Overview of Virgil Widrich's projects
Presentation
of all projects in a wide variety of formats, such as films, exhibitions, installations, multimedia, research, publications
and works, which were produced under the roof of checkpointmedia or in the course of teaching at the University of Applied
Arts Vienna. Practically everything – from 1980 to today.
Publication, 2020
Text contribution "Hans Moser
in North Korea", Virgil Widrich in conversation with Arno Rußegger, edited by Gottfried Schlemmer, Georg Seeßlen, Arno Rußegger.
© Filmarchiv Austria, 2020.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2020
Music everywhere!
The princely court of Salzburg – a centre of European musical culture 1587 – 1807
19.7.2020 to 7.3.2021, DomQuartier Salzburg
Artistic direction: Virgil Widrich, exhibition design: Hans Kudlich
19.7.2020 to 7.3.2021, DomQuartier Salzburg
Artistic direction: Virgil Widrich, exhibition design: Hans Kudlich
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2019
sconarium Visitor Centre for Bad Schönau
Artistic director of the exhibition.
Publication, 2019
Expanded Animation – Mapping an unlimited landscape
Text contribution "Images between Digital Realism and Analog Believability"
by Virgil Widrich in: Expanded Animation – Mapping to Unlimited Landscape
Film production, Stage, 2019
Nova – Imperfection Perfection
An opera by Franz Danksagmüller for a singer, viola, live
electronics, two virtual singers and a digital stage design. Stage design and film direction: Virgil Widrich. Projections
and lighting design: Oleg Prodeus.
Film production, Exhibition, 2019
Teleplasmatic Views of Vienna
On two corresponding screens the video installation "Teleplasmatic
Views of Vienna" deconstructs and reinterprets Vienna's Stephansplatz.
Exhibition, Research, University of Applied Arts, 2019
Data Loam - Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft
Exhibition on the research
project on contexts of meaning through categorization and indexation.
Film, Research, 2018
tx-reverse
A space time cut through cinema. 20 years after Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich used this film technique
for the first time in a short film ("tx-transform", 1998), they again deal with the question of which previously unseen world
arises when space and time are interchanged, aptly in a cinema and at full 360°. Winner of 29 international film awards!
Film, 2018
Light Matter
A black-and-white
film that lets you see colors. Winner of 12 international film awards!
Publication, 2018
The Future of Museums
Text contribution in "The Future of Museums", edided by Gerald Bast, Elias G. Carayannis and David F. J. Campbell: "Transforming
Education and Labor in a Museum as a Model of the Future: Vacancies in the Future Museum".
Exhibition, Multimedia, 2018
Vienna Design Week 2018 – Voyage Around My Room
Video installation in an endless loop in the former
Sophienspital for the Vienna Design Week 2018.
Multimedia, 2018
tx-mirror
The interactive
installation "tx-mirror" is a magical mirror with a camera: one can look at oneself and explore the laws of a universe in
which time and space have been reversed.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2017
Sound of Music World Salzburg
Exhibition in Salzburg about central stages in the life of the
Trapp family, known from "The Sound of Music".
Film, 2017
Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel
"Be my rebel", the first collaboration of the two music legends Nena and Dave Stewart, premiered
at Nenas 40th anniversary on stage. Winner of 46 international film awards!
Stage, Film, 2018
Icon Island – a live battle of pictures and sounds
Live mix of pictures,
accompanied by the live music performance of the Maltese artist Sonitus Eco.
Exhibition, University of
Applied Arts, 2017
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.
Exhibition, 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.
Exhibition, 2017
Side by Side
Media
installation as part of the exhibition "ANALOG_DIGITAL. Media (Ex)changes" at METRO Kinokulturhaus.
Exhibition, 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.
Exhibition, Multimedia, 2017
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.
Multimedia, checkpointmedia, 2016
Bankhaus Spängler display window collage
Design and implementation of a faceted
display window collage.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2017
The Essence17
Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Exhibition, Stage, checkpointmedia, 2017
70 Years of the Marshall Plan
Design and implementation of the
anniversary event.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2017
Circuit Training
Exhibition of the classes Art & Science and Site-Specific
Art in cooperation with CERN, art@CMS and HEPHY.
Research, University
of Applied Arts, 2017
Data Loam
Research project on contexts of meaning through categorization and indexation.
Screenplay, Film, 2016
Night of a 1000 Hours
A family, a night, a murder and a forbidden passion: When the Ullich family
meets and their deceased ancestors appear, the events in their Viennese palace turn over.
Film, 2015
Vienna table trip
A promotional film for Vienna, awarded with 24 international awards or honorary mentions.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2016
The Essence16
Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2016
[dis]placement – Information through Sound
Annual exhibition of Art
& Science on the topic "Information through Sound".
Publication, 2016
Bei den Fischottern in der Ebene und auf den Bergen
In his "biographical fragments for the home and village",
Hans Widrich (born 1936) describes his life.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2015
Figaro Parallelo
The large-scale media installation "Figaro Parallelo" allows a comparison of recent productions
of "The Marriage of Figaro".
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2015
"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.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2015
The Essence15
Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Screenplay, Film, 2014
back track
Virgil Widrich's short film is a 7-minute 3D-remix of feature films from the 1950s and 60s which were projected
on glass and photographed in 3D. Winner of 13 international film awards!
Research, University
of Applied Arts, 2015
The European Union (Horizon 2020) funded project AXIOM develops the first open source film camera.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2013
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.
Research, University
of Applied Arts, 2014
The Future of the Control Room
The Department of Art & Science
at the University of Applied Arts is conducting the research project "The Future of the Control Room".
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2014
The Essence14
Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2014
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).
checkpointmedia, 2014
Silhouette International – Film to mark 50th anniversary
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.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2013
Crucial Experiments
An exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna during
Vienna Art Week 2013.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2013
Experimenta Heilbronn – Music workshop
checkpointmedia develops and installs a new
music workshop with three studios for experimenta Heilbronn.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2013
The Essence13
Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2013
14/16, on-site research
Micro-exhibitions at 6 locations by students of Art
& Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Publication, 2012
Hundert Jahre Kupelwieser auf dem Mönchsberg
"Eine kleine Haus- und Familiengeschichte" by Hans Widrich.
Stage, Screenplay, 2012
Black Cat/New Angels
A stage musical for one tenor, two dancers and a baroque ensemble, based on the novella "The
Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2012
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.
Lecture, 2012
The Night of the Avant-garde - Film Seen Differently
On the occasion of the 50th Viennale, ORF Kultur presents treasures
of Austrian avant-garde film from five generations. The night of Austrian avant-garde film is presented by filmmaker Virgil
Widrich.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2012
The Essence12
Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2012
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.
Research, University
of Applied Arts, 2012
Liquid Things
Research project by Roman Kirschner on materials as transmitters
of messages.
Publication, 2011
An envelope for arts, sciences, politics and us
Mixing realities and mediating myths & methods. Editors: Valerie
Deifel, Bernd Kräftner, Virgil Widrich
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2011
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.
Publication, checkpointmedia, 2011
Presentation and new Media – 10 Years checkpointmedia: concepts, paths, visions
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.
Exhibition, University of
Applied Arts, 2011
The Essence11
Annual exhibition of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Screenplay, Film, 2010
warning triangle
A found footage film collage about the destructive triangle between a man, a woman, and her
car.
Exhibition, University of
Applied Arts, 2011
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.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2010
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.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2010
The Essence10 – Hyperactive Prototypes
Annual exhibition of the
University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Screenplay, Film, 2010
make/real
A surreal montage of science fiction films about the public image oft the robot.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2009
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.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2009
The Essence09 – Digital Traces
Annual exhibition of the University
of Applied Arts Vienna.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2009
Alias in Wonderland
Exhibition of the Department of Digital Art at the University
of Applied Arts Vienna at Freiraum/quartier21 Vienna.
Publication, University
of Applied Arts, 2009
Catalogue "Alias in Wonderland"
Catalogue for the exhibition
of the department "Digital Art" at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the Freiraum/quartier 21 Vienna.
checkpointmedia, 2008
Identity Film "What makes Erste Group great?"
An animated film about the past, present and future of Erste Bank.
Exhibition, University
of Applied Arts, 2008
The Essence08 – Digitale Kunst
Annual exhibition of the University
of Applied Arts Vienna.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2008
Krones AG – Company Museum
The corporate museum designed by checkpointmedia presents 50 years of
Krones' history and technical developments.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2007
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.
, 2007
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Head of the Master course "Art &
Science" at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Film production, 2005
Every Seventh Person
Between 2002 and 2005 the filmmakers Elke Groen and Ina Ivanceanu carried out numerous interviews in three Chinese villages
documenting everyday life – without any censorship whatsoever.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2006
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.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2005
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.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2005
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.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2002
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
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2004
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.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2003
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.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2003
Red Bull Hangar-7 – Multimedia Staging
Extensive multimedia planning and implementation of
Red Bull Hangar-7 at Salzburg Airport.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2003
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.
Screenplay, Film, 2003
Fast Film
"Fast Film" is an animated homage to motion pictures, hand-made by folding 65,000 print outs of film frames
into three-dimensional objects. The film won 36 international awards.
, 2001
Amour Fou Film
In August 2001 Amour Fou Filmproduktionen GmbH is founded, together with Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexander Ivanceanu and the
Wiener Volksbildungsverein/Polyfilm.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2001
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.
Exhibition, checkpointmedia, 2001
Lower Austrian Provincial Exhibition 2001 – Media stations
checkpointmedia
was responsible for developing the majority of the media stations and the hardware and software.
Screenplay, Film, 2001
Leftright
Interviews with Bady Minck, Ruth Beckermann, Hans Hurch, Peter Tscherkassky, Florian Flicker, Alexander Ivanceanu,
Michael Kreihsl and Wolfgang Lehner about "left" and "right" in film and politics.
, 2001
checkpointmedia GmbH – Multimedia Productions
As one of the most successful
representatives of "Creative Industries Vienna/Austria," checkpointmedia acts as an interface between arts/culture and the
business world.
Screenplay, Film, 2001
Copy Shop
The story of a man who copies himself until he fills up the entire world. The film won 39 international awards
and was nominated for the Oscar 2001 (best short film).
Exhibition, 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.
CD-ROM, 2000
Hands on Media – CD-ROM
A CD-ROM as a service portfolio of the multimedia network, which later became checkpointmedia.
Screenplay, Film, 2000
Brighter than the Moon
Virgil Widrich's first feature film: A comedy about foreigners in Vienna:
Italians, Romanians and people from Lower Austrian.
Film production, 1999
webfreetv.com Cinema Spot
Cinema spot for internet TV station webfreetv.com, which was shown in November 1999 in 65 Austrian cinemas.
Exhibition, 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.
Screenplay, Film, 1998
tx-transform
tx-transform is a film technique that transposes the time axis (t) and one of the space axes
(x or y) with one another.
CD-ROM, 1997
Salzburg Festival – the CD-ROM
The world-famous Salzburg Festival presents itself and its work on a double CD-ROM for the first time.
CD-ROM, 1996
The children's book bestseller
"Robbi – a seal pup escapes to the wild beasts" by the Tyrolean Günther Aloys on CD-ROM.
Film festival, 1995
Diagonale 1995 – Festival of Austrian Film
In December 1995 the Diagonale, the festival of Austrian film, takes
place for the third and last time in Salzburg.
Film festival, 1994
Diagonale 1994 – Festival of Austrian Film
In December 1994 the Diagonale, the festival of Austrian film, takes
place for the second time in Salzburg.
Film festival, 1993
Diagonale 1993 – Festival of Austrian Film
The Diagonale, the festival of Austrian film, takes place for the first
time in Salzburg in 1993.
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.
Film festival, 1987
Classic Films – Film distribution
Classic Films, a film distribution company specialising in art films, is founded in May 1987.
Screenplay, Film, 1983
The Spirit of Time
A genre cross-over mixing action, horror and science fiction in the past, present and future.
Screenplay, Film, 1982
Monster in Salzburg
A gigantic insect-like monster destroys the city of Salzburg. An oedipal drama.
Screenplay, Film, 1980
Color can dream
Animated film by the then 13-year-old Virgil Widrich about a man and a small worm fleeing environmental
destruction.
Screenplay, Film, 1980
3 times Ulf
Documentary about the Carinthian "mirror artist" Arnulf Komposch.
Screenplay, Film, 1980
Fried Meat
Crime story: A woman is killed in a Restaurant and served to the guests.
Film, 1980
Gusti Kupelwieser
Documentary about Gusti (Auguste) Kupelwieser (1907-1987), the grandmother of the director.