MA Rafael Lippuner
Born 7. 7. 1985 in Zofingen /CH, lives and works in Vienna /A.
Work
Installation, intervention, public space, object, video, photography, cyanotype, collage and exhibition design.
Rafael´s work originates in the constellation of the everyday. Instable and transitory situations highlight the potential of failing, a certain uncertainty that is tied to our perception as well as our moral concepts. Through the process of modification, disguise and assimilation, his artistic investigation follows the relations between the people and their worlds, our surrounding structures. Specifically, how objectives are repeated and turn into routine, routines which are eventually facilitated by the use of objects and those objects become extensions of the body.
Selection of exhibitions and projects
HOUSE OF LOSING CONTROL, Vienna Art Week, Nordbahnareal, Vienna /A 2021 / POS. 48°11’40.88″N 16°21’37.30″E, group show cur. by Andreas Perkmann Berger, KR SUPER, Vienna /A 2021 / VIDEOPARK, screening at festival, Gallery Reflektor, Užice /SRB 2021 / THE APOCALYPSE OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT, group exhibition, cur. by Mălina Ionescu, Denise Parizek & Mirela Vlăduți, META spatiu, Timișoara /RO 2021 / (YOU) MADE MY DAY, duo-show with D. Schellmann, 12-14 contemporary, Vienna /A 2021 / EGY ALGORITMUS MAGÁNYA, curated exhibiton by NDK, Tatabánya /H 2021 / CORONA.BEDINGT, virtual gallery show by i-AKW, Vienna /A 2021 / I AM FOUND WANTING, group exhibition, Kunstwerkstatt Tulln /A 2021 / TURNING TURTLE, solo exhibition, Stiege 13, Vienna /A 2020 / JUNGKUNST, curated art festival and fair, Halle 53 Winterthur /CH 2020 / Artist in Residence at Schaumbad Atelierhaus, Graz /A 2020 / VIDEO OF THE MONTH April, selected by das weisse haus, Vienna /A 2020 / EDITIONALE KÖLN, international book fair, VZA7, Vienna /A 2020 / BARRIKADE GEGEN DAS DINGFESTE: TRANSFORMATIVE KUNST, public lecture at Quings Open Network Academy, Emmenbrücke-Lucerne /CH 2020 / TRANSIT #8, cur. by Tsai-Ju Wu, with Kai Trausenegger, Paulusplatz, Vienna /A 2020 / LATENT COMMONS, group exhibition, u10 contemporary art space, Belgrade /SRB, 2019 / MEET THE UNIVERSE, exhibition cur. by Quántico / Daniela Brill Estrade, Aula der Wissenschaften, Vienna/A, 2019 / LIE TO ME, group exhibition, co-op. project with Sarah Glück, Improper Walls, Vienna /A, 2019 / ART QUAKE, summer residency, Svetlana Volic, pres. at Galerija Solidarnosti, Kotor /MNE, 2019 / BOXELS, group exhibition held by art & science and alumni of University of applied arts, presented at "Biennale Sessions" at La Biennale di Venezia /I, 2019 / C.A.T.S – A GUIDEBOOK TO LIFE ELSEWHERE, contribution, print-book, Angewandte press, Vienna /A, 2019 / APPLIED MICROPERFORMATIVITY, Symposium: The flourrish, intervention, A.I.L. Vienna /A, 2018 / THE LANDING IS ON FRIDAY, installation at essence festival, happening with art & science class in Transcarpathia /UKR, 2018 / JENNY Magazin fuer Sprachkunst, Issue 18, aphorisms, de Gruyter, Vienna /A, 2018 / AKA: Angewandte Kunst Audio, group installation, Angewandte Aula, Vienna /A, 2018 / SÓCIO TEMPORÁRIO, assimilative exhibition project, Galeria do Banco, Lisboa /P, 2017 / ÄSTHETIK DER VERÄNDERUNG, anniversary exhibition of Angewandte, MAK Vienna /A, 2017 / NEOSCOPE, group exhibition, curated by Claudia Waldner, Kunsthaus Zofingen /CH, 2017 / DIVA DAYS, group exhibition, curated by Christian Kobald, Gärtnergasse, Vienna /A, 2017 / ISOLATION IS EVERYTHING, intervention / exhibition, Kulturcafé Obristhof, Oftringen /CH, 2016 / Leben-TOT, group exhibition cur. by Valentin Beck, Teiggi, Kriens /CH, 2016 / RÖSSLIGASSE, group exhibition, cur. by Christina Frey, Erfrischungsraum, Lucerne /CH, 2016 / HALLO? zine issue #3: Borders, contribution, Lucerne and Zürich /CH, 2016 / ÜBERsCHREITEN, group exhibition, Ruelle Contemporary Art Space, Mainz /DE, 2015 / Intervention – Young Artists on Campus, co-op with Christian Fischer, Univ. St. Gallen /CH, 2015 / GLAUBENSBEKENNTNISSE, group exhibition cur. by Daniela P. Meier, Himmelrich Lucerne /CH, 2015 / SYNTAX, co-op. exhibition with Roman Sonderegger, tat-ort & KunstHoch Lucerne /CH, 2015 / JKON Junge Kunst Olten, curated group exhibition, Schützenmatte, Olten /CH, 2015 / À LA TABLE, event-based exhibition, organisation & participation, Teiggi Kriens /CH, 2015 / Jurassic Lab 5, festival for new media, communication & organisation, ParTerre, Lucerne /CH, 2014 / _957 Die Künstlerhefte: Grey issue, double-contribution, ed. Stephan Wittmer, Lucerne /CH, 2014 / F-I-N magazine, visual contribution, Berne /CH, 2014 / ZUSAMMEN ZUSAMMEN BINDEN, workshop with Daniela P. Meier, HSLU Lucerne /CH, 2014 / MUSEUM1 by Stephan Wittmer, inaugural project group, M1 Adligenswil /CH, 2014 / PAINtHINGS, curated group exhibition org. by Charles Moser, Paraplegikerzentrum GZI, Nottwil /CH, 2013 / AUFRÄUMEN 13, curation of inaugural group exhibition at tat-ort Zwischennutzung, Lucerne /CH, 2013 / FORMS THAT RATHER EXIST, solo exhibition, e|g, Kunstraum Aarau /CH, 2013 / ACT Performance Festival, Dampfzentrale, Berne /CH, 2013 / KOLLEKTIV BRUN & BRUN, intervention series with Valentin Beck, 4x4 space, Lucerne /CH, 2013 / HELLO MAX, group exhibition cur. Stefan Athanas, Kunstraum Aarau /CH, 2012
Exhibition design
Curation and organisation, setup and transport, installation and exposition, maintenance of electronic devices (dipl.), video a./o. photographic documentation
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Education
2016–19
Master of Arts in art & science, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Graduation with commendation, student assistant of class throughout
Univ.-Prof. Virgil Widrich
2011–15
Bachelor of Arts in Kunst & Vermittlung, HSLU Design & Kunst, Lucerne
Mixed Media class with Prof. Charles Moser, Karin Fromherz, Christina Frey
2007–09
Upper vocational school in major design, AGS / SfG, Basel-Stadt
Graduation with commendation (2. Rang Kantonal)
2001–06
Professional honour in electronic engineering, Dipl. Ing. Fust, Zürich
Internship as event- and sound-engineer, K.i.F.F. Aarau
followed by freelance work as sound engineer
Jorge Torres / Marc Frey