:00.
AIL – Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, Franz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Vienna

Matrix – computer & new media: Interview with Virgil Widrich as part of the program “The www Museum. Digital Technologies for Exhibitions”, ORF Ö1, 6.11.2016, 22:30 hrs

Lecture: Making of “Night of a 1000 Hours”, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Germanic Studies, 601 S. Morgan St. 1502 University Hall, Chicago, IL 60607, 21.10.2016 at 14:00 p.m.

Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production “Night of a 1000 Hours”, 13.06.2016, 19:00.
RC Wien-Oper, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna

Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production “Night of a 1000 Hours”. 01.06.2016, 18:30.
agpro Lounge, Hotel Kummer, Mariahilfer Straße 71a, 1060 Vienna

Mobilisierung der Träume – A History of Media Utopia
Film presentation of “Dreams Rewired” and discussion about the development of the modern media landscape, May 31st, 2016, 11.30 Uhr, Festsaal, Technisches Museum Wien, Mariahilfer Straße 212, 1140 Vienna

Program:
11.30: Introduction by the filmmaker Martin Reinhart
12:00: Screening: Mobilisierung der Träume - Dreams Rewired (A, 2015, 85 Minuten; directed by Manu Luksch, Martin Reinhart, Thomas Tode; narrated by Tilda Swinton)
Following a discussion with Martin Reinhart (film) and Klemens Gruber, David Krems (both Institute for Theatre, Film and Media studies at Vienna’s University), Virgil Widrich (University of Applied Arts Vienna, Art & Science). Presentation: Jana Herwig (Institute for Theatre, Film and Media studies at Vienna’s University)
14.15: Tour through the exhibition medien.welten
An event of Institute for Theatre, Film and Media studies at Vienna’s University in cooperation with University of Applied Arts Vienna and Technisches Museum Wien.

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 16:00 to 18:00 p.m.

Lecture: Projection and Reality – a look behind the projected scenes of the film production “Night of a 1000 Hours”, 2.9.2015, 13:00.
Rotary Wien-Süd, Hotel Bristol, Kärntner Ring 1, 1010 Vienna

Power of Display 69: Funeral Museum at the Vienna Central Cemetery, 21.7.2015, 18:00.
Martina Griesser and Monika Sommer (schnittpunkt ausstellungstheorie & praxis) in a conversation with Helga Bock (Funeral Museum) and Virgil Widrich (checkpointmedia).

In the public perception, death is as inseparable from Vienna as St. Stephen’s Cathedral. The Funeral Museum, founded in 1967, owes its existence to the myth of the city’s own particular relationship with the cult of the dead and the passion of a private collector. In 2014, the museum moves to the Central Cemetery and adopts a new strategy near the final resting places. It sees itself as a visitor centre and shows various aspects of bereavement with the aid of 250 exhibits. schnittpunkt focuses on questions such as: Who is the museum’s target group? What does it entail when a general contractor takes on the redesigning of a company museum? What role is played by multimedia methods of communication? What are the disparities between the nature of the exhibits and the audio and video installations and how can they be reconciled? Can a museum function with no supervision? Will the collection be expanded?
On the “power of display” tour, schnittpunkt sheds light on the structural and thematic dimensions of this multifaceted project and deals with aspects relating to curating and designing the presentation as well as the implications of overlaps in the way an artist and a curator understand their roles. What is the relationship here between the tasks of a curator, the overall artistic concept and individual works?

Panel discussion “Expect the Unexpected” with Gerald Bast, Renée Schroeder, Alan Scott, Nora Sternfeld, Peter Weibel, Virgil Widrich. Moderator: Renata Schmidtkunz.
AIL Angewandte Innovation Lab, Franz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Vienna, 10.03.2014, 13 AM.

On 23 June 2014 the symposium “Biosphere n+1" is held in cooperation between University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU) and the University of Applied Arts Vienna, “Art & Science”.

Lecture on “School Friedl Kubelka for independent film”. Wickenburggasse 8/15, 1080 Wien, 29.1.2014, 16:00.

Dschungel Wien Theaterhaus für junges Publikum – opening “Media Literacy Award” – Museumsquartier, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna, 6.11.2013 at 18:00.

Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 22.10.2013, 11:00.

Lecture at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences – Planning an exhibition, 1.10.2013, 15:30 to 18:00.
As part of the degree course in interactive media at the University of Applied Sciences in St. Pölten, Virgil Widrich explains the entire procedure from the planning stage to completion of the exhibition “The Great World Theater. 90 Years of the Salzburg Festival”. The key steps in production will be explained, including areas such as artistic direction, content and concept, project management, technology and multimedia.

On 5.9.2013 lecture at the Ars Electronica within the program “Expanded Animation – Mapping an Unlimited Landscape” at the LENTOS Kunstmuseum. The lecture is titled “in/out - digital/analog”.

Lecture “Electrical World Theatre – productions for culture and economy” at Rotary Club Weinviertel Marchfeld, Bahnstraße 49, 2130 Mistelbach, 22.8.2013, 19:30.

Espressofilm dotdotdot – special: fast films, fast women, Gartenpalais Schönborn, Vienna, open air screening. Followed by a talk of Virgil Widrich with Lukas Maurer.

Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 10.4.2013, 11:00.

Building material of dreams
A stroll through the works of Virgil Widrich in the fields of film, multimedia and music theatre and the building material of his real and imaginary spaces: time-, sound- and space transformations, intertwined with fragments of cinema’s history.

Lecture on 14.3. 2013 at 19:00
TU Graz, Institut für zeitgenössische Kunst, Em.Univ.-Prof. Hans Kupelwieser
Rechbauerstr. 12, Hörsaal 1, 8010 Graz

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 16:30 to 18:00 p.m.

Lecture at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences – Planning an exhibition, 08.01.2013, 13:00 to 15:30.
As part of the degree course in interactive media at the University of Applied Sciences in St. Pölten, Virgil Widrich explains the entire procedure from the planning stage to completion of the exhibition “The Great World Theater. 90 Years of the Salzburg Festival”. The key steps in production will be explained, including areas such as artistic direction, content and concept, project management, technology and multimedia.

The X-rays and the cinema
Lecture on the occasion of “175 Years of the Medical Society in Vienna”, Billrothhaus, Frankgasse 8, 1090 Vienna, 19.12.2012, 19:00.

Lecture on “The X-rays and the cinema” at “175 Years of the Medical Society in Vienna” in Billrothhaus on 19.12.2012.

Visual Storytelling
Lecture by Virgil Widrich about the making of the exhibition “90 Years of the Salzburg Festival”.
Werbe Akademie, WIFI Wien, wko campus wien, Währinger Gürtel 97, 1180 Vienna, 10.12.2012 at 18:00.

Lecture about “tx-transform” at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, 3.12.2012, 17:00.

Conception and presentation of a program with Austrian short films for the “Mashup Film Festival” at the “Forum des Images” Paris (22. to 24. June 2012). Also a member of the Jury at the same venue.

Vienna according to checkpointmedia – Media based City Tour
On 6 December 2011 Virgil Widrich led a group of students from the Hani Rashid architecture class (University of Applied Arts Vienna) through Vienna city centre to two very different scenes of checkpointmedia’s work. In the Mozarthaus Vienna (exhibition architecture by Gustav Pichelmann) the focus was on recreating a historical personality using new media in a listed building.

The approach adopted at the Visitor Centre in the Parliament building was entirely different: under the direction of the architects Geiswinkler&Geiswinkler a new structure was built underneath the old historic building in which the history and modus operandi of democracy in Austria are presented with the aid of media. The excursion was rounded off by a talk given by Agnes Hannes in the checkpointmedia offices.

Book Launch: “Presentation and New Media – 10 Years checkpointmedia: Concepts, Paths, Visions”
23 November 2011, 18:30
Depot, Breitegasse 3, 1070 Vienna
Stefan Reiter, Stefan Unger, Virgil Widrich
Introduction: Christoph Chorherr, Werner Hanak-Lettner

Date of publication: November 2011
248 pages, 350 illustrations, Softcover
Price: € 49,95 (Austria) / € 48,59 (Germany)
German / English
ISBN 978-3-7091-0980-9

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Rond Table: “Running for the Money and the Flash”
The Austrian Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (EU Cultural Policy Department) is organising a series of workshops on topics relating to the EU’s Work Plan for Culture 2011 to 2014. Following the first workshop on creative partnerships, a second workshop examines new funding models for cultural and creative industries in collaboration with FOKUS. Virgil Widrich took part in the round table on “Funding creative projects and structures” on 13/10/2011. at 3 p.m.
Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, “Oscar” room, ground floor, Concordiaplatz 2, 1010 Vienna.

Speaker at “The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition (fet11)” in Budapest about “Robots as Companions: What can we Learn from Servants and Companions in Literature, Theater, and Film?” on 5. May 2011.
Other speakers included Zsófia Ruttkay (University of Twente, Netherlands) and Markus Krajewski (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany).

Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 5.4.2011, 11:00.

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

Lecture Virgil Widrich, FH Joanneum, Graz, “Media and interaction design”
What is involved in the planning and staging of a contemporary exhibition? A look behind the scenes reveals the techniques used to produce the media, equipment and displays for the multi-dimensional Salzburg Festival exhibition created by Virgil Widrich and his team at checkpointmedia for Salzburg Museum in 2010.

Lecture “Artistic Research” at the Technische Universität Wien, E101 – Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing, Univ.-Prof. Christoph Überhuber, conference room, Treitlstraße 1-3, 1st floor, 1040 Vienna. 20.1.2011, 16:15 to 18:00.

vor – BILD – end
Visualisations in science and art
Visual perception is a key process for human beings. Consequently, images play an important role in both science and art.

In science, images are primary data or serve as visualisations that help to make sense of information. In research, images are accordingly found at the beginning and end of a process of recognition. Images as works of art can be understood as the culmination of creative activity but can equally serve as the inspiration at the beginning of a creative process.

Presentation in the Planetarium, Vienna

On 24/11/2010 dialog<>gentechnik, in cooperation with pooool, presents “vor - BILD - end” in the Planetarium, Vienna: visualisations in science and art

Compère: Leo Andras Findeisen
Virgil Widrich, director
Tanja Gesell, scientist
Musical résumé by Dominik Nostitz
Video performance by Jan Lauth, Simone Carneiro and Peter Koger
Commented by Renée Schröder
Audio performance: Peter Szely

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Lecture “The script from the computer”. Presentation of the possibilities and impossibilities of “Dramatica” and “storyline Pro”.
Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Artificial Intelligence, OFAI, University of Vienna, Freyung 6/2, 1010 Vienna, 15.3.2010, 18:30.

Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 12.1.2010, 11:00.

Lecture and film presentation at “Animated Dreams/Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival”, EAST Creative Space, Pikk 36, Tallinn, 20.11.2009 at 17:00.

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Sala Terrena der Angewandten, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Grashofgasse 3, 1010 Vienna, 21.4.2009, 11:30 to 12:30.

Lecture “In the studio with Virgil Widrich” in “School in the cinema - Educational program for schools at the Austrian Film Museum”. Screening of “Auch Farbe kann träumen”, “Monster in Salzburg”, “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”. Austrian Film Museum, Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Vienna, 2.12.2008, 11:00.

Lecture on “film- and multimedia production” in the masters’ programme “art & economy” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Am Heumarkt 27/3a, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Interview with Virgil Widrich on the creative industries in Vienna in the program “lebens.art” on ORF2, 16.4.2007 at 22:30.

Participant in the panel discussion “ISPA Philosophicum – Internet the 4th Culture Technology”. Participants: Johannes Hahn (Bundesminister für Wissenschaft), Ide Hintze (Schule für Dichtung in Wien), Peter Rastl (Universität Wien), Rudolf Scholten (Österreichische Kontrollbank), Virgil Widrich (Film - und Multimediaproduktions G.M.B.H), Gerhard Zeiler (RTL Group), Moderation: Andrea Schurian
Festsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Wien, 28.3.2007, 18.00.

“shorts & skirts – the long night of short films”, 22.3.2007, ORF 1 from 22:50. With Virgil Widrich, Bady Minck, Edgar Honetschläger, Antonin Svoboda, Marie Kreutzer, Birgit Flos and Alexander Horwath. Moderation: Dieter Moor.

Lecture “Multimedia Live at the Mozarthaus Vienna” for the Webster University Alumni Association. Mozarthaus Vienna, Domgasse 6, 1010 Vienna, 20.2.2007, 18:00.

Panel discussion “How much art can film tolerate?”. Participants: Niki List, Burkhard Ernst, Heinrich Mis, Virgil Widrich. Moderation: Birgit Fenderl. Forum Mozartplatz, Mozartgasse / corner Neumannsgasse, 1040 Vienna, 28.11.2006, 19:30.

Live discussion on ORF “Treffpunkt Kultur” about film politics with Franz Novotny. ORF2 from 22.00.

Lecture on film directing, VHS Polycollege, Siebenbrunnengasse 37, 2. Stock, Raum 28, 1050 Vienna, 14.11.2006, 11:00 to 13:00.

Virgil Widrich at “We – Workshops for Entrepreneurs”
Over the course of three weekends in October 2006 creative talents had a chance to gain basic and practical knowledge that could serve as a stepping stone to their becoming entrepreneurs. The workshops are part of a programme conducted by the AWS (Austria Wirtschaftsservice) and departure, the City of Vienna’s Office for Creative Industries Initiatives. Entrepreneurs from the fields of design, fashion, music and multimedia were on hand to provide their expertise along with allied service providers and others with inside knowledge of the various fields. Virgil Widrich presented the multimedia workshop: “The ability to demand creative freedom depends on good business sense”.

Participation in the “Copenhagen ThinkTank#1 on European Film and Film Policy”

VIS 2007 – Vienna Independent Shorts: discussion on “short-film in tv” with Barbara Fränzen (ORF), Barbara Eppensteiner (OKTO), Virgil Widrich (director), among others. Top Kino, Rahlgasse 1, 1060 Vienna, at 22:00.

Diagonale discussion “Business or culture? Austrian film directors on the working conditions of the creatives”. On the podium: Andrea Dusl, Götz Spielmann, Virgil Widrich
Kunsthaus Graz / Space04, Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz, 22.3.2006 at 11:30.

Lecture in the series “Cinema and Movies – About producing, presentation and documentation”, lecture series Studio Tschapeller “4 windows”. Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Department of Art and Architecture, Schillerplatz 3, Tower 1, 1010 Wien. 11.1.2006, 13:00.

Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 23.6.2005, 9:15 bis 17:35.

Fireside discussion at ALUMNI Club FH-St. Pölten together with Stefan Reiter on projects of checkpointmedia. Hotel Ambassador, Atrium-Bar, Kärtner Straße 22 / Neuer Markt 5, 1010 Wien, starting 19:00.

Speakers at the event “Business Location Vienna – Vienna’s creative minds on the move” in Brussels at the invitation of the “Vienna Business Agency”. La Bibliothèque Solvay, Parc Leopold, Rue Belliard 137, 1040 Brussels, 14.4.2005 at 11:30.

Film presentation and lecture at “competitive factor creativity” in ONE Smart Space, Wipplingerstraße 30/rooftop, 1010 Vienna, Beginning: 19:00.
Panel discussion led by Hedwig Schneid (Die Presse) with Florian Pollack, Mathis Neidhart, Birgit Slotta-Bachmayr and Michael Möller.

Lecture “Passion Cinema: From Copy Shop to Amour Fou”. FH-Studiengang “Information Management”, FH Joanneum Graz, HS 14, Alte Poststraße 147-149, 8020 Graz. 15.3.2005, 17:00 until 18:30.

Presentation at the symposium “Textures of Reality: Animating the Unconscious. An animation symposium, co-organised by the Royal College of Art and British Animation Awards. Presentation together with Chris Shepherd (“Dad’s Dead”). National Film Theatre, London. Download program.

Lecture on “Copy Shop” at University of Applied Arts Vienna, stage design, Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna, 16:00 to 17:00.

Keynote Speech at the Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Vienna University of Economics and Business, Nordbergstraße 15, 7th floor, core A, 1090 Vienna, 2.12.2004, 16:45 to 18:30.

Organisation of the “Workshop film copyright” on 19/11/2004 (Hotel Regina, Salon Ferstel, Rooseveltplatz 15, 1090 Vienna, 9:30 to 19:00) and the “Symposium film copyright” on 20/11/2004 in Juridicum, attic, Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna.
Organizers:
Verband der Filmregisseure Österreichs, VDFS Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden, Dachverband der Filmschaffenden, A|D|A austrian directors association
Panel guests: Christina Busch, Walter Dillenz, Michael Haneke, Ruth Mader, Kurt Mayer, Peter Mayer, Margaret Ménégoz, Heinrich Mis, Franz Morak, Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Michael Kreihsl, Gunnar Landsgesell, Steffen Schmidt-Hug, Oliver Schündler, Thomas Wallentin, Virgil Widrich
Download folder.

“Ray Harryhausen – Master of Stop Motion” at “Kino unter Sternen”. A talk with the creator of fighting skeletons, giant octopuses and flying saucers, moderated by Virgil Widrich.

Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 26.6.2004, 9:15 bis 17:35.

Keynote speech at the presentation of awards to the winners of the call “SciENCE for creative industries” of the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) on 19 April 2004, 19.00,
Veranstaltungszentrum MARX, Maria-Jacobi-Gasse 1, 1030 Vienna.

Lecture on “Fast Film” at Némo Festival in Forum des Images, Forum des Halles, Salle 300, 2 Rue du cinéma, 75001 Paris, 13.3.2004, 20:00 to 22:00.

Arsenal Kino Berlin – “Fast Film” is shown before Michael Haneke’s “Wolfzeit”, Presentation by Virgil Widrich, 29.11.2003, 19:00.

Presentation of the films “tx-transform”, Making of “tx-transform”, “Copy Shop”, “Fast Film” and Making of “Fast Film” at Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg, study programme “Animation”, Fachbereich II, room 2115, Marlene- Dietrich- Allee 11, 14482 Potsdam-Babelsberg, 28.11.2003, 15:00.

“My Pleasure – Film tasting with Virgil Widrich”
It takes a trained eye to not only consume, but to be able to enjoy the masterpieces of film history. The Genussakademie Schloss Mattsee invites to film tasting with clips from the works of Buster Keaton, Alfred Hitchcock and other masters of film history. Small culinary delights will be served to the undeniable Small Talk afterwards.
Genussakademie Schloss Mattsee, Schlossberg 1, 5163 Mattsee, 17.11.2003, beginning: 19.00, duration about 3 hours, drinks and finger food at the end of the event are included in the price of admission. Admission: € 52 -

Presentation at “Hull International Short Film Festival” in the series “Short Filmmaker in Focus: Virgil Widrich”, Hull Screen. 17.10.2003, 10 pm - 12 am.

From the catalogue: “*Short Filmmaker in Focus” is a key feature of the programme and is where we present a filmmaker whose work we have followed and admired. This year we are honoured to present Austrian filmmaker, Virgil Widrich, director of “Copy Shop” and “Fast Film”, as this year’s short filmmaker in focus. His work is especially interesting in light of our critical study: What is Cinema? All of Virgil Widrich’s short films from 1998 to 2003 deal with different aspects of the nature of cinema: time, identity and space. Furthermore, his work is an excellent example of the kind of innovative and unique work the festival is keen to present to a larger public, and he is the most appropriate short filmmaker to present in this part of the programme. We are exceptionally pleased that Virgil Widrich will also join us for this event.*

Speaker at the “Salzburg Research Symposium 2003”: Arts & humanities in the digital domain: towards a web-based culture and science.
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Rupertinum, Wiener-Philharmoniker-Gasse 9, 5020 Salzburg, 6. and 7.10.2003

“My Pleasure – Film tasting with Virgil Widrich”
It takes a trained eye to not only consume, but to be able to enjoy the masterpieces of film history. The Genussakademie Schloss Mattsee invites to film tasting with clips from the works of Buster Keaton, Alfred Hitchcock and other masters of film history. Small culinary delights will be served to the undeniable Small Talk afterwards.
Genussakademie Schloss Mattsee, Schlossberg 1, 5163 Mattsee, 12.9.2003, beginning: 19.00, duration about 3 hours, drinks and finger food at the end of the event are included in the price of admission. Admission: € 52 -

Investportrait with Virgil Widrich: “Innovation in business and art”, Investkredit Bank AG (auditorium), Renngasse 10, 1010 Vienna, 10.9.2003, 19:00.

Lecture “Copy Shop and other short animations” at San Francisco – Museum of Modern Art. Screening of “Copy Shop”, “Fast Film” and “tx-transform” followed by a discussion with Virgil Widrich, director.
SFMOMA, 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, 10.7.2003, 7 p.m.

Presentation of “Fast Film Night”, a double projection of action scenes, in Vila do Conde 2003 – 11th Festival International de Curtas-Metragens

Lecture “Fast Film – Symmetry of the Chase” by Virgil Widrich at the 11th Festival International de Curtas-Metragens in Vila do Conde. Along with the kiss, the chase is the most popular film scene — and pure cinema. Chase sequences are brought to life by editing, the one creative element no other art form possesses. Although chase sequences look very different, they consist of a small number of practically indispensable shots, whether in Buster Keaton, Indiana Jones or James Bond. Virgil Widrich shows the recurring patterns and how they formed the basis for “Fast Film”.

Speaker at “Innovation Circle Jour Fixe” and screening of “Fast Film”, Österreichisches Theatermuseum in Palais Lobkowitz, Lobkowitzplatz 2, 1010 Vienna, 1.7.2003 at 18:00.

Presentation of “Fast Film” followed by a lecture at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Freyung 6, stair 6, 3rd floor, 1010 Wien

Participation in the “Creative Industries Panel” at the invitation of the Vienna Business Agency in London with the presentation “Multi -> Media -> Audience”. One Great George Street, Brunel Room, 12.6.2003, 16:00.

Lecture at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg “cultural policy / morphology” on “Film- and multimedia production”
Fachhochschule Salzburg, Techno Z, Auditorium 1.01, Schillerstraße 30, 5020 Salzburg, 15.5.2003 12:45 to 17:00.

Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 17.1.2003, 9:30 to 18:00.

Panel discussion at “Changing Strategies”. Speakers: William Alsop, Dietmar Eberle, Heidi Pretterhofer, Virgil Widrich, Olivero Toscani. Moderator: Andreas Ruby.
Changing Strategies, Vienna University of Technology
Department for Architectural Design and Construction 2701
Karlsplatz 13/2701, 1040 Vienna
Lecture: Urania, 1010 Wien, Uraniastrasse 1, 28.10.2001 from 17:00 to 22:00.

Press Conference “The future of the cultural mission and the arts in ORF” on occasion of the last broadcast of the program “Kunststücke” with Bady Minck (filmmaker), Gerald Bast (Rector University of Applied
Art), Gabriele Kranzelbinder (film producer), Virgil Widrich
(filmmaker), Lisl Ponger (photo and film artist), Gerhard Ruiss (IG
Autorinnen Autoren), Daniela Koweindl (IG Bildende Kunst), among others
Generali Foundation, Wiedner Hauptstraße 15, 1040 Vienna, 26.9.2002 at 10 am.

Lecture “Introduction Multimedia and practical examples”
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, September 9th, 2002, 9:00 to 12:00 a.m.

Lectures in “Filmschule Wien” at the “Summer Camp in Arsparn” on screenplay writing, screenplay software and film analysis. 12.7.2002 from 9:00 to 18:00.
Filmschule Wien, Pillergasse 8/23, A-1150 Vienna, Tel: 1-8954499

Speaker at MTD Gala of Fachhochschule Hagenberg, media technology and design, Softwarepark 11, 4232 Hagenberg im Mühlkreis. 27.6.2002 at 20:00.

Lecture on “tx-transform – film theory and practice on concepts of space” at the Kunstuniversität Linz, unit_m, Raum & Designstrategien, Univ.-Prof. Elsa Prochazka, Reindlstraße 16-18, 4040 Linz-Urfahr. 23.5.2002, 18:00 to 20:00.

Lecture on “tx-transform” at the Graz University of Technology – Institute of Urban Design, “Beyond Housing”.
Forum Stadtpark, Stadtpark 1, 8010 Graz, 7.5.2002, 19:00 to 21:00.

Lecture “Screenplay software: FinalDraft and Dramatica” at Drehbuchforum Wien, Stiftgasse 6, A-1070 Wien, 4. Mai 2001 from 14:00 to 18:00 Uhr.

Curating the film series “Carte blanche vs brown thoughts” at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.

*Austrian films have been dealing with “brown thoughts” for many years, whereas “brown” does not have much in common with the act of “thinking”. In a long sequence in the film “Autumn 95/Fall 95" we can get a notion of what kind of people were attracted by events with Jörg Haider in 1995, and what they had to say. Today we can see many other people around Haider, who had not yet come to the forefront in 1995.
“Zero Crossing” is situated on the other side of the spectrum of opinions; in equally long sequences, it is banning the instantaneous disgust in March 2000 on film. The state of shock of the interviewees then has today – two years after the Freedom Party has entered the Austrian government – given place to a common paralysis. The opponent has, in the meanwhile, become powerful: in Austria, we were first with a right wing government. Now, there is not only Haider, but there are also Berlusconi and Bush. Those people are going to stay with us for a while because difficult times are heydeys for bad politicians. On the other hand, difficult times are also heydeys for good films – and nine of those can be seen at Clermont-Ferrand. They are entirely different films, but what they stand against is always the same.
Many thanks to Amour Fou Filmproduktion, Meter, Navigator Film, Sixpack Film, “Die Kunst der Stunde ist Widerstand” and Schnittpunktfilm.*
*Virgil Widrich*

Films shown: “Günter 1939 (Heil Hitler)” (Johannes Rosenberger), “Herbst 95" (Alexander Binder, Michael Gartner, Elke Groen, Rainer Frimmel, Rainer Obrist), “5 Filme gegen Schwarz-Blau: Schaukel” (Thomas Horvath), “Dar-el-Beida” (Tim Sharp), “Passagen” (Lisl Ponger), “Heimkehr. Wien 1941/1996.” (Caroline Weihs, Michael Domes), “Zero Crossing. Conversations in Vienna” (Johannes Holzhausen), “Marriage Blanc” (Concept Gustav Deutsch, realization Gustav Deutsch and Mostafa Tabbou), “Pinocchio” (Martin Reinhart)

Participation at a workshop on program development “Knowledge management, information and cultural exchange with new media” of FHWien hosted by Paul Tavolato with Arno Aschauer, Richard Fortmüller, Michael Gervautz, Hartwig Jobst, Julia Michl, Walter Sertl.
Hotel Modul, 1190 Vienna, Peter-Jordan-Straße 78, 29.1.2002 9:00 to 16:00.

Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donauuiversität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 17.03.2000, 9:30 to 18:00.

Lecture “tx-transform – a new view of space and time” in the “Institute of Architecture Sciences / Department of Architecture Theory” at Technische Universität Wien.
Wiedner Hauptstr. 7, 1040 Vienna, 29.10.2001 20:00 to 21:30

Lecture “Short film and interactive multimedia production” at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, class Brigitte Kowanz. Topics: Multimedia production and calculation, tx-transform – the film process, interactive dialogues, the production of “Copy Shop”.

University of Applied Arts Vienna, Institute of Experimental Design and Space Art, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Art. Kowanz
Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2, A-1010 Wien, 24.10.2001, 10:00 to 14:00

On 18.10.2001 at 23:45 ORF/Kunststücke hosts a discussion about the Austrian film and its perception in this country with Hans Hurch (Viennale director), Alexander Horwath (Filmmuseum), Dominik Kamalzadeh (Standard film critic), Ulrich Seidl (Director “Dog Days”) and Virgil Widrich (director).

Lecture “tx-transformator” (together with Martin Reinhart) at the “Festival International Nouveau Cinema, Nouveaux Medias” at Ex-Centris Cinema, Montreal. 18.10.2001 from 9:00 to 17:00.

Lecture “Introduction Multimedia and practical examples”
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, September 11th, 2001, 9:00 a.m. to 17:00 p.m.

Lecture in “Filmschule Wien” at the “Summer Camp in Arsparn” on screenplay writing, screenplay software and film analysis. 13.7.2001 from 9:00 to 13:00.
Filmschule Wien, Pillergasse 8/23, A-1150 Vienna, Tel: 1-8954499

Lecture at the “Designers’ Sunday (2)” at the exhibition “Stealing Eyeballs - Designing Media”, 20 April to 20 May 2001 at the Künstlerhaus Vienna.
Sunday, 13. Mai 2001, 14:00 with presentations by:
farmersmanual (Wien) www.web.fm
Tina Frank (Wien) www.frank.at, www.mego.at
Oliver Kartak (Vienna)
lia (Wien) www.re-move.org, www.turux.org (mit dextro), www.silverserver.co.at/lia
Virgil Widrich (Vienna) www.widrichfilm.com

Lecture on “film and multimedia production”, “Copy Shop” and “tx-transform” at Studiengang MultiMedia (supervision: Gianni Stiletto) at Fachhochschule Salzburg, Techno Z, Schillerstraße 30, 5020 Salzburg, 19.4.2001 from 14:00 to 16:00.

Panel participation in the Diagonale-talk: “A year new film policy. Résumé and outlook.”
Date: Tuesday, 20.3.2001 at 15.00
Place: Festival centre Thalia, Graz
Podium:
Representative / Representative of the BKA, cancelled
Brigitta Burger Utzer (Sixpackfilm, for film promoters and -clubs)
Michael Kreihsl (Austrian film directors’ association)
Andreas Gruber (FAustrian Filmmakers Association)
Dietmar Zingl (cinema representative)
Virgil Widrich (filmmaker)
Erich Lackner (producer)
Gerhard Schedl (ÖFI-Austrian Film Institute)
Moderator: Robert Buchschwenter

Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 30.11.2000, 9:30 to 18:30.

In November Virgil Widrich takes part in the DEAF – Dutch Electronic Art Forum in Rotterdam, installing and demonstrating the “tx-transformator” together with Martin Reinhart.

Live broadcasting at Radio Orange, Virgil Widrich in conversation with Thomas Ballhausen. 29.8.2000 from 17:30 to 18:00.

Radio live broadcasting “Papageno”, ORF Landesstudio Salzburg, Virgil Widrich in conversation with Eva Halus. 18.8.2000 from 17:00 to 17:30.

Lectures in “Filmschule Wien” at the “Summer Camp in Arsparn” on screenplay writing, screenplay software and film analysis. 14.7.2000 from 9:00 to 18:00.
Filmschule Wien, Pillergasse 8/23, A-1150 Vienna, Tel: 1-8954499

Lecture (together with Stefan Reiter): “Planning and production of interactive media in museums and exhibitions”
ECM – Exhibition and Cultural Communication Management, Dr Renate Goebl, Institut für Kulturwissenschaft, MuseumsqARTier, Museumsplatz 1/5/3, A - 1070 Wien, 08.04.2000 2:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Diagonale discussion: “Stories for the Future – Where is the young Austrian film?”
Podium: Barbara Albert (“Nordrand” and coop 99), Mirjam Unger (“Ternitz, Tennessee”), Michael Kreihsl (“Heimkehr der Jäger”), Virgil Widrich (“Heller als der Mond”), Diego Donnhofer (“The Virgin”), Moderation: Stefan Grissemann

Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 17.03.2000, 9:30 to 18:30.

Block seminar “Introduction Multimedia and practical examples”
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, 12.1.2000, 17:00 to 21:00.

Block seminar “Introduction Multimedia and practical examples”
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, 17.12.1999, 16:00 to 20:00.

Lecture (together with Martin Reinhart) on “tx-transform” at Edit 99 (Frankfurt/Germany), 16.11.1999, 12:30 to 13:30

Seminar “Introduction Multimedia”
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, 28.9.1999, 13:20 to 14:10.

Lecture at the SAE – International Technology College Munich together with Martin Putz.
24.6.1999, 13 to 16: 00 and 17 to 20:00: Classical drama “22 buildings blocks – the model of John Truby”. Interactive storytelling using the CD-ROM “Robbi – Adventures on CD-ROM”
25.6.1999, 13 to16: 00 and 17 to 20:00: “Calculation and production of multimedia projects”
SAE – International Technology College, Hofer Straße 3, D-81737 Munich

Lecture (together with Martin Reinhart) about “tx-transform” at EMAF – European Media Art Festival (Osnabrück/Germany).
7.5.1999, 15:00 to 17:00, Kultur- und Kommunikationszentrum Lagerhalle, Rolandsmauer 26, D-49074 Osnabrück

Lecture “The Painter and the CD-ROM”. University of Applied Arts Vienna, an event series of master class o.Prof. Christian Ludwig Attersee.
5.5.1999, 16:00 at Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H., Margaretenstraße 22, 1040 Vienna

Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 16.1.1999, 9:30 to 18:30.

Lecture “Interactive Screenwriting” at the Center for Publishing and Media Management at the Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, 19.12.1998 from 9:30 to 12:00.

Presentation at the IST 98 exhibition, Digital Theatre, Austria Center Vienna, 30.11.1998, 15:30.

Lecture on “tx-transform” together with Martin Reinhart on the “Ars Electronica”.
Ars Electronica Center, seminary room, Hauptstraße 2, 4040 Linz, 09.09.1998, 11:30 to 13:00.

Screenplay software
Presentation and discussion of the programs “StoryLine Pro” and “Dramatica” including film analysis.
SAE – School of Audio Engineering, Vienna, July 2nd and 4th, 1998

tx-transform is a film technique that transposes the time axis (t) and one of the space axes (x or y) with one another. Normally, each individual frame of the film depicts the entire space, but only a moment in time (1/24 second). With tx-transformed films, it is just the opposite: each frame shows the entire time, but only a tiny portion of space – if one cuts alongside the horizontal space axis, the left portion of the picture turns into the “the before”, the right one into “the after”.

This lecture is held together with Martin Reinhart.
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Schottengasse 3, 1010 Vienna, June 22nd, 1998, 18.00 p.m.

Lecture “How to write interactive dialogues?”.
Writing interactive dialogues seems to be impossible. How can a conversation contain numerous possibilities without being arbitrary at the same time? In the interactive dialogue scenes the CD-ROM “Robbi – a CD-ROM adventure story” the characters in many scenes speak only when instructed by a mouse click, the user can even decide who, when and how often the character speaks. Despite these options, the talking animals have themes and thoughts supporting both the personality of each character while advancing the story. With a budget of 5 million Austrian Schillings “Robbi - a CD-ROM adventure story”is one of the most elaborate multimedia products ever made in Austria. Over 120 graphic designers, technicians and animators worked for one year on this production. For “Robbi”, Virgil Widrich was scriptwriter and production manager.
SAE – School of Audio Engineering, Vienna, January 9th, 10th and 16th, 1998, July 2nd and 4th, 1998

CD-ROM production and budgeting
Rough calculation, schedule, presentation, ordering, planning, detailed calculation, contracts with employees, graphic concept, copywriting, interactive script, daily work of the production manager, organisation of finance, supply chain, graphic design, programming, beta version, artwork, golden master, backup, post processing.
Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Leyserstraße 6, 1140 Wien, November 7th, 1997, 8:30 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 15:00.

Lectures in “Filmschule Wien”: 18 lessons between October 7th, 1997 and February 24th, 1998 on screenplay writing, screenplay software and film analysis.
Filmschule Wien, Pillergasse 8/23, A-1150 Vienna, Tel: 1-8954499

Screenplay software
Presentation and discussion of the programs “StoryLine Pro” and “Dramatica” including film analysis.
SAE – School of Audio Engineering, Vienna, September 27th, October 4th and 31st, November 1st, 1997; June 25th and 27th, 1998

CD-ROM production and budgeting
Rough calculation, schedule, presentation, ordering, planning, detailed calculation, contracts with employees, graphic concept, copywriting, interactive script, daily work of the production manager, organisation of finance, supply chain, graphic design, programming, beta version, artwork, golden master, backup, post processing.
SAE – School of Audio Engineering, Vienna, August 25th to 29th, 1997

Workshop “Traismauer goes to Hollywood”
From 13 July to 2 August 1997 the “First International Summer Academy of Film & TV” is taking place in Traismauer. A part of the training consists of three lectures by Virgil Widrich about the screenplay, screenplay software and film analysis.

Workshop “Screenplay structures based on ‘Brighter than the moon’” for pupils of BRG 13, Wenzgasse 7, room 227, 1130 Vienna, 16:20 to 18:00 p.m.

Lecture “How to write interactive dialogues?”.
Writing interactive dialogues seems to be impossible. How can a conversation contain numerous possibilities without being arbitrary at the same time? In the interactive dialogue scenes the CD-ROM “Robbi – a CD-ROM adventure story” the characters in many scenes speak only when instructed by a mouse click, the user can even decide who, when and how often the character speaks. Despite these options, the talking animals have themes and thoughts supporting both the personality of each character while advancing the story. With a budget of 5 million Austrian Schillings “Robbi – a CD-ROM adventure story”is one of the most elaborate multimedia products ever made in Austria. Over 120 graphic designers, technicians and animators worked for one year on this production. For “Robbi”, Virgil Widrich was scriptwriter and production manager.
Department of Med. Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Vienna, Freyung 6/2, 1010 Vienna, 18.11.1996, 18:00 p.m.

Three film analyses of Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” in Filmschule Wien: 3 lessons on November 8th, 10th and 24th, 1996.
Filmschule Wien, Pillergasse 8/23, A-1150 Vienna, Tel: 1-8954499

Lecture “The script from the computer”. Presentation of the possibilities and impossibilities of “Dramatica” and “storyline Pro”.
Department of Med. Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Vienna, Freyung 6/2, 1010 Vienna, 13.6.1996, 18:00 p.m.

Lecture “The Internet for filmmakers”: To what extent can filmmakers benefit from the opportunities of the Internet? This is no trip for computer geeks, but for people who already have enough work and intend to use the Internet wisely. An evening with the 60 000 films of the “International Movie Database”, the “Virtual Film Festival” as well as the numerous screenplays, which are available in their entirety on the Internet.
Medienlabor München, Lothringerstr. 13 Rgb, 81667 München, 31.5.1996, 17:00 to 20:00 p.m.

Lecture “The script from the computer”. Presentation of the possibilities and impossibilities of “Dramatica” and “storyline Pro”.
Medienlabor München, Lothringerstr. 13 Rgb, 81667 München, 30.5.1996, 19:30 to 21:30 p.m.

Lecture “How to establish a new film festival?” by the example of Diagonale, festival of Austrian film.
International Centre for Culture & Management, Techno-Z, Jakob Harringer Str. 5A, 5020 Salzburg, 10.7.1995, 16:30 to 18:00 p.m.

On the occasion “50 years after the ‘Anschluss’” lecture at the Academic high school in Salzburg on “concepts of the enemy” for the 7th and 8th grade.
Akademisches Gymnasium Salzburg, Am Rainberg, Sinnhubstraße 15, 5020 Salzburg, 17.3.1988 from 8:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 16:00 Uhr.

At age 18, his first public speech (on “Vom Geist der Zeit” at the invitation of the Academy of Design in Linz).